Global Politics
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The Saudi Trail in Yemen’s Quandary
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Yemen might just be on the brink of an irreversible collapse. The country is grappled in a perverse storm of difficulties along with a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. With an ill-timed war, coronavirus, extensive human rights violations, famines, regional oil conflicts, and a crumbling health care system, Yemen has now become what the UN calls “exceptionally…
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On Cyberattacks and Electoral Intervention: How to Tame the Elephant in the Room?
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In a recent interview with Marc A. Thiessen, President Donald J. Trump acknowledged that the U.S. carried out a cyberattack on Russian agencies in 2018. According to the President, the cyberattack forms part of a broader policy of confronting Russia and was designed to frustrate Moscow’s attempts to interfere with the U.S. mid-term elections. It…
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From the Simla Convention to the Galwan Valley: Four Propositions on the Sino-Indian border conflict
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De-escalation efforts continue over the clash that captured the attention of the globe in June. Resulting in the deaths of over 20 Indian and an unreleased number of PLA combatants, the Galwan Valley melee has by now been well-documented.[1] During a recent closed Hudson Institute briefing under Chatham House Rules, Indian civil society leaders and…
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On The Hagia Sophia Decision: The Hagia Sophia Decision: Does it stand the test of ‘Rule of Law’?
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The complex spread of religions around the world has often been the core reason behind major disputes. Whether it be the possession of territory or dispute regarding religious monuments, some of the longest and the deadliest conflicts have seen religion as their core perpetrator. On similar lines falls the Hagia Sophia dispute; a well-known dispute…
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Democracy in China: Why Justice for George Floyd Matters
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The United States must acknowledge how racial prejudice contours the China challenge it faces today.
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It’s time we destigmatise forced displacement. After all, we are all victims of it today
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Since the 2015 European Migrant Crises, stateless individuals, refugees and migrants alike have constantly been at the forefront of toxic narratives and stigma that arbitrarily characterise them as “economic leeches” and “swarms”. Anti-refugee stances and propaganda rarely seek the root causes behind mass displacement and merely focus on the fact that masses of people are…
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The Bizarre Role of Gangs During the Coronavirus Outbreak
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The coronavirus pandemic has placed extraordinary strain on governments – especially states which have historically faced difficulty in effectively controlling their territory. For this reason, among others, Latin America is swiftly becoming the global hotspot for coronavirus cases. Throughout this crisis, responses to this epidemic have come from an unusual source. Latin America’s narcotrafficers –…
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The New Ottoman: Turkish Foreign Policy, Erdoğan’s Libyan Adventure, and the Ideal US Response
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Introduction Known as the sick man of Europe in its dying days, the Ottoman Empire, a Muslim polity that straddled the entirety of the Middle East at its zenith, was long heralded as a bridge between the East and the West dating back to the Seljuk conquest of Constantinople. Although not nearly as powerful or…
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The Alternative for Germany Representation Claiming: Failure or Success?
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The results of the German federal election of 2017 demonstrate the success of the radical right populist party (RRPP) the Alternative for Germany (AfG). Elections led to the creation of a six-party system including this strong RRPP which managed to become the third largest political force and the real opposition to the mainstream parties. The…
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Disasters of Neoliberalism and Hindutva Fascism in India
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Neoliberalism as an ideology emerged in central Europe during early 20th century in opposition to socialism as an alternative to imperial, colonial and capitalist plunder, war and economic crisis. The Department of Economics at the University of Chicago shaped neoliberalism as a strategy to shift the power from workers to the owners of capital by…