Focus on Shadow Economies: India
An estimated 200,000 Indians need an organ transplant every year. This large consumer base, coupled with India’s strict donation laws, have increased demand for illegal organs drastically.
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March 2017
Mattis-Pence European Promises Met With Skepticism Given Previous Rhetoric
In Brussels on February 20, United States Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech to assuage fears that the White House wants to break up the European Union.
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UN Youth Representative Interview
The School of Diplomacy’s Morgan McMichen and Noelle Sorich are currently serving as UN Youth Representatives. Their job is to represent and to network on behalf of The School of Diplomacy as well as Seton Hall’s Center for UN Studies and Global Governance.
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Goodwill Between North Korea and China Will Not Last
China, North Korea’s only ally, has loosened the nation’s leash to see how world leaders, especially the new U.S. president, would react.
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Iran Discarding U.S. Dollar Puts Global Currency At Risk
Iran is rumored to be abandoning the use of the U.S. dollar. The decision was announced January 29 by the Central Bank of Iran governor Valiollah Seif. The change will become effective on March 21, the start of the new fiscal year.
Read moreD.U.L.C.E.: UDSA to Host Diplo Senator Town Hall
Dean Bartoli and the School of Diplomacy have been consulting with the Stillman School of Business Leadership Development Program to provide students with effective leadership experience for February’s Diplomacy United Leadership and Communication Exchange (DULCE).
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U.S. Relations with Iran Crumble After New Sanctions
he Trump administration placed sanctions on Iran on February 3 as retaliation to the ballistic missile test performed by Tehran on January 29. The sanctions by the United States targeted 25 Iranians who assisted in the development of the ballistic missile program in Iran.
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Focus on Shadow Economies: Turkey
Reliance on credit cards and overspending has caused unwanted inflation and crippled Turkey’s commercial market. The current taxation methods were intended as a solution to this overspending, but instead created a shadow market for alcohol.
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Red Cross Terminates Assistance in Afghanistan After Employee Deaths
Six International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) employees were killed and two others went missing after an attack on February 8, in the Jowzjan Province of Afghanistan.
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Diplomacy Senators Abstain From SGA Resolution on Immigration
The Senate of the Student Government Association on February 6 voted to pass a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The School of Diplomacy’s two senators abstained.
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