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Category: Comments

Comments/Middle East

How the World’s Largest Oil Company ‘Greenwashes’ the Truth

Posted on May 2023 by Beckett Pechon-Elkins

“Investing in Growth, Innovating for Sustainability” Typed in sleek white ink, these six words headline a 230-page document complete with modern visuals and tre...

Comments/Europe

Like A Glove: Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage and American Foreign Policy

Posted on April 2023 by Luis Tomás Orozco

At 2:03am on the 26th of September, 2022, the Geological Survey of Denmark recorded a 2.3 magnitude tremor originating from the depths of the Baltic Sea; but th...

Africa/Africa/Global Issue/Middle East

Algerians Don’t Appreciate the Audacity

Posted on April 2023 by Layla Hedroug

For decades, Algerians have proudly chanted the slogan “One, Two, Three – Viva l’Algerie!” in the face of adversity. Yet even this slogan, which has...

Comments/Middle East

Does the Israeli-Lebanese maritime border agreement have any gas left in its tank?

Posted on April 2023 by Roi Gil Kantor

Historical Background Think of someone you disagree with the most — maybe you have even scuffled once or twice — and now you two must sit in a room together and...

Americas/Comments

Setbacks in Nicaragua’s democracy and the weakness of the elections

Posted on April 2023 by Valeria Vega

Are elections in Nicaragua a double-edged tool used to suppress democracy? Nicaraguan democracy has historically been affected by several civil wars and coups d...

Asia/Comments

Executive Control of Institutions: The Path between Independence against Opacity

Posted on April 2023 by Saranya Ravindran

In a speech delivered in November, Indian Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is tasked with overseeing the judiciary, called the body’s so-called “Collegium” ...

Africa/Africa/Comments

Energy Apartheid: Planned Power Cuts Shine a Light on Electricity Inequality

Posted on April 2023 by Mumtaz Mohamood

Scheduled power cuts, commonly known as load-shedding , have threatened the political and economic stability of South Africa since 2008. The state-owned power u...

Asia/Comments

Why a symbolic exchange matters: Signaling in Biden-Xi Summit

Posted on April 2023 by Yaqi Li

On November 14, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden met in person with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in his presidency. This summit, conducte...

Middle East

The Land Between two Rivers: Iraq’s Water Crisis and Tensions with Turkey

Posted on April 2023 by Noor Kareem

Amber rice, a staple crop of southern Iraq known for its strong aroma, has been noticeably missing last year. Along the tributaries of the Euphrates, the green ...

Comments

Africa and the Western Monpolization of Agribusiness

Posted on April 2023 by Alexander Hoang

Amid the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century and the growing voice of global actors, innovations across the agricultural sector gave hope to the idea of en...

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