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Ukraine’s Old Bag of Tricks
Parliamentary Elections Highlight Inequalities of Power and Influence On October 28, 2012, millions of Ukrainians went to the polls to elect their new representatives to the country’s parliament — and to deliver their verdict on the performance of the ruling…
Born From the Stars: The Alawites in Syria
Considered a threat to the Islamic faith by many Muslims, the Alawites may hold the key to Syria’s future.
Springtime for Sahara?
Tracing back the origins of a region is probably the trickiest issue to deal with in the sphere of international relations. And, unsurprisingly, precisely such a dilemma of detecting the provenance has arisen with the cataclysmic Arab Spring that has…
Economic Development, One City at a Time
Over the past half-century, foreign aid programs have typically focused either on massive, nationwide reform or on micro-targeted, individual empowerment initiatives. Yet despite billions of dollars in directed invest- ments from governments and NGOs, the material wellbeing of much of…
A Second Chance
Yesterday’s Latin America and Today’s Middle East From 2011 to 2012, social media outlets were set afire with news of an increasingly tumultuous situation in the Middle East. While the region has always been a hotbed for international crises, it…
Tweeting Against Tyranny
Social Media and Democracy On January 25, 2011, the people of Egypt came together to protest a dictatorship that had neglected their needs and silenced their voices. Starting as a small group of 50 marching from a mosque in the…
With Love from Abroad
With the presidential election rapidly approaching, a dichotomy between appearance and reality is the political spotlight. As Obama’s actions and rhetoric face heightened scrutiny, the shift in public opinion shows that though President Obama’s popularity has suffered both at home…
Untold Lives
Statelessness and Minority Rights in Burma Early this past June, at least seventy-seven people died in Burma’s remote Rakhine State of injuries sustained in tit-for-tat skirmishes between members of the country’s Buddhist majority (who are believed to have benefited from…