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Intending to Bloom
I sat cross-legged on the floor, poised and aligned, exhaling as I made room for the words that were about to position its new-found place in my psyche. Eyes rested shut, and hair drawn back behind my shoulders, I uttered my intention to myself and kept repeating it until I landed on the page that…
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British army struggles to recruit soldiers now turns to “millennials”
The British Army’s latest recruitment campaign has been questioned by many for its clear targeting of millennials in order to bolster its numbers. The campaign is part of the ‘This is Belonging’ series, which previously stirred rampant criticism across the country for veering to a ‘softer,’ politically-correct composition in 2017. This was done by…
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The Widows of the Syrian War: “I now have to play the role of mother, father, provider, everything”
(Koker, 2018) The Syrian conflict has entered its eighth year. Since the beginning of the conflict, 6.6 million Syrians are displaced internally and 5.6 million people scattered across its borders. From food insecurity to loss of educational access, lack of health services, and high-rates of gender-based violence, the consequences of the crisis have been particularly…
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Can women lead without attaining their full rights?
(Koker, 2018) Women continue to face many hurdles to reach positions of leadership – hurdles that their male counterparts don’t. There is now female leadership without fair access. Despite decades of women calling for gender equality, evidence shows that the “glass ceiling” is yet to be shattered across a wide range of industry sectors and…
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1994 Rwanda: A Case Study
(Koker, 2017) The most rapid genocide in human history took place in 1994 in Rwanda. 1,174,000 people were murdered, mostly with machetes, in 100 days, 400 every hour, 7 every minute. UN soldiers were present but they were given the order not to act unless they were personally attacked. Noted as one of the most…
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The impact of the 2002 US NSS document on sovereignty and intervention; to what extent did it change sovereignty and the manner in which inter-state relations occurred or were framed thereafter?
(Koker, 2016) The 2002 United States National Security Strategy (NSS) clearly upholds an influence of the events of 9/11 on the stance adopted by US foreign policy under the Bush administration and its ‘consequential’ national objectives on the global war on terror. It is key to analyse the ramifications the US NSS has there forth…
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