Focus on Territorial Disputes: South China Sea
The contested areas named in the case include Scarborough Shoal and the Spratly Islands, known as the Nansha Islands in China and the Kalayaan (meaning “freedom”) Islands in the Philippines.
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Focus on Territorial Dispute: Crimea and Donbass
BBC News has called this the “worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.”
Read MoreFocus on Territorial Disputes: Jammu and Kashmir
Pakistan has said that they should get the territory due to Kashmir’s Muslim majority. India has said that Kashmir is an integral part of its country, and the harsh terrain that must be passed to enter the Kashmir Valley is more accessible from Jammu, located in India, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
Read MoreFocus on Territorial Disputes: Western Sahara
The Western Sahara, a region south of Morocco bordered by Algeria and Mauritania, is home to the Sahrawi people, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group. Although the territory was once a Spanish colony, Morocco has asserted control over the region since 1975, when 350,000 Moroccans crossed the border to lay claim to the Western Sahara.
Read MoreFocus on Political Silencing: Philippines
Personal justice is facilitated by national fragmentation along regional and familial lines that stretch even to the government, dominated by elite families who preserve their power by means of election fraud and disposing of whistleblowers, watchdogs, and investigators.
Read MoreFocus on Political Silencing: Saudi Arabia
By Alexander Stringer Staff Writer Saudi Arabia has, for some time been the topic of disgust as they continue to
Read MoreFocus on Political Silencing: Russia
By Daniel D’Amico Staff Writer Many notable Russian citizens have suffered death by assassination, as reported by BBC News. The
Read MoreFocus on Political Silencing: Mexico
The government of Mexico is in trouble. Areas of the nation feel safer under the protection of the cartels, or are better off forming their own self-defense forces.
Read MoreFocus on Freedom of Expression: China
By Angelo Piro Staff Writer Ai Weiwei, the controversial Chinese artist famous for his work in protest of the current
Read MoreFocus on Freedom of Expression: France
By Abby Shamray Editor-in-Chief Michel Houellebecq has been called one of the most important French writers since Albert Camus, though
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