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August 2013
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1 August 2013, by Bipasha Sultana
Can a Moderate President Entail a Moderate Future for Iran?
Following the end of the presidential legacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during June 2013 elections, the Islamic Republic of Iran will welcome the moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani as its new president. (…) -
1 August 2013, by Bradley Castelli
Egypt and Democracy
Democracy is a fully loaded word, open to a broad spectrum of interpretations and used to justify what sometimes amounts to contradictory political realities. Indexes that rank countries by the (…) -
1 August 2013, by Kathryn Rockwell
Oil in Canada
The construction of the Keystone pipeline and the exploitation of the Alberta oil sands mark a drastic change in Canadian environmental policy. Once an example of moral leadership on ozone, clean (…) -
1 August 2013, by Bipasha Sultana
Academic Democracy and the Boycott of Israel: A Question of Ethics
Among the series of calls for academic boycott that have taken place in the past few years as a consequence to one of the most volatile geopolitical conflicts at present – Israel’s occupation of (…) -
1 August 2013, by Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu
Beyond Land Grabs: The Need for a New Approach
The controversy surrounding land grabbing in Africa has sparked debates worldwide, but according to Dr. Lorenzo Cotula, who is a researcher at the International Institute for Environment and (…) -
1 August 2013, by Kathryn Rockwell
"The administration is getting ever more...
"The administration is getting ever more angry and doing everything they can to break our hunger strike. Honestly, I wish I was dead." Judging from the harrowing Guardian interview with (…) -
1 August 2013, by Olivia Zeydler
Violence Begets Violence: Finding An Alternative Solution to the Maoist Insurgency
Agreements made between corporations and governments on natural resource extraction go further than economic ties, as they fundamentally affect the lives of the local people that live on the land. (…)