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Part 1 of 3.... This blog usually focuses on particular laws and court cases that have affected the societal landscape of Eastern Europe. Yet, for the duration of this three part special I want to focus on the grey areas of the law, the…
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There has recently been a furious debate in the public sphere about post-modernism, or post-modern neo-Marxism as it is sometimes called.  Recently, Canada’s Jordan Peterson has made headlines for attacking it, blaming post-modernism for…
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As Syria prepares to enter its 8th year of civil war, the situation in Eastern Ghouta, its southwestern region, suggests that not much progress has been made. In just this past week, around 530 citizens in Damascus’ last rebel-held suburb…
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Editor’s Note: This article is the second of a two-part series on the naming dispute between the "Republic of Macedonia" and the "Hellenic Republic" In Part I, Archimandriti outlines the history and sources of conflict between the two…
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The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics were more heavily politicized than most despite the fact that the Olympics are an inherent stage for soft power politics, along with a rule in the Olympic Charter against politicization. Some optimists…
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With the 2018 midterm elections just around the corner, the Democratic Party is not too far from re-claiming a majority in both chambers of Congress. Many have pointed to the controversy of the current Trump administration and disarray…
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Although the Xhosa ritual represents a coming of age into “manhood” - initiates repeat “I’m a man” throughout the process - the South African film Inxeba (The Wound) complicates this trajectory by portraying different understandings of…
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Our final day at the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women was rather calmer than the prior four – the majority of official business had wrapped up for the week and there were fewer available side-events. I still had the chance to attend…
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German politics generally have a reputation for being boring, and few German politicians exemplify this better than Angela Merkel. Through her twelve years as Chancellor, she has moved her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from being a…
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On December 1st, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood on Parliament Hill and raised a red and white flag in honour of World AIDS Day. This was two months after the Liberal government announced a shift in mandate that cut the funding…
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