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	The UN's Free Speech Problem by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Anyone willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, in its preamble...
	Migrations and inbreeding are at the heart of the history of our species by Christos Mouzeviris In recent years both Europe and the USA, have increasingly witnessed fears about the impact of immigration, that have almost managed to rip apart the European Union.
	Detention Centers are Part of America's Dark History by George Cassidy Payne As much as I am personally sickened by President Trump's handling of the border crisis, historically speaking, his draconian policies are far from unprecedented. Shamefully, confining a specific ethnic group in detention centers...

	How can Europe resolve a political crisis after an economic one? by Christos Mouzeviris While the economic crisis that affected the EU for almost a decade seems to eventually be easing off, the continent is faced with another sort of culmination; this time political.
	The Special Branch and the Malaysian Deep State by Murray Hunter Malaysia's Special Branch, a secretive division within the Royal Malaysian Police force (PDRM), has functioned as one of the country's most covert units, or did until earlier this year, when the human rights NGO Suhakam accused...
	Reflections on the Israeli law of return by Jay Gutman Rivka, a Jewish woman, is married to Jane, a non-Jewish woman. Jane, through artificial insemination, gets pregnant to Jack, their child. Jack grows up to be a fervent Zionist and tries to move to Israel at age 18. Is Jack Jewish enough?
	Ambassadorial obligations, Boris' surrenders by Thanos Kalamidas Subtracting to a bully is the best way to turn him/her into something more aggressive and far more demanding. That's exactly what Trump's 'art of deal' is all about. Bullying others and while they subtract, demand for more.
	Going Nuclear in the Antipodes: Australia's Megadeath Complex by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The antipodes has had a fraught relationship with the nuclear option. At the distant ends of the earth, New Zealand took a stand against the death complex, assuming the forefront of restricting the deployment of nuclear assets in its proximity.
	The Spilling of the Milk of Human Kindness Upon the Trumpian Regime by Leah Sellers It is very hard, dangerous even, depending upon how things end up, but it must be admitted to that the Trumpian-Regime-Democracy-Gobbling- Machine has been, and is, a Good Lesson for a Democracy gone Lazy and Complacent.
	Greeks in a self-harming vote ...in Greek by Thanos Kalamidas Greeks decided to punish Tsipras for unkempt promises, so ...they are going to vote for a populist far-right xenophobe Trumpist, all ...in Greek
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