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Conservatives and the Kremlin: An Emerging Alliance
by Zach Emanuel October 23, 2018This past summer while leading a Congressional delegation to Moscow, Republican Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama proclaimed in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister…
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Ethnicity and Democracy: A Dangerous Mix?
by Katarina Kosmala-Dahlbeck October 18, 2018In July 2018, the Israeli Knesset passed a law defining Israel as “the national home of the Jewish people”. This so-called “nation-state law” establishes…
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Demographic, Legal, Social – Gender Inequalities in Chinese Society
by Xinong Wang October 3, 2018Much of American political debate today comprises of a cultural and legislative war over gender equality, from the from the #MeToo movement to the…
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The Russo-Georgian War, 10 Years Later
by Conor McDonald September 26, 2018On August 7th, 2008, the leaders of the Russian Federation shocked the world and made the controversial decision to mobilize and invade Georgia, a…
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La Guerre du Sahel
by Grayson Peters September 19, 2018Along a desert road, a military convoy is passed by an unassuming gray car. There is a sudden explosion, then gunfire. Fifteen minutes later,…
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Adam Schiff: Bernard Brodie Lecture and Interview
by Andrea Zachrich September 10, 2018Congressman Adam Schiff came to UCLA to give the Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace on May 31st of this year. Before…