Iran’s New Age
24 November 2014 marks the day on which the 12-year impasse regarding trade sanctions imposed to restrain Iran’s nuclear programme is to end. In 2002, the country’s opposition group revealed secret...
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In The Atlantic, Noah Gittell recently argued that Hollywood is dropping the ball on climate change. Pointing out the lack of explicit acknowledgement in Interstellar, Gittell went on to suggest that...
View ArticleFukushima And The Health Impact Of Japan’s Nuclear Policy
More than three years have passed since Japan’s now-infamous nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi experienced a meltdown following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011. Despite...
View ArticleDid Torture Cost American Lives?
“The enemy is the enemy, until he becomes my prisoner,” I remember Lieutenant General Hal Moore saying, “then he is my responsibility”. Moore was with co-author Joe Galloway at Fort Hood, Texas, in...
View Article10 Countries To Watch As Oil Prices Slump
Increased supply from oil exporting countries, greater energy independence in the US and stagnant global demand caused the price of oil to plummet from an average of $100 per barrel in June 2014 to $60...
View ArticleSomewhere In America…
If you haven’t already seen this video then you need to stop EVERYTHING you are doing right now. Watch it. I can guarantee it will be the most powerful thing you will watch this year! The video is of...
View ArticleEnvironmental Education In The US: A Work In Progress
Knowing about the flora and fauna of the natural world has always been a part of the scientific curriculum in schools; however, a more nuanced field of environmental education that includes climate...
View ArticleThe Significance Of Jon Stewart
Earlier this month, Jon Stewart announced that he was leaving Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after 16 years as host. For much of that time, The Daily Show set (and continues to) the gold standard for...
View ArticlePutting ‘Brains On The Ground’: Why Is Britain Sending Military Advisors To...
One month after the US announced its decision to send a military training mission to the Ukraine, the British government has announced that 75 military advisors will also be sent to support the...
View ArticleA Changed World – 2012 Foreign Policy Predictions And Outcomes
A Changed World A look back at three major foreign policy claims of the 2012 US Presidential Election and forward to the road ahead, providing letter grades A to F for the candidates predictions. Issue...
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