• Why Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough

    Why Deleting Facebook Isn’t Enough

    • April 4, 2018

    By Taylor Owen and Ben Scott

    While being pessimistic about the depressing tableau of Silicon Valley malfeasance is easy, let us not forget that the internet has brought tremendous value to our society. Therefore, the answer is not to lock …

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  • Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point

    Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point

    • March 30, 2018

    Yonaguni, Japan’s most westernmost inhabited island (pop. 1745), lies 111 km from Hualien (Taiwan), but more than 2000 km from Tokyo. Yonaguni is part of the Sakishima Islands that include the Yaeyama Islands to the west near Taiwan and the …

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  • Drug Dealers on Death Row?

    Drug Dealers on Death Row?

    • March 25, 2018

    By Dane Degenstein

    Donald Trump has suggested the death penalty for drug dealers.

    It has been difficult to pin down President Trump’s policies on anything and the opioid crisis is no different. The fact that he uses language similar …

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  • Liberals’ Vague “Values” Talk Undermines Rights Promotion

    Liberals’ Vague “Values” Talk Undermines Rights Promotion

    • February 2, 2018

    Canadian governments since the mid-1970s have claimed that promoting human rights around the world is a foreign policy priority. There are solid moral, legal, and practical grounds for doing so. Yet increasingly, the Liberal government, like its Tory predecessor, justifies …

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  • A Pioneering War Crimes Tribunal Comes to an End

    A Pioneering War Crimes Tribunal Comes to an End

    • December 14, 2017

    At the end of December, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closes its doors after 24 years in business.

    The United Nations court, situated in The Hague, was established in 1993 with the goal of providing accountability …

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  • The General and the Genocide

    The General and the Genocide

    • November 26, 2017

    General Ratko Mladić has been sentenced to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The court found the former Bosnian Serb military chief guilty of one count of genocide and ten crimes against humanity, plus …

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