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While several Arab republics have witnessed regime transitions, there are some other republics that  have experienced only very limited unrest. The republics that faced little or no major unrest during the Arab Spring are Algeria, Iraq,…
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War is a puzzling inter-state activity for political theorists. While several scholars such as James Fearon maintain that war results from failed diplomacy, other authors rally behind Carl von Clausewitz in claiming that war…
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The public discourse surrounding Roma refugees is one full of misconceptions about the Canadian refugee system and the status of Roma, both in their countries of origin and the European Union. Here are four frequently cited myths about the…
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The agreement reached in Geneva on 14 September between Russia and the United States over the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons is an interesting example of inter-state cooperation against the backdrop of international crisis.…
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On Sunday, November 3rd, local elections were held in municipalities throughout Kosovo, where, for the first time, the Serbian minority in the country’s north was able to -and encouraged to- participate. Since Kosovo’s controversial…
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The 20th century has seen the development of several major schools of thought about the nature and processes of the international system. These paradigms have evolved to fit an increasingly complex arena of global relations. However,…
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Our current culture of political analyses, with many polls considered, has created a space for frequent declarations proclaiming the death of one political party or another. Such political foretelling happens so often and so quickly…
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Although it received little media attention, Cambodia’s civil society has been actively campaigning and protesting for a more transparent, fair, and free democracy since the contested parliamentary elections in July. On Wednesday, October…
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Critics of the post-revolutionary leadership in Egypt have lost an ally. By censoring Bassem Youssef's al-Barnamej (“The Program”) show, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has expanded his military rule over a somber misr. The…
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PROPOSITION “We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal,” says Vladimir Putin as he signs off his infamous New York Times Op-Ed piece about US intervention in Syria. But…
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