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Mar 25, 20193 min read

Emmanuel Macron's Neon Siege

M.J. Fleck France is in the midst of an inscrutable existential crisis. For nine weekends running, gilets jaunes (yellow jacket)...

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The Pendulum

Mar 10, 20192 min read

The Problem With Your Plate

Dana Phan In our globalized world, dinner time now includes foods and ingredients from all regions of the earth. However, the contents of...

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Island Prison: Inside Moria, Europe's Largest Refugee Camp

The Pendulum

Mar 4, 20193 min read

Island Prison: Inside Moria, Europe's Largest Refugee Camp

Ted Anastopoulo On the island of Lesvos, Greece, twenty minutes from the luxury villas of Mytilene, streets of scattered life jackets...

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The Pendulum

Feb 26, 20191 min read

Presidential Hopeful Coming To Clemson

Presidential hopefuls are beginning their tours around the country to woo voters and establish themselves as front-runners. One such...

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Feb 25, 20195 min read

Is Bitcoin Better than the Euro?

Travis Redd Imagine never exchanging money when visiting a foreign country. What if the the world used just one currency? Although, one...

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Moscow Meddling: Russian State Media and the West

The Pendulum

Feb 22, 20193 min read

Moscow Meddling: Russian State Media and the West

Austin Schlueter Though social media misinformation campaigns organized by the Russian government have penetrated our country’s political...

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The Pendulum

Sep 3, 20186 min read

Immigration and Western Obligation

M.J. Fleck Refugees and asylum-seekers are pushed from their homes by war, poverty, and persecution. On screens they see London, New...

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Trump's Role in the Israeli-Palestine Peace Process: Progressive or Destabilizing?

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Jan 17, 20184 min read

Trump's Role in the Israeli-Palestine Peace Process: Progressive or Destabilizing?

The controversial “two-state solution” to the Israel-Palestine conflict would, as the name suggests, allow Israel and Palestine to...

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The Pendulum

Nov 15, 20174 min read

Fractured Politics and Ethnic Tension Fuels South Sudanese Civil War

Ted Anastopoulo The blood spilt in South Sudan’s fight for stable government drips in vain. Conceived in 2011, the world’s youngest...

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The Pendulum

Oct 5, 20174 min read

Cholera in Yemen: The Preventable Epidemic

Yusra awakes. The constant bombings roaring down from the sky and exploding in the not-so-distance did not wake her. No, she now equates...

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Why Somalia Failed and How It Can Change

The Pendulum

Aug 29, 20174 min read

Why Somalia Failed and How It Can Change

Aditya Aswani More than 900 women were sexually assaulted last month in Somalia. The recent famine led to not only mass starvation but...

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The Off-Ramp From Grexit: A Road Map to Sensible Economic Reform

The Pendulum

Jun 10, 20174 min read

The Off-Ramp From Grexit: A Road Map to Sensible Economic Reform

We live in uncertain times. As if Brexit, a populist President in the US, and Russian hacking were not bad enough, global financial...

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The Pendulum

Apr 11, 20176 min read

Turkey's Descent into Dictatorship

In terms of threats to peace and stability on the continent, Europe’s leaders have plenty to worry about. The refugee/migrant crisis,...

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Re-Election of Rouhani: A Call for Renewed Diplomacy

The Pendulum

Mar 27, 20174 min read

Re-Election of Rouhani: A Call for Renewed Diplomacy

Ted Anastopoulo When affronted voters took to the streets of Tehran after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s dubious re-election...

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Downfall of Dynasty: President Park's Final Hours

The Pendulum

Mar 10, 20174 min read

Downfall of Dynasty: President Park's Final Hours

“It’s all fake news!” a proud pro-Park protester screams into a microphone on a stage built on an intersection only four city blocks from...

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Overreach or Restraint? America's Next Move in Syria

The Pendulum

Feb 27, 20175 min read

Overreach or Restraint? America's Next Move in Syria

The conditions of American involvement in Syria metamorphosed. The U.S.’s success in the initial victory conditions of obliterating ISIS...

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The Fourth Wave? Illiberal Democracies and What They Mean for the World

The Pendulum

Apr 1, 20164 min read

The Fourth Wave? Illiberal Democracies and What They Mean for the World

On July 26th, 2014, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared his intention to create an illiberal democracy in Hungary. Orban cited...

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Censorship in the India: Why The World's Largest Democracy Isn't So Free

The Pendulum

Jan 8, 20162 min read

Censorship in the India: Why The World's Largest Democracy Isn't So Free

When Reporters Without Borders released their yearly Press Freedom Index in 2015, India retained its 136th place in the bottom quartile...

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China In Central-America: Nicaragua's Mega Canal Faces Backlash

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Dec 4, 20152 min read

China In Central-America: Nicaragua's Mega Canal Faces Backlash

Violent protests between the Nicaraguan people and police have recently erupted around the development of a new Chinese-funded canal to...

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Why Slapping Sanctions On Russia Won't Work

The Pendulum

Nov 4, 20152 min read

Why Slapping Sanctions On Russia Won't Work

In response to the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea in late February of 2014, the United States, the EU, and their allies have...

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