Turkey has a long history of trying to stimulate its economy and protect fledgling industries through large-scale development strategies. A new 5-year plan is
Category: Political Analysis
Who is Britain’s new Prime Minister?
Before Theresa May entered 10 Downing Street as Britain’s new Prime Minister on July 13, she spoke of her commitment to making a success of
Western Women in ISIS: Naïve Victims, or Violent Terrorists?
“It was a really hard life.” Said by a shaken 16-year-old named Marilyn Nevalainen, these words represent a girl’s realization about life under ISIS rule.
One in Three Native American Women Report Rape – Rarely See Justice
In April, Joseph Dean Lee was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a Native American woman on the Fort Peck Reservation
Two years after Maidan, has Ukraine forgotten about LGBT reform?
The Equality Festival, a two-day celebration to promote tolerance and equality for social groups in the western city of Lviv, Ukraine, should have taken place
Russia’s exit from Syria: Mission unaccomplished?
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 14 that he would begin to remove his troops from Syria, claiming that he had achieved all of
Jacob Zuma avoids impeachment, but is South Africa any closer to political stability?
On Tuesday April 5, a motion to impeach the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, was rejected by parliament for the second time this year.
Russia’s NGO law leaves environmental activists in troubled waters
Jennie Sutton had nearly given up hope. Would Baikal Ecological Wave, the environmental nonprofit she helped start 25 years ago, manage to raise 300,000 rubles
Myanmar elects new president but full democracy’s yet to come
On April 1, Myanmar’s new President, Htin Kyaw, will take his post in office and usher in a new era in the country’s politics. His
Should they stay or should they go: Brits clash over Brexit
On June 23, Britons will have to take a stand on the United Kingdom’s potential exit from the EU. Just over three months from now,