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Big data and the Future of Democracy: The Matrix world behind the Brexit and the US Elections
Authors: Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus
Aegean theater of the Antique Greece was the place of astonishing revelations and intellectual excellence – a remarkable density...
I speak of freedom
T he divine meeting of the class system in South Africa, the failure of our curriculum, the failure for the 2016 matriculants, the...
A Bully Pulpit or a Bully’s Pulpit
Such a flurry of activity in the first week as executive orders poured out of the Oval Office at a fast and furious pace....
Tajikistan: transition to monarchy completed?
In the first month of 2017, Tajikistan witnessed a major dismissal accompanied by an (un)expected appointment in the power.
The mayor of Dushanbe, Tajikistan`s capitol...
Why Peace Building Is Now Difficult in Kashmir
The turmoil since 1989 has established uncertainty and chaos as the new normal in the valley of Kashmir. Undoubtedly Kashmir that was so proudly...
Turkey’s State of Emergency Decrees: A Matter of Life and Death for Erdogan or for Turkish Democracy?
Turkey has been ruled by a declared State of Emergency since the July 2016 coup attempt, allowing President Erdogan to consolidate additional powers and...
The Gambian crisis unfolded
Gambia is in crisis currently with Yahya Jammeh refusing to step down as President after election results were announced. He suffered a shock defeat...
Obama’s legacy and a confused future
President Obama's farewell address focusing on the state of our democracy offered a lofty perspective coupled with a homily on the responsibility of citizenship....
Geopolitics of Technology and the Hydrocarbon Status Quo
The unrest in the Arab world, which has continued for over a year now, implies one important conclusion beyond any ongoing regional struggle for...
PKK vs. Turkey: Brothers of Nihilism and Non-empathy
Abdullah Ocalan was a member of a Marxist Kurdish movement. Initially, he disseminated opinions of social injustice within Kurdish identity and used the grievances...