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It is interesting to note that in Turkish there are two words for peace. The first, barış, denotes reconciliation and togetherness. The second, huzur, has connotations of tranquility and stability, but not harmony or justice. This latter is…
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After twenty-two years as president of The Gambia, and repeated refusals to accept his defeat in the recent election, Yahya Jammeh has finally left the small West African nation and headed into exile. Jammeh’s decision to abdicate his…
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While the Trump administration has seen many substantive executive decisions being made within his first few days in office, many in America are still reeling from the ones that President Obama made in his last few days. One decision in…
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Ahead of the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act on March 23rd, House Democratic Leaders held a press conference to highlight the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for America’s families and small businesses. In evaluating the…
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Burundi, an African country located in the region of the Great Lakes, is going through a worrying crisis rapidly deteriorating into a civil war, opposing the government to its population, since April 2015… but no one is talking about it.…
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In the United States’s last election cycle, the world came close to the most powerful person on Earth being a woman. While it is an important step for a woman to get so close, the United States has still not had a female president.  This…
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After 2 years of repairing Cold War wounds between the United States and Cuba, Obama announced the end of the 22-year-old “wet foot, dry foot” policy which granted Cubans special status to remain in the country and gain legal residency…
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The world has entered a stage where cause can be identified, but there is no way to determine the effects that will result. The entire purpose of political science is to understand, theorize, and explain; to make sense of the non-sensical;…
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