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Workers of the World Unite…But don’t disturb…
The opening words of the current version of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, adopted in 1982 at…
Children of the Arab Spring
Last week the image of a four year- old Syrian girl, holding her hands up in surrender to a reporter’s camera,…
Destroying the Memory of a people: ISIS’ Cultural…
The Mosul Public Library and Museum, home to statues and artefacts dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian…
Power Over Weakness: A Pipe Dream of East Asian Union
Last Saturday in Seoul, three East Asian nations’ (Korea, China, Japan) foreign ministers agreed to hold summit…
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night… Rage against the…
3.5 million people experience homelessness at some point in a year in the United States: on a given night in…
“Comfort Women”: Japan and Neighbour Relations
70 years ago, the Pacific side of the Second World War officially ended with Japan’s surrender after the landing of…
The Zapatistas and Systemic Inequality in Mexico
The post-Cold War era is rife with examples of insurgencies and intrastate conflicts that blur the lines between…
From Farmers to Entrepreneurs: China’s “Taobao Village”
Alibaba Group's e-commerce subsidiary Taobao, or “treasure hunt” in Chinese, has become increasingly…
North Korea: Time to Open the Doors
North Korea’s economy is projected to grow by 7% this year, one of the highest rates around the world . For the…
El Relato es Salvaje: La crisis del gobierno argentino,…
El día que llegué a Buenos Aires para empezar mi intercambio, el 18 de enero, el fiscal argentino, Alberto…
Syria: Rising Factionalization of the Assad Camp –…
Syria will soon enter the fourth year of an internal conflict that has been raging since unrest began in March 2011…
#TBT USSR
The death toll now reaches six thousand in Ukraine thanks to the biggest diplomatic crisis since 1989. From the…