“The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance of each other, we do not feel called upon […]
Daily Archives: December 4, 2017
The methods that gangs consolidate power in the Brazilian criminal justice system is a concern to the region and to the international community at large.
The Rocinha Power Struggle
From Al-Shabaab’s exploitation of the charcoal market in Somalia to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia’s levies on mining activity in Columbia, extremist groups all over the world exploit natural […]
Oil and Opium: Exploitation of Natural Resources by the Taliban and the So-Called Islamic State
The 1970s witnessed a rise of insurgent groups ranging from anarchists to reformists to preservationists. The insurgencies waged by the Irish Republican Army (IRA, including the Provisionals) and the […]
Beware of the Risen People: Public Support as a Crucial Factor in the Outcomes of the ...
In 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry enacted a law that redrew the state’s senatorial districts. Under the new lines Federalists were grouped together in fewer districts, constituting a successful effort […]
Docket #16-1161; The Case that Could Change How America Votes
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has stood as a highly controversial figure. Some people see him as the savior, and others the destruction of the Republic of the Philippines. Former mayor […]
Defining Duterte’s Impact in the Philippines
The international airline business has always been known by economists and business experts to be an unpredictable and volatile industry. Its success depends on accurately forecasting major world events, bracing […]
Protectionist Policies Threaten Newfound Stability of Global Airline Industry
It will be 80 years next year since the Munich Agreement was signed by the leaders of France, Great Britain, Italy, and Germany. When the agreement’s stipulation of allowing Nazi […]
Washington, Tehran, Pyongyang, and…Munich? —Trump’s Dangerous Iteration of the Warped Legacy of ‘Appeasement’ in U.S. Foreign ...
In most presidential elections, predicting the winner of the heavily-Mormon state of Utah is a non-exercise. Democrats have won the state exactly once since 1952, in Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide […]
Donald Trump Could Drive a Wedge Between Mormon Voters and the GOP
The nations accommodating the unprecedented number of refugees in the world do not possess the resources required to adequately meet the challenge before them. The host countries of refugees face […]