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World Leaders

This category centers on world leaders. Why are world leaders important? To what extent do world leaders define the countries they represent? What can we learn from focusing on leaders as a level of analysis?

North Korea’s Nuclear Capability?

This Thursday, North Korean state media announced that they have developed a hydrogen bomb, raising serious concerns in the international community. CNN …

Huntington for President?

This Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio told ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos that the western conflict with ISIS “is a clash of civilizations,” …

What ISIS Really Wants: Rebuttal

This week, we were assigned to read the article, “What ISIS Really Wants.” While this article seemed well – intentioned in trying …

The Uncertain Future of Burkina Faso

By reading the newspapers, I was astonished by the Putsch in Burkina Faso.  This coup d’état has changed the region’s political situation.  …

The Return of Michel Kafando

Last October, President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso was overthrown in an uprising. The people of Burkina Faso were displeased that Compaoré …

The Vatican and Cuba

An article on Al-Jazeera America by Alfonso Serrano reports that the Cuban government plans on building the first Catholic church since 1959, when …