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Russia’s Domestic Case For Intervening in syria

On the 30th of September 2015, Russian president Vladimir Putin started a bombing campaign in Syria, having allegedly given the United States…

9 years ago

What Happens When You Meet Refugees on a Train? Greatness.

Below you find the description of an accidental run-in with refugees that I had recently and the text I wrote about it…

9 years ago

Why We Still Need Nuclear Energy

In light of looming climate change, the need to switch to renewable sources of energy that emit far less CO2…

9 years ago

One Story, Two Different Narratives: The 2015 Hajj Stampede

On September 24, a deadly stampede occurred at the biggest Muslim gathering in the world, the holy pilgrimage of the…

9 years ago

Change Everything – Lebanon’s Arab Spring

“We want to change everything” announced one of the few demonstrators still camping by the road. Squabbling beside them, the…

9 years ago

Which Actors Have The Greatst Chance of Governing A Post-Assad Syria?

Syria is now well into its fourth year of civil war, and the resulting devastation is clear to all. The United Nations…

9 years ago

TTIP: Just Another Trade Agreement, or an Assault on Democracy?

Many may not have heard of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pact (TTIP), yet it has managed to unite both…

9 years ago

Data Protection Versus the Islamic State: the Case of Kosovo

The fear humans and states are experiencing as a result of the growth of the Islamic State (ISIS) is not…

9 years ago

Is Burma’s Rohingya Crisis an Incremental Genocide?

The Rohingya people of Burma are descendants of immigrants from East Bengal and settled on the Burmese-Bangladesh border, forming the…

9 years ago

Lost Art or the Art of Losing: Evaluating Diplomacy

States without Diplomacy There has been a tendency, before now, to characterise the rise of the Islamic State (IS) across…

9 years ago