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	Globalising the Christchurch Shootings: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Gallipoli and Invasion by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Never let a bloody and opportune crisis pass. In New Zealand, there is talk about gun reform after attacks on two Christchurch mosques left fifty dead.
	Reading Manifestos: Restricting Brenton Tarrant's The Great Replacement by Dr. Binoy Kampmark A censorious and censoring attitude has engulfed responses to the mental airings of the Christchurch shooter.
	Back to the Afghan Future: The security challenges of Afghanistan's reconstruction and development by Ovi Magazine Guest The current talks between the representatives of the Taliban and the US Government in Qatar are an important step but peace and stability are still beyond reach.

	Trump's Crusade Against Truth is Reminiscent of Scopes Trial by George Cassidy Payne Later this month The George Eastman Museum in Rochester is set to screen the 1960 courtroom drama Inherit the Wind.
	Power and Arab governments by Jay Gutman I often smile, even laugh out loud, when journalists debate "who holds power in the Arab world?" As if one man, or one clan, or one group of people, decided everything in totalitarian fashion.
	A chat on Algerian democracy by Jay Gutman Over the last few days several Algerians have asked me my opinion on how to fix the political system.
	Publicised Cruelty: Scott Morrison Visits Christmas Island by Dr. Binoy Kampmark His visit struck a sour note. The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison was making an effort to show he cared: about those intangible things called borders, secure firm and shut to the unwanted human matter coming by sea.
	The Dangers of Values: Brenton Tarrant, Fraser Anning and the Christchurch Shootings by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The argument that the Christchurch shooter, suspect Brenton Tarrant, or the views of Australia's Senator Fraser Anning, seemingly holding a lone torch, are somehow not representative of the broader whole...
	Ignorance carrying a gun ...in Greek by Thanos Kalamidas How ignorance and bad or manipulated education creates evil nationalists and murderous supremacists all in ...Greek
	Mr. Roy's Trigger Happy Thumb by Leah Sellers "Alright, Young Lady. I've finally got this Medical Gadget hung around my neck like you wanted," Mr. Roy said wryly.
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