The political climate in the middle east has in recent years been in a vulnerable state. The country of Iraq is getting close to going bankrupt due to the decrease in oil prices in recent months. Also, the politics in the country are unstable due to the parties not being able to agree on who […]
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Late last week, Iraqi President Barham Salih named former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi as the country’s Prime Minister Designate (Reuters: 2020). He is the third man to hold this designation and it is yet to be seen if he can do what his predecessors could not, build enough support in Parliament to officially assume the
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The world is currently experiencing an unprecedented epidemic. Many countries have closed all non-essential businesses, and people have been encouraged or even forced to stay at home. These policies have been adopted in many different states, from developed democracies, to undeveloped authoritarian governments. Sweden, however, has not enacted shelter in place orders and their society
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A rising concern across the globe includes the right to health as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout the world. This issue has become especially prevalent in China after tens of millions of citizens were placed under quarantine (Wang). Stories of individuals being unable to access medication or receiving aid from caregivers point to the
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A trendy phrase that has come up in political rhetoric over the past couple of weeks has been the term “xenophobia”. Sundstrom and Kim define this phenomenon as a form of civic ostracism, sourcing from feelings of racism or nationalism; it essentially takes away the political agency for minority people groups and eliminates their ability
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