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The British Army frontline: women and children first
We now face the prospect of 16 year old girls joining the army in combat roles.Flickr/isafmediaShortly after announcing it would be reviewing the ban on women in combat roles, the Ministry of Defence...
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Human rights violations in immigration enforcement at the external borders...
Human rights violations in immigration enforcement at the external borders of the EU are almost a daily phenomenon. Yet, they have been treated as ‘exceptional’. What can we learn from looking at the...
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Global Preventive Security and its unbearable lightness
One now plays a part in one’s own protection, and is expected to understand that one is ultimately the only personal responsible. The institutions can only help one to strengthen one’s preparedness....
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Clark Stoeckley's graphic account from inside the Chelsea Manning trial is released today, marking its first anniversary. We exclusively excerpt Chelsea Manning's testimony on her treatment in prison....
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This exclusive excerpt from Annika Rabo's 'A Shop of One's Own' intimately captures the uneasy mood and hushed conversations within Syria as Bashar Al-Assad assumed Syria's dictatorial dynasty in 2000....
View ArticleThe shadow citizenry
The shadow citizenry is a territorial reserve army of foot soldiers, who want in but are forced out; often defiant yet somehow disunited, disgruntled and raging in a global civil war of austerity and...
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Smoking in Russia: kicking the habit
More people smoke in Russia than almost anywhere else in the world, but the government is finally catching up, in clamping down. On 1 June 2014, the landscape of smoking will have changed dramatically...
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The Last King of Spain?
After 39 years on the throne, Juan Carlos de Borbón has announced his abdication of the Spanish Crown in favor of his son, Felipe. But with leftist, republican and independence movements brewing, could...
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The King is dead!
The King is dead! Long live the giddy baby elephant of the people!The first sign I saw of what could be a turning point in Spanish history, seven minutes after the news was announced by Prime Minister...
View ArticleThe pros and cons: a gathering debate
In Newark, New Jersey, inquiries into an applicant’s criminal history are delayed until a conditional offer of employment is made.J is 14 when he is arrested for possession of drugs. It’s his first...
View ArticleNATO: slipping into confrontation
Russia's moves into Crimea have sparked almost reflexive predictions of a new cold war. But NATO members once again fail to understand its lessons, continuing to squander opportunities for arms...
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Syria on our minds – fear of youth radicalisation across the European Union
Counterterrorist and counter-radicalisation policies not only have the potential to undermine the democratic principles, institutions, and processes they seek to preserve but also to produce unintended...
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Fraud fighters wanted in the Middle East
Egypt is just one of the places in the Arab world where scientific misconduct is tolerated. But the onus is global. What are research institutions waiting for to enforce policies? And what is the...
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Scapegoating Europe? How discontent with domestic politics determined the EU...
The success of far-right eurosceptic parties in the latest EU elections has been widely reported, however the results of these parties has varied across the different member states and with different...
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Syrian conflict transforms security regulations in Jordan
As fighters join Al Nusra and ISIL at an alarming rate, the Jordanian government responds with new anti-terrorism measures. Bordered by Syria to the north and Iraq to the East, lies the city of Mafraq...
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LGBT in Samara – pederasts and paedophiles
In Samara, LGBT people are seen as paedophiles. They face aggressive homophobia, harassment, and public incomprehension. Aggressive homophobia, harassment and public incomprehension – these are the...
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The rebel
What makes a person a rebel? What drove millions in the Arab World to defy their oppressive states and face death, time and time again? And can this sense of rebellion ever be replaced by a sense of...
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From China to Poland, lessons from June 4, 1989
What can we learn from comparing the 1989 revolutions in Poland and in China?The flag waver in Tiananmen Square in May 1989, before the June 4 crackdown. Flickr/Robert Croma. Some rights reserved.On...
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Tiananmen at 25: the fate of mass demonstration in China
China's growing economic prosperity has distinguished today's youth - and their demands - from the "89 generation". But though unlikely to occupy the square, the introduction of digital technologies...
View ArticleShaping the vote: politics and populism in the media
Does media coverage of issues like immigration, the economy and political scandal exacerbate or merely reflect citizens’ dissatisfaction with politics? In May, a Counterpoint discussion panel explored...
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