Singapore’s Emergence as the World’s Next Art Capital
Inside the iconic triple towers of the Marina Bay Sands hotel, collectors and creative fanatics alike mingle amidst brightly lit white cubes to admire painting,...
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Are Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) beneficial to Africa? – A reflection on the EU–SADC EPA
In August of 2022, an arbitration council voted in favor of the European Union (EU) over the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with regards to the ...
Israel’s Campaign Against Palestinian Olive Trees
“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, their oil would become tears”– Mahmoud Darwish Olive Oil and Life Olive trees have been a key ...
Human Rights in the 2022 Qatar World Cup: No Humans Left
Sports and politics have always gone together, especially when the event is as global as the world cup. While most people believe in football’s reforming power ...
Which Way for the ‘ASEAN Way’: The Myanmar Coup and ASEAN’s Response
The growing crisis between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Myanmar has evolved into a test case as to whether the ‘ASEAN Way’ of non-inte...
The Ongoing Fight for Abortion Rights in Morocco
Moroccan protestors gathered outside of parliament in Rabat with hundreds of signs that read “We are all Meriem.” Meriem was the latest victim of Morocco’s stri...
International Instability – Born from the Migration of Refugees or a Product of Political Aversion?
Migration can be thought of as a condition of evolving economic, social, and political climates. While migrants are often incorrectly interchanged with “refugee...
Deradicalization and Reintegration as Strategies for Counterterrorism in Somalia
Combating physical threats is challenging enough, but how do you defeat an idea? This is precisely why countering extremism and terrorism is so difficult....
In the Middle East, Some Human Rights Are More Equal than Others
On September 13, 22-year-old Jina “Mahsa” Amini was detained by Iran’s morality police. The accusation? Wearing her hijab in a way that made some of her hair vi...
Shifts in Shopping Sprees: Bans on Single-Use Plastic Bags in South Korea and the U.S.
Effective on January 1, 2019, South Korea had banned all single-use plastic bags from major supermarkets following a growing number of environmentally conscious...