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Breaking the Olive Branch: Why Hopes of an Israeli Unity Government Were Doomed From the Start
Why did Netanyahu spurn Labor and take a sharp turn to the right? And what should expect from the new Israeli Defense Minister? Adrian Rivera breaks it down for us.
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A Doctrine of Destruction: ISIS Attempts to Erase History
Amid a bloody civil war in Syria, it’s a race against time to protect Syria’s cultural treasures from the hands of ISIS.
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Turkishness Failed the Kurds, Will it Fail the Syrians?
In the aftermath of the Syrian Civil War, Syrian refugees are hoping to find safety in Turkey. How will Turkish nationalism affect their chances?
![“I Wish I Could Strike You With Thunder”: China’s Vaccine Scandal Reveals a Culture of Corruption](https://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-15-at-10.40.21-PM-e1463366450692.png)
“I Wish I Could Strike You With Thunder”: China’s Vaccine Scandal Reveals a Culture of Corruption
China’s scandal around vaccines reveals a greater and deeper culture of fraud.
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Do No Harm: Military Campaigns Endanger Medical Aid
Cassandra Lignelli explores how humanitarian aid has changed in today’s new style of warfare in Issue IV’s cover story.
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“We Live on the Edge of a Razor”: Inside Putin’s Prisons
On January 14, the Russian government banned fenya, the traditional slang of Russian prisons. Lina Volin ’19 explores how the ban is just one aspect of human rights issues in Russia, behind prison gates and outside of them.