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Australia’s Asylum Seeker Policies: Smoke and Mirrors

On June 26, President Trump tweeted that “much can be learned” from Australia’s refugee policies. Other leaders, including Italy’s Matteo Salvini and The Netherlands’...

Looking Downstream: The Future of Nile Water Politics

The Nile is commonly considered to be the longest river system in the World. Originating in Lake Victoria and the Ethiopian Highlands, it covers...

What the Fate of Mugabe Means for Zimbabwe

Farai Sevenzo did not expect it to happen. A Zimbabwean-born journalist who covers sub-Saharan Africa, Sevenzo noted in a CNN op-ed that for over...

Space Standoff: Uncertainty in Militarized Space

Space is dangerous and expensive. It’s also a mission-critical asset to a modern military force where precedence and collaboration between rivals is scant. National space...

China’s Investment in Africa: The New Colonialism?

Africa is no stranger to exploitation. After decades of colonial rule under major Western powers, the continent was left with a legacy of harsh,...

When Courts Take on Countries

On September 11, 2001, Stephanie DeSimone’s life changed forever. A joyful expectant mother, DeSimone became a pregnant widow when her Navy commander husband was...

What is [John Kerry doing for] Aleppo?

Despite presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s ignorant question “What is Aleppo?,” many other politicians recognize that the grave situation in Syria can no longer be ignored. Since 2011, the country has been involved in a destructive, multi-faceted civil war, which has grown to involve four warring factions: President Bashar al-Assad’s government; moderate opposition forces; extremist ISIS fighters; and the Nusra front, a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.

No Choice in Belfast

In April, a 21-year-old woman from Northern Ireland was given a three-month jail sentence for committing a crime considered heinous in her country. It...

Abe’s Legislative Yasukuni

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is right that the ghosts should not rule the living, but he is wrong to conjure them up. Instead, he should exorcise them once and for all.

Nigeria’s Post-Election Hangover

This April, the country’s citizens elected Muhammadu Buhari president, forwarding a broad mandate to overhaul the nation’s counterterrorism strategy.