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Nordic dominance: The 25 most tolerant, progressive, and environmentally friendly countries in the world

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Edith Hancock | 07 Jan 2017 | Business Insider Nordic In the wake of Trump's victory in the US election and a vote for Brexit in the EU referendum, expat website Movehub has created a guide for those wanting to move to a more socially liberal country in 2017. Movehub compared three different studies from 2016 to determine the most liberal nations — the Social Progress … [Read more...] about Nordic dominance: The 25 most tolerant, progressive, and environmentally friendly countries in the world

What If a President Loses Control?

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Jeffrey Frank | 05 January 2017 | The New Yorker When John F. Kennedy spoke at the United Nations on September 25, 1961, he talked about the dangers of the atomic age. “Today, every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable,” he said. “Every man, woman, and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the … [Read more...] about What If a President Loses Control?

The Secret Life of Time

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Alan Burdick | December 19 & 26, 2016 Issue | The New Yorker It may seem slippery and maddeningly abstract, but it’s also deeply intimate, infusing our every word and gesture. Some nights—more than I like, lately—I wake to the sound of the bedside clock. The room is dark, without detail, and it expands in such a way that it seems as if I’m outdoors, under an … [Read more...] about The Secret Life of Time

Hybrid Wars: In The Horn Of Africa

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 Andrew KORYBKO | Fri, Nov 25, 2016 | Oriental Review The Horn of Africa has the second most globally geostrategic location on the continent behind North Africa, straddling the commercially vital Red Sea and providing international access to the world’s fastest-growing economy of Ethiopia.  In this sense, the coastal states acquire a dual maritime and mainland … [Read more...] about Hybrid Wars: In The Horn Of Africa

Hybrid Wars: Strategies Against Africa

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Andrew KORYBKO | Fri, Nov 4, 2016 | Oriental Review It’s time to begin exploring the influence of hegemonic and institutional regionalism on African geopolitics, widely investigating the asymmetrical threats endemic to each area, and start elucidating China’s overall Silk Road vision for the continent. African Regions, Their Respective (And Prospective) Leaders, And … [Read more...] about Hybrid Wars: Strategies Against Africa

The Law Of Hybrid Warfare

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Andrew Korybko | 4 March 2016 | Oriental Review The grand objective behind every Hybrid War is to disrupt multipolar transnational connective projects through externally provoked identity conflicts (ethnic, religious, regional, political, etc.) within a targeted transit state. Russia’s Eurasian integration objectives and China’s Silk Road projects are the targets of … [Read more...] about The Law Of Hybrid Warfare

The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans

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Peter C. Baker | 27 November 2016 | The New Yorker In the week after the election, the Equal Justice Initiative, of Montgomery, Alabama, released a new report—a fifty-three-page addendum to last year’s “Lynching in America,” an unprecedentedly thorough survey of American racial violence and terror between 1877 and 1950. Drawing on small-town newspaper and court … [Read more...] about The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans

Scarred body, scarred soul: life as Joseph Kony’s bodyguard – book extract

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Ledio Cakaj | Wednesday 9 November 2016 | The Guardian An exclusive excerpt from Ledio Cakaj’s When the Walking Defeats You: One Man’s Journey as Joseph Kony’s Bodyguard offers a vivid insight into the brutal nature of life in Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army This extract is based on the testimony of George Omona, bodyguard to Joseph Kony during three … [Read more...] about Scarred body, scarred soul: life as Joseph Kony’s bodyguard – book extract

Africa amid a raging world

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David S Levin | September 22 2016 | Business Day A NEW era is dawning and flickering on the universe’s giant movie screen like a new blockbuster hit, starring all of the 7.4-billion people on Earth. There is little doubt, as Malcolm Gladwell said, that we’ve reached a tipping point — but this one is on a global and historical scale and it’s reshuffling the entire … [Read more...] about Africa amid a raging world