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Recently speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama posited that an American disengagement from world affairs would leave a dangerous security vacuum. Whether or not this alleged American withdrawal is real,…
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When Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff took to the stage for her opening speech at the 68th UN General Assembly in New York last Wednesday (25th), she took the opportunity to deliver a sharp criticism of the spying programs carried out…
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I begin this post with a caveat. For the first week or so of this blog, I’m going to write exclusively on Civil-Military relations theory (cue collective poli-sci groan). The increasingly bizarre world of International Relations as seen…
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Since the beginning of what soon became known by the neologism ‘Arab Spring’ four countries have witnessed a completed change of regime. These four states, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen, have witnessed mass protests which eventually led…
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On Sunday, China’s official news agency called for the world to consider “de-Americanizing”: “As US politicians of both political parties (fail to find a) viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps…
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If one were to predict which state besides Kenya spoke out most strongly about the attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall on 21 September, Somalia might be a good guess; al-Shabaab, the attackers responsible, originated there. Ethiopia,…
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How much difference do two little words make? Some people believe it to be the difference between oppression and equality. This idea is the driving force behind the Restore Our Anthem movement, the leaders of which include Canadian…
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What happened to the Arab Spring, this unprecedented wave of protests spreading throughout the Middle East? Since Ibn Khaldun’s goal is to shed light on current developments in the region, it seems appropriate to first recapitulate the…
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United We Save Roșia Montană: That’s the motif that keeps protesters in Romania, and increasingly around the world, dedicated to opposing the gold mining project that threatens the small Transylvanian commune and its heritage. Roșia…
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(For background music, click here) This May I boarded the VIA train and rode west. As I passed through Toronto,  a problem with the GO Trains kept us marooned until dawn. Then we were off. After rolling through the rough and swampy…
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