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Colourful Challenges: Street Art from the Middle East
The author looks at Street Art in the Middle East (Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran and Palestine). He draws attention to how in some parts it became an apparent means for protest, while in others it is...
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Fanning the Flames – The Rise of AQAP
An assessment of what has contributed to the rise of Al Qaeda in Yemen. The author points to the contributors of the swelling of their ranks which, among other factors, has included the cutting of...
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NSA: the Deceptive Scandal
The latest round of leaks on the NSA could end the spying culture through major policy-shifts promised by President Obama though one should remain sceptical. By Gulshan Roy, 5th November 2013 The...
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Environment and Society in India – The Challenges Ahead
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Challenges of grass root rural development in Tamil Nadu
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Where is Bosnia and Herzegovina going?
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Fear and Loathing in the Magic Valley of Malana, India’s Cannabis Country
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Human rights law and the cultural barriers in Islamic states
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Can the American and Pakistani Positions on Islamic Militancy be Reconciled?
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Discovery of India – Chapter 3: Stories of a deity and a human
InPEC brings to you the “Discovery of India” log of Karthik Radhakrishnan, an engineering graduate student from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, as he travels through India....
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South-South Technology Cooperation: The Case of Brazil and China’s Wind Industry
In a piece prepared especially for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the authors look at the “South-South” relationship between China and Brazil to understand the...
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Revised Histories of Love and War
Compliant disobedience and remembered forgettings. By Arvind Iyer, 20th June, 2014 The past: a new and uncertain world. A world of endless possibilities and infinite outcomes. Countless choices define...
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“Good fences make good neighbors”?
Figure 1 The Wall in Bethlehem Governorate Writing about her visits to the West Bank, the author shares with us her impressions of the separation wall. By Margaret McKenzie, 5th July, 2014 It will...
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The Case for Kurdistan
Kurdish Fighters – Photo courtesy of Free Kurdistan In making the case for Kurdish independence, the author reviews the favorable prospects of the Kurdish state. He explains that “the West must...
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The Unhappiness Factory of Kashmir
The Unhappiness Factory of Kashmir In an April 2012 issue of Open Magazine, the editor Manu Joseph wrote a provocatively titled essay, “Sorry, Kashmir is Happy”. Unsurprisingly, this article became the...
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Is Mali the ‘next Afghanistan’?
Is Mali the ‘next Afghanistan’? Andrew Lebovich analyses the popular attitudes on the security situation in northern Mali to look at the potential risks to international security and the risks that...
View ArticleThe Impact of Sanctions on Iranian Society and Artists
Economic sanctions are not only shattering the lives of the Iranian people but also strangling Iran’s social and cultural development. Iran is headed for a humanitarian catastrophe unless steps are...
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