In light of the recent and tragic crash of Ethiopian Airlines’ flight 302 on March 18, decisions worldwide to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 model have alienated United States aviation safety experts from the global transportation safety community.
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The relationship between China and Pakistan has thrived despite regional tensions between Pakistan and India.
Read moreOn March 15, empty desks took up the majority of classrooms. The students who regularly fill them are not skipping class to hangout or sleep in; they are trying to save the planet. Walking down streets or marching to their nation’s capital, teens are finally pushing their posters up in the air and their voices out of their chest in protest of climate change.
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Brazil had the highest amount of gun-related deaths in the world during 2016. The country underwent a school shooting on March 13 that killed 10 people and injured 11 others
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern proposed an outright ban on semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles six days after the attacks, and this action was met with widespread public support, despite backpedaling from the State Attorney General.
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In Switzerland, gun-ownership is something of a unique culture. There is a comfort surrounding firearm ownership that many would not find around the world. In the United States, it is often hailed as a success of liberal gun laws and the right to bear arms. Switzerland has the third-highest rate of private gun ownership in the world – behind the U.S. and Yemen.
Read moreDr. Bryan Price of Seton Hall University’s Buccino Leadership Institute presented his first book titled “Targeting Top Terrorists: Understanding Leadership Removal in Counterterrorism Strategy.” The focus of Dr. Price’s research pertains to “leadership decapitation.”
Read moreEvery student in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations has spent time in a foreign language classroom. Nonetheless, Diplomacy students may never know about the activities of the language department’s faculty outside of class. Recently, Professor Youssef Yacoubi, Director of Seton Hall’s Arabic Studies Program, had the opportunity to inspect and digitize a 17th century Qur’an.
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During the 2019 Spring break, fifteen diplomacy students and I had the opportunity to study abroad in Ethiopia. The trip’s parallel academic course, African Union Conflict Resolution Mechanisms, was open to both undergraduate and graduate students alike. Dr. Assefaw Bariagaber, Professor of African Studies and the Post-Conflict State Reconstruction and Sustainability Certificate Program, led the trip alongside Susan Malcolm, General-Secretary of the School of Diplomacy.
Read moreOn Thursday, the School of Diplomacy and International Relations ran its fifth annual Op-ed Writing Workshop. Dr. Martin Edwards, an Associate Professor in the School of Diplomacy, ran the interactive lecture with students to discuss what op-eds are and useful tips for writing them.
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