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Russia in 2014
December 30, 2014, 4 Comments

Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Spared Prison in a Fraud Case, but His Brother Is Jailed (NYT) Hours after being spare ...

Iraq 2008-2014
December 25, 2014, Comments Off on Iraq 2008-2014

Amnesty International Iraq Crisis ISIS/ISIL The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?–– The legac ...

Global Economy 2014
December 8, 2014, 3 Comments

Oil as a Political Weapon The Economic Consequences of Global Oil Deflation (Counterpunch) There are at least three majo ...

Canada 2013-14: Politics
December 4, 2014, 2 Comments

Harper’s Tories and Trudeau’s Liberals in dead heat: poll If an election were held tomorrow, the Liberals would get ...

Europe & EU 2014
December 1, 2014, 1 Comment

The European EU Observer New School of Athens (NSoA) Ukraine Watch as 1000 years of European borders change Sarko is bac ...

Middle East & Arab World in 2013 – 2014
November 22, 2014, Comments Off on Middle East & Arab World in 2013 – 2014

Alastair Crooke You Can’t Understand ISIS If You Don’t Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia Why sho ...

Ukraine 2014
November 2, 2014, 7 Comments

The Guardian Ukraine BBC World News Ukraine crisis Reuters World News Russia CIA World Factbook: Ukraine See also Russia ...

Firearms, gun control and politics
September 22, 2014, 3 Comments

2014 10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down Fact-checking some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments shows they’re full ...

Education: demographics and trends 2013 – 2014
September 1, 2014, 4 Comments

  The Atlantic: The Most Notable Education Stories of 2013 The Atlantic: Vacation Reading — 9 Great Education ...

Cities and sustainability
March 26, 2014, 1 Comment

UN Habitat 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever (Gizmodo) It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eigh ...