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North Korea’s Refining Stance Towards the West
Lawrence Ntim ‘17 North Korea, a nation constantly discussed for a wide variety of reasons has come into the spotlight once again but for a different reason. Normally when one talks about North Korea...
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Mark Zuckerberg Speaking Chinese – What Does It Mean for Facebook and China?
Lucas Peng Lu ’16 On Wednesday October 22, 2014, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook spoke in front of a group of students at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. To the shock of the audience, what came out...
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Modi’s Push to the Sea
By Sanat Valecha ’16 On March 10th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-nation tour in the Indian Ocean to reinvigorate relations and establish cooperation in the defense and...
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The Rise of the Left in Europe
By Muhammad Abrahim Shah ’17 On January 25th 2015, Greece’s left-wing party Syriza was voted into power in a country that has long been ravaged by the great recession and the Eurozone crisis that has...
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Russia and North Korea: A Call for Attention?
By Christina Xu ’18 Though Barack Obama, David Cameron, and Angela Merkel are boycotting Russia’s World War II Victory Day celebrations this May in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian...
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Syria’s Chemical Cloud
By Sanat Valecha ’16 A couple of weeks ago, Syrian activist groups accused the Assad government of using chlorine in an overnight attack in the northwestern province of Idlib. The alleged attack...
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Recent Developments in Yemen Conflict Reflect Turbulent Aftermath of Arab Spring
By Christina Xu ‘18 Shiite Houthi rebels, who have been seizing control of key parts of Yemen since September 2014, are being targeted by airstrikes from a coalition of nine nations led by Saudi...
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Sino-Russian Axis: Temporary Partnership or Permanent Friendship?
By James Xu ’18 Due to the sanctions placed on Russia over the Ukraine Crisis, the Kremlin recently decided to open up Vankor, a rich new oil field, to Chinese investments. The Vankor oil field is...
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Island Building in South China Sea
By James Xu ‘18 The ocean and islands of Southeast Asia, filled with oil, fish, ocean life, and other resources, has long attracted territorial disputes between China, The Philippines, Vietnam,...
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Capital Punishment and Drug Use
By James Xu ’18 Just a few weeks ago, Indonesia drew global outcry and criticism after they executed eight drug-convicts, including two Australians, four Nigerians, one Brazilian and one Indonesian....
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Can Islamic State Be Destroyed?
By Samantha Deng Responders assisting a civilian after the attack in London On March 22, Britain’s Houses of Parliament was attacked by an assailant, who drove a car through people on Westminster...
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Indian Maternity Leave: Helping or Hurting Female Workforce?
By Priya Kankanhalli, ’19 An attempt to assist new mothers in the Indian workforce may prove to be catastrophic. The new maternity law introduced in India, stating that women are entitled to 26 weeks...
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The Uprising Double Burden of Malnutrition in Developing Countries
By Emily Lin, ‘20 Alongside the hunger and poor nutrition epidemic, a new kind of malnutrition has hit developing countries: obesity. The growing availability of inexpensive, processed foods and fast...
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Vladimir Putin Welcomes Saudi King Salman And Deals At The Kremlin
By Michael Rones King Salman became the first monarch of Saudi Arabia to visit Russia when he was welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an elegant ceremony this week. The visit marked a...
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President Xi Jinping’s Talkathon At The 19th Party Congress
By Yiren Wang At the end of Xi Jinping’s first 5-year term as the President of China, he delivered a speech to 2,300 delegates of the Communist Party Congress, summarizing his accomplishments so far...
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Plague in the Modern Urban Context
by Salil Jajodia A plague of pneumonic plague has spread rapidly throughout Madagascar in recent weeks, with more than 680 recorded cases. Government authorities were late to realize that the disease...
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The Rise of the Populist Billionaire
By Salil Jajodia This week the second richest man in the Czech Republic was elected to be the next Czech Prime Minister. Andrej Babiš, worth $4 billion according to Forbes, founded his centrist party...
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The Most Powerful Passport
By Emily Lin, ’20 The Singaporean passport has risen to become the most powerful passport. This is the first Asian nation to hold the leading spot on Arton Capital’s Global Passport Index, the primary...
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Looking Into Icelandic Politics: Elections
By Michael Rones Iceland had its second snap election in a year on October 28. The election comes after the collapse of the coalition in the 63-seat parliamentary body, the Althing, that resulted from...
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By Stefano de Oliveira No clear winner has emerged from Italy’s recent election. Negotiations will now take place over the next few weeks to form a governing ‘super-coalition’ or face new elections in...
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