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Game Over
How War Gaming Affects Military Planning Recently, United States Central Command, the combatant command responsible for military operations in the Middle East, conducted a war game to assess the consequences of Israel striking Iran in protestation of their nuclearization efforts….
Gay Rights: A Shifting Consensus
On the night of March 2, Daniel Zamudio, a clothing store assistant in Santiago, Chile, was tortured and left to die by a group of individuals who allegedly singled him out for being gay. Zamudio was found the day…
New Player, Same Game
Why Expect Fewer Fouls if National Interests Haven’t Changed? The idea of a youthful new leader in North Korea tempts spectators to see a shot at reform. Playing to this perception, the Korean Central News agency recently released a photo…
Lo Queremos Todo y Lo Queremos Ya
Lessons From Madrid “Reformas de educación! Quiero trabajo! 9/11: Inside Job!” These shouts of frustration are only a sample of the diverse viewpoints expressed in the initial months of Spain’s Indignado (Outraged) Movement. With national unemployment hovering above 20% and…
Learning From Ai Weiwei
China’s Dissident Extraordinaire The Arab Spring did not quite make it to China. There, the Jasmine Revolution met a premature end, halted at the cyberspace stage of indiscriminate calls for action. The Chinese government responded swiftly to the protests, dispatching…
Burma: One Step Forward or One Step Back?
Despite its status as one of the most resource-rich countries in the world, Burma is rarely acknowledged or even noticed by the international community. Pressed between China and India and boasting sizeable reserves of gold, rubies, teak, rice and beaches…
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Dispute
The Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, Hebrew for “House of the Sun,” recently witnessed a modern-day reenactment of Rosa Parks’ refusal to move to the back of a bus. Rachel Weinstein, a secular Beit Shemesh resident, earned international recognition after…
Remember Darfur
A forgotten twenty-first century genocide. This is how Daowd Salih, founder of the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy in Sudan, referred to the current situation in Darfur. Since February 2003, Darfur, a western Sudanese region, has suffered intense conflicts…