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State of the European Union
by Grayson Peters November 5, 2018Two years after the British people narrowly voted for a “Brexit” referendum to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union, the EU is…
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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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Measles: Europe’s Underreported Epidemic
by Andrea Zachrich October 4, 2018Worldwide, measles cases have been declining for decades, but in Europe there has been a dangerous reversal of that trend throughout the last several…
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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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Bayer Acquires Monsanto: Controversy & Implications for Global Agriculture
by Sareen Ishanyan September 24, 2018Following two years of negotiations and approval seeking from various governmental bodies, the acquisition of the American agricultural biotechnology company known as Monsanto by the…
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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,…