Tweeting to Win: Al-Shabaab’s Strategic Use of Microblogging
Today, we live in a world of networked global communities, drawn together by the recent technological boom. This unprecedented degree of interconnectivity has ...
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Public Opinion and Soft Balancing within the Transatlantic Alliance
Amidst the Iraq War and the promulgation of a unilateral foreign policy under the Bush administration, global public opinion of the United States plummeted. One...
Putin and USAID: The Makings of a Grip Too Tight on Power
In September 2012, the Russian government, headed by President Vladimir Putin, mandated that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cease operati...
Stories from South Tel Aviv: The Plight of African Asylum Seekers in Israel
In 1948, the newly established Jewish and democratic State of Israel asserted in its Declaration of Independence that “The State of Israel will be open for Jewi...
The Northern Distribution Network and Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The United States has committed to withdrawing from Afghanistan by 2014. Given the sheer amount of equipment and number of personnel currently on the ground, t...
Conversion and Settlement in Pre-Mandate British Foreign Policy
I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green & pleasant Land[1] With thes...
An Arendtian Analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
On May 10th, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first president of South Africa to have been elected by citizens of all races. The selection of a black...
Review: Why Nations Fail
To forgo reading Why Nations Fail – a weighty but intensely engaging investigation of the determinants of economic prosperity – is, it seems, to risk being left...
Italy, Europe and the Euro Crisis: Partnership for Reform or Discord for Disaster
Little more than two years ago, European news outlets and politicians spoke about the prospect of economic downturn and financial unrest as if it were only caus...
India 2012: Economic Performance & Challenges
The creation of a functional financial system is essential to the growth of developing countries. In the decades following its independence, the Indian governme...