The Myth of Microfinance
The myth of microfinance is powerful. The idea that providing small loans to people in poverty will alleviate their conditions both satisfies our longing to be ...
How Digital Communities Cope: Cyber-vigilantism Following the Boston Marathon Bombings
On April 15th, 2013, two men and two pressure cooker bombs shook Boston to its core. One of Boston’s most treasured traditions, the Boston Marathon, had been ma...
Unity of Command or Unity of Effort? Humanitarian civil-military cooperation in post-conflict reconstruction
Introduction The inception of the Global War on Terror after the Sept. 11 attacks ushered in a new era of humanitarian civil-military cooperation (CIMIC). The w...
Ideology through Subliminal Propaganda: A Critique of Portrayals of Palestine and Palestinians in Israeli and Western Online News Media during Operation Protective Edge
Introduction Rarely are there issues more contentious than the modern question of Palestine and Israel. One can find a plethora of media sources concerning Isra...
Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the United Kingdom’s Healthcare System: The National Healthcare Service and its Provisions for Underprivileged Populations
Introduction The United Kingdom (UK) houses one of the most developed public healthcare systems in the industrialized world. Its services are free at the point ...
Globalization: Influences of Economic Dependence on American, Chinese, and African Diplomatic Practices
Trading is easier than ever before. The rate at which global populations have been growing is far greater than at any point in the past. Through the advent of m...
Constructing a Bogeyman: Osama bin Laden as a Totem for Global Muslim Insurgency
Since 9/11, the War on Terror has created no greater cult of personality than that surrounding Osama bin Laden. The late Saudi has become part political icon, p...
Explaining the Camp David Summit: An Individual-Based Approach to Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Introduction From September 5, 1978 to September 17, 1978, the American President Jimmy Carter, the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the Egyptian Presi...
Holding onto Hope: Palestinian Authority Institution-Building in the Post-Oslo Era Peace Process
The 1993 Oslo Accords, which marked Israel’s recognition of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the formation of the Palestinian National Authorit...
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