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	What's the Big Deal About Donald-Not-So-Sterling?! by Leah Sellers A Blast from the Past of Similar Ilk to America and the World's Present Day Democracy Blaster.....
	Modern Merchants of Death: The NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Arms manufacturers of old, and many of the current stable, did not care much where their products went. The profit incentive often came before the patriotic one, and led to such dark suspicions as those voiced...
	Herat, the fire's bride by Ovi Magazine Guest The olive eyes of Shaista peep between the bandages covering her burnt body, for she, like so many other Afghan women from the city of Herat, decided to escape her life by way of fire.

	A Great Flushing Out: Social Media Footprints and Electioneering in Australia by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It has been an uninspiring election, punctuated by occasional moments of madness on the part of various candidates. Their sin was to be incautious in their previous use of social media, a form of communication...
	Pacifist demonstrations in Algeria and Sudan by Jay Gutman The IMF and other creditors no longer loan money if they're not sure to get it back. Creditor institutions have a long history of loaning money to countries whose shaky governments ended up embezzling...
	Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz: The US-Iran Standoff by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Hegemons are never going to sound too sensible when they lock horns or joust in spats of childish anger. Power corrupts, not merely in terms of perspective but language, and making sense about the next move...
	11 reasons for anti-Semitism's rise in France by Jay Gutman 11 reasons for the rise of anti-Semitism in France, in no particular order
	Why Trump Thrives on Manufactured Chaos by George Cassidy Payne Obviously, President Trump perceives himself as a leader who can thrive on chaos. But what has been overlooked is why he chooses to "lead" this way.
	Speculations on Algeria's next leadership by Jay Gutman Traditionally Algeria designates the highest-ranking army official to lead the nation (Ben Bella, Boumediene, Chadli, Boudiaf, Zeroual) or the longest-serving political official to lead the nation (Kafi, Bouteflika).
	Cameroon: Window of Opportunity for Con-federal Conflict Resolution? by Rene Wadlow On 8 May 2019, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a 3-day mission to the Cameroon, welcomed the Cameroon government's willingness to cooperate over finding workable solutions
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