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Along with every new year come clichéd notions of a fresh start, new beginnings, and better relationships in the following twelve months. It can likely be assumed that many in the international political community are hoping that as Donald…
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As 2017 came to a close, many reflected upon the past year’s events through the hashtags that dominated social media platforms, from showing support to victims of terrorist attacks to social issues -  notably against sexual harassment.…
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The concepts of Equity and Responsibility in the global climate change regime focus on accounting for the historical amount of CO2 emissions produced by developed and developing countries. These concepts also acknowledge the disproportional…
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For American, and some Canadian, diplomats stationed in Cuba, the last year has been one of confusion, fear, and dismay. As many as fifty diplomats have become sick with a mysterious illness. The attacks seem to have been targeted – despite…
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On December 14th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed the vote in repealing the Obama-era rules that required ISP services to treat all web traffic equally, putting the future of the internet into question. The debate on net…
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Editor's note: This article is the third of a series on sustainability by Kara Anderson. Previously, we examined San Francisco and Detroit's divergent, but complementary, approaches to urban sustainability. The concept of sustainability is…
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As the epicentre of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Jerusalem serves as more than the Holy Land over which believers of the Abrahamic religions fight. After President Donald J. Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on…
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“Fake news” - the term has graced news feeds and dominated headlines nearly every day for the past year, becoming a global phenomenon and household phrase. It has burned through the politics of Europe, and has amassed a following amongst…
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"Away with a pæan of derision You winged blood-drop. Can I not overtake you? Are you one too many for me Winged Victory? Am I not mosquito enough to out-mosquito you?" So says the penultimate stanza of D.H. Lawrence’s…
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On January 9th, 2018, the Inter-Korean talks between North and South Korea rendered some of the brightest prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula in years. The representatives at the talks announced that North Korea would participate in…
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