Every 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.
Read moreThe 24 students who took part in the spring break seminar jumped at the opportunity to visit Cuba before it was altered by political and economic reforms or, worse, closed off to American visitors by the Trump administration.
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It is time to leave the HRC or bring about serious reform in a short amount of time. This is not a loss in the protection of human rights, but the beginning of an era for truly protecting the rights of our fellow human beings.
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According to Korean law, a new president must be elected within sixty days of the ruling, a unanimous court ruling approved the South Korean National Assembly’s December vote to impeach former President Park Geun-hye.
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With the release of the preliminary 2018 budget proposal, the Trump administration has offered what can only be characterized as an elitist shift in U.S. discretionary spending.
Read moreDean Andrea Bartoli welcomed students and spoke about the 20th anniversary of the School of Diplomacy, which will be during the 2017-2018 academic year. Branding the celebration as “Diplomacy 2.0,” Dean Bartoli reflected on the changes and transitions that have occurred over the School’s history.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte defeated far-right populist candidate Geert Wilders in the most recent parliamentary election. Rutte is now focused on building a coalition to secure at least 76 seats of the 150 possible Dutch Parliament seats.
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The conflict-fraught Gambela province in Ethiopia has once again come under attack by South Sudanese gunmen, who killed 28 people and captured 28 children over the course of two days.
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The U.S. and Central America are common destinations for cocaine trafficked through Ecuador. According to a United Nations International Narcotics Control Board report, cocaine seizures in Ecuador rose by over 252 percent from 2010 to 2015.
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French polls expect the populist Marine Le Pen, leader of her father’s National Front Party, to win the first round on April 23 and lose the May 7 runoffs to the liberal challenger and former Economy Minister for incumbent Francois Hollande Emanuel Macron, founder of the months-old En Marche! movement.
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