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Trump's Role in the Israeli-Palestine Peace Process: Progressive or Destabilizing?
The controversial “two-state solution” to the Israel-Palestine conflict would, as the name suggests, allow Israel and Palestine to...

The Pendulum
Jan 17, 20184 min read
Fractured Politics and Ethnic Tension Fuels South Sudanese Civil War
Ted Anastopoulo The blood spilt in South Sudan’s fight for stable government drips in vain. Conceived in 2011, the world’s youngest...

The Pendulum
Nov 15, 20174 min read
Cholera in Yemen: The Preventable Epidemic
Yusra awakes. The constant bombings roaring down from the sky and exploding in the not-so-distance did not wake her. No, she now equates...

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Oct 5, 20174 min read


Why Somalia Failed and How It Can Change
Aditya Aswani More than 900 women were sexually assaulted last month in Somalia. The recent famine led to not only mass starvation but...

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Aug 29, 20174 min read


The Off-Ramp From Grexit: A Road Map to Sensible Economic Reform
We live in uncertain times. As if Brexit, a populist President in the US, and Russian hacking were not bad enough, global financial...

The Pendulum
Jun 10, 20174 min read


Turkey's Descent into Dictatorship
In terms of threats to peace and stability on the continent, Europe’s leaders have plenty to worry about. The refugee/migrant crisis,...

The Pendulum
Apr 11, 20176 min read


Re-Election of Rouhani: A Call for Renewed Diplomacy
Ted Anastopoulo When affronted voters took to the streets of Tehran after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s dubious re-election...

The Pendulum
Mar 27, 20174 min read


Downfall of Dynasty: President Park's Final Hours
“It’s all fake news!” a proud pro-Park protester screams into a microphone on a stage built on an intersection only four city blocks from...

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Mar 10, 20174 min read


Overreach or Restraint? America's Next Move in Syria
The conditions of American involvement in Syria metamorphosed. The U.S.’s success in the initial victory conditions of obliterating ISIS...

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Feb 27, 20175 min read


The Fourth Wave? Illiberal Democracies and What They Mean for the World
On July 26th, 2014, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared his intention to create an illiberal democracy in Hungary. Orban cited...

The Pendulum
Apr 1, 20164 min read


Censorship in the India: Why The World's Largest Democracy Isn't So Free
When Reporters Without Borders released their yearly Press Freedom Index in 2015, India retained its 136th place in the bottom quartile...

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Jan 8, 20162 min read


China In Central-America: Nicaragua's Mega Canal Faces Backlash
Violent protests between the Nicaraguan people and police have recently erupted around the development of a new Chinese-funded canal to...

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Dec 4, 20152 min read


Why Slapping Sanctions On Russia Won't Work
In response to the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea in late February of 2014, the United States, the EU, and their allies have...

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Nov 4, 20152 min read
An Ignored Epidemic: Greenland's Suicide Crisis
Every Greenlander knows someone who has killed themself. Greenland’s indigenous peoples face especially high risk, with suicide occurring...

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Apr 8, 20154 min read


Iran vs. ISIS: Rallying Behind General Suleimani
John Henry Murdy General Soleimani of Iran has become a near-celebrity in the wake of his fierce and decisive leadership against the...

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Apr 6, 20152 min read


The Cinema Price Index
The economy is a mysterious thing. That sentence alone deserves some sort of understatement superlative. After all, most of us have heard...

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Mar 29, 20152 min read


The Elusive Cuban "Revolution"
When the Obama administration announced the normalization of ties with Cuba, its aim, according to the press release, was to “engage and...

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Feb 2, 20153 min read


The Awkward Impasse
It’s no exaggerated claim that the United States and The People’s Republic of China don’t see eye to eye on every issue. There are clear...

The Pendulum
Jan 12, 20153 min read
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