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On December 17th, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro, with the appeal of Pope Francis, both formally announced that the United States and Cuba would restore full diplomatic relations. USAID subcontractor Alan…
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This is a continuation of my discourse with George Washington University's visiting scholar of political science Justyna Zajac. Professor Zajac is a leading expert in Poland's political transition, spanning from 1980 to today. In this part…
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President Obama and his diplomats assured the world there was no military solution to the Syrian civil war, even after Assad’s regime violated an American “red line” not to use chemical weapons against its own people in 2013. President…
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Women’s rights issues are central to the Zika virus and microcephaly crisis spreading across Latin America. As the number of babies born with microcephaly rises dramatically in the regions affected by Zika, the negative personal and…
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Al Jazeera America, the ambitious U.S. branch of the state-funded Quatari news network, is closing down. Only three years old, the TV network and associated news website became relative safe havens from the mad rush of American corporate…
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Tensions arose in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third term in office. Although opposition leaders condemned his act as unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court upheld his decision in…
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In my last post, I wrote about the untimely death of Giulio Regeni, an Italian PhD student brutally beaten and murdered allegedly by the Egyptian government, an investigation is yet to be had. Today marks one month since his disappearance…
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Kathryn White is the current president and CEO of the United Nations Association in Canada and vice-chair of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of United Nations Associations. She sat down with the MIR's Stephen Friedrich…
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Just before the New Year, a group of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s close associates demanded to meet with the former FLN revolutionary, as they had not seen him in over a year. Rumors swirled across the capital that a ruling…
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