Editor’s Picks
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World’s deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47
By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University What is the deadliest weapon of the 20th century? Perhaps you think first of the…
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A progressive foreign policy
By Lyes Jalali-Yazdi In late 2017, Senator Sanders took to the stage at Westminster College to lay forth the progressive…
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Punching above one’s weight: Is Bangladesh slated to be the New Asian Tiger?
By Samarth Kavoori The World Bank (WB) released reports indicating that the GDP growth rate for Bangladesh in the 2019-20…
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Saudi Arabia and Israel – an overdue embrace
By Jonathan Honigman Iran and Turkey Given its ancient history, large population, and leadership amongst the Shiite community that accounts…
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Trump has upended the long history of US investment in Ukraine’s democracy
By Matthew Pauly, Michigan State University On a cold December night in 2016, Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine,…
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Lebanese protest unity triumphs decades of sectarian division
By Younes Mahmoudieh Selective media coverage in the West often results in a fragmented and inconsistent understanding of events in…
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Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey
By Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighboring Syria to…
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Turkish Call of Duty: A game the POTUS wishes he had a restart button for
By Sabyasachi Biswal The words spoken by a fictional character – Captain Price in the famous Call of Duty franchise…
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Andean anarchy: comparing political crises in Peru and Ecuador
One capital had two presidents, while the other capital had none. In Lima last month, the Peruvian Congress feuded with…
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As Turkish troops advance, dangers escalate
On 9 October, Turkish troops began a long-anticipated cross-border assault against the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led militia in northeastern…
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