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History Revisited, Argentina’s Nationalization of YPF
Latin America is no stranger to the nationalization of private industries. Nonetheless, President Kirchner’s recent decision to re-nationalize the oil company YPF has drawn considerable condemnation around the world. Against the backdrop of a large energy trade deficit and a …
Drone Warfare: the Dehumanization of War
Will the Kony2012 Campaign Help Central Africa?
A 2012 media blitz on Joseph Kony has taken the United States by storm. Invisible Children, an American NGO, are carrying out a social media campaign, Kony 2012, to raise awareness of the existence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) …
What Portugal Thinks About Globalization
Due to the European debt crisis and Portugal’s status as a debtor nation, Portugal has been covered in the media a lot in recent months. Beyond the immediate crisis, less is known about the impact of globalization on the country. …
Regulating Mercury: A Crucial Step Forward
After more than 20 years of deliberation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally issued the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), the first national standards in the U.S. to regulate power plant emissions of mercury and other toxic air …
Ahead of Us: A Russian Spring or a Russian Winter?
Protesting against political and economic injustices, people around the world are finding the courage to speak out against corrupt regimes and powerful multinationals. First there was the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street movement followed soon thereafter. Now, Russia is …
Bono: The Power of One
On World AIDS Day 2011, television viewers could turn on CNN and watch Bono thank profusely the U.S. for their commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic. In a New York Times editorial published that day, Bono wrote “The United States …
Going for Broke, Is Italy Next?
A huge government debt, a sluggish economy, and a divided political system are three of the biggest problems facing countries around the world. With a debt of 1.2 trillion Euros, a debt-to-GDP ratio of 120 percent, a government bond rate …
You Are One in Seven Billion
Introduction On October 31, 2011, the UN declared that the seven billionth person in the world had been born. This new population milestone comes just twelve years after the birth of the 6th billionth, Adnan Nevic, on October 12, 1999 in …