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Le 28 octobre 2018, le candidat du Front de Libération Nationale pour les prochaines élections présidentielles est annoncé: il s’agit, encore une fois, du président sortant Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Cette candidature pour un cinquième mandat a…
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a column on economic populism and attempted to describe why the dogma is surgically tearing rich countries (especially the United States) apart. The piece was light on prescription, so I’m going to take this as an…
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Bien que la croissance économique chinoise connaisse son plus bas taux de croissance depuis près de 30 ans, en partie affaiblie par la crise financière de 2008 et plus récemment par la guerre commerciale avec les États-Unis, le rayonnement…
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In the 1950s, Venezuela was the wealthiest country in Latin America thanks to it having the world's largest oil reserves. However, this is no longer the case. Venezuela’s economic degradation is a consequence of corruption and mismanagement…
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Japan does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , and when they do meet, their talks often devolve into the difficult issues of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea during the 80s.…
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The minutiae of Senate procedure is rarely a key platform for presidential candidates. Generally, those running for office talk big ideas and their visions for the future in sweeping terms. 2020 is no exception. Democrats have recently…
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Though it’s become a common refrain in development studies, other fields and members of the public are often unaware of how problematic voluntourism is.
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A four-month period in 2018 saw a series of murders in Iraq from which a significant pattern emerged. The victims of these crimes were all high-profile young women, many of whom were known to speak out for womens' rights and freedoms. These…
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Writing in Turkey has become a difficult task. Most of the sincere journalists have been arrested and put on trial while the newspapers left are attached to the state and glorify the AKP.  Erdogan claims that “Most of those you say are in…
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The trajectory of events around the North Pole may be uncertain but with market forces and geopolitical strategy at play, one can be sure that national and corporate agendas will show increasing attention to the frozen frontier.
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