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Geopolitics

Take a Look: Global Refugee Law and US Areas Affected Most by Trump Ban

Barbara Crossette
• January 31, 2017

The public furor and enormous protests by many thousands of Americans nationwide have led experts to try to explain where the decisions made by Donald Trump fall short of legality in both national and international law. From Hollywood to…

Categories: Cities, Geopolitics, Human Rights, Middle East, Migration, Refugees, US Foreign Relations

GEOPOLITICS

Gas Discovery Could Solidify UN-Led Cypriot Peace Talks

Omar H. Rahman
• January 25, 2017

As Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots have returned this month to try to settle their 42-year conflict once and for all, a powerful new economic incentive — a significant natural gas discovery — could provide the decisive chance for…

Categories: Asia, Geopolitics, Middle East

GEOPOLITICS

Top Sellers of Weapons to the Developing World in 2015? US and France

Julie Vanderperre
• January 18, 2017

A responsibility to promote worldwide cooperation toward peace and security is not the only role that the permanent-five veto-wielding powers in the United Nations Security Council have in common. Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States are also…