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Venezuela’s dictator, Nicolas Maduro, seems to be moving in the direction of annexing the Essequibo area of Guyana and making it into another state of Venezuela.
On December 3, Maduro conducted a referendum on December 3 with little participation that approved such annexation. Likewise, he appointed a governor for the future seized territory.
The recent Congressional hearing featuring the presidents of three top American universities sheds light on a more severe problem than antisemitism.
The three college presidents testifying last week did the almost impossible: they made Congress – this Congress – look good. That is, testifying before the most dysfunctional, uninformed, petty and parochial House of Representatives in American history
At least since the Enlightenment, that is, at least since about the time the Pilgrims landed in the 1600s, what is fundamentally important to us has been fought on several different grounds: political, economic, social, commercial, military, religious, and moral (perhaps others).
In the realm of global human rights advocacy, women’s advocacy organizations play a crucial role in addressing gender-based violence and promoting gender equality. However, the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks on Israeli women and girls has brought into question the response, or lack thereof, from women’s rights organizations worldwide.
The Lebanese Shi’a Islamist party, Hezbollah, emerged at the intersection of three momentous developments. First, beginning in the 1960s, Shi’a religious scholars began mobilizing their marginalized community with the objective of empowering it on the communal and state levels.
The conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are fundamentally about the contest between two competing ideologies: authoritarianism and liberal democracy.
Anti-Israel activities in universities and support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) are widespread. Such a campaign has not only involved students but faculty as well.
Israel’s stated goal of toppling Hamas in Gaza should not only be a declaration of war but also an opportunity for peace.
If the political actors act wisely, a window of opportunity might open for a final peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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