POLITICS
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Nobel Peace Prize highlights conflict-resolution role of NGOs
By Rene Wadlow The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the National Dialogue Quartet of Tunisian NGOs who…
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Of Europe, Syria and antropogeographic inversion
By Anis Bajrektarevic Unbearable pressures from the insecure edges of a contracting civilization How can we observe and interpret (the distance…
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The Young Turks: Why doesn’t the White House want an independent investigation of hospital bombing?
Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola explain their skepticism over the changing responses by the U.S. regarding the bombing in Afghanistan.…
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The Kremlin’s millions, and its support of pro-Russian activists in the Baltics
By Sanita Jemberga (Latvia), Mikk Salu (Estonia), Šarūnas Černiauskas (Lithuania) With one hand, Kremlin strangles non-governmental organizations in Russia. With another,…
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FATA: Fatal flaws
By Ambreen Agha On September 11, 2015, two volunteers of a ‘peace committee’ [Government-backed ‘people’s’ counter-insurgency forces] , identified as…
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How the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) boosts Made in America exports, supports higher-paying American jobs, and protects American workers
The United States reached agreement with its eleven partner countries, concluding negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)…
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Palmyra: ISIS-wanton destruction
By Rene Wadlow On 4 October, 2015 Maamun Abdulkarim, the Syrian Director General of Antiquities and Museums, confirmed that the…
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Hamas’s diplomatic activism: Modified strategies and new alliances
By Fadi Elhusseini Many observers saw a potential breakthrough in Tony Blair’s recent meeting with the head of Hamas’s political bureau…
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Donald Trump as an asset to the media
By Taylor Kass For those who have been following the 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump’s rise in the polls has…
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Death toll in Afghan hospital bombing rises to 19
The death toll by a U.S. airstrike at a hospital run by a medical aid group in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz city…
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