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Who is Juan Guaidó?
Juan Guaidó looks set to become the next President of Venezuela. Having risen from obscurity to the upper ranks of the country’s National Assembly and leader of the opposition, he now declares himself to be Venezuela’s interim president, opposing the leadership of the incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro. Whilst Guaidó appears to be the Obama of…
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An Act of Solidarity and Kindness.
While walking home in a suburb of Athens I found myself struck by what I saw. This happened only the other day, after Christmas, and it seemed to open my eyes to what Humanity is capable of. Before I begin depicting what occurred let me set the context. Greece, in case many of my readers…
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What Fukuyama got right.
“An end has been put to the ‘Cold War,’ … The threat of a world war is no more” highlighted the end of a bipolar world in place since 1945. In this context, international relations experts sought to explain how the transformation of the post-Cold War world. The claims represented by Mearsheimer in ‘Back To…
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Emerging From the Crowd
Nothing would ever be the same for him. Seeing her made him realise the meaning of existing. He had emerged from the crowd accepting his strengths and his weaknesses, all so that he could be noticed, by her. “She was far from ordinary. I mean not to imply any negative sense of the term when…
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In Defence of Human Rights.
Recent events in current affairs have shown how world leaders have failed to uphold human right regulations per the UN human rights charter, on the basis that they are culturally inappropriate, or eroding the sovereignty of their respective nation-states. As such, I feel it necessary to remind my readers, and myself above all (!), why…
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A word on nuclear peace.
Citing Hindu scripture, Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the nuclear “Manhattan Project”, upon viewing the first Nuclear weapon test, lamented that “..the world would not be the same … a few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.” The following asserts the theory of Nuclear Peace but concludes it is flawed regarding…
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Puerto Rico Woman Racially Abused in front of Idle Policeman
America of all places should lead the world in combating racism, divisiveness and extremism. It should not become a haven for bigots and the like.
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When Do We Draw the Line?
When will this end?
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Tiger’s Quilt
Bono IV returns with his poem ‘Tiger Quilt’. Enjoy.
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The end of Mugabe means nothing for Zimbabwe
“Mugabe stepping down on the 21st of November signaled mass jubilation nationwide, as Mugabe’s 39-year-old rule had finally ended. Now Democracy could finally prevail! As if.”
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