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As BA Development Studies and MSc International Relations and Diplomacy student I want to share with you some of my perspectives into current global issues
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2018-07-29 08:55
Key Drivers of Food Insecurity in the 21st Century: CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change can be defined as a change in the temperature and weather conditions on various levels including regional ones (May, 2011). Climate change is sped up by human actions of production and
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food
2018-07-28 15:53
Key Drivers of Food Insecurity in the 21st Century: THE NEOLIBERAL FOOD SYSTEM
The NFS is a key geopolitical driver of food insecurity today and will continue to be unless international political changes are made addressing its inherent inequalities. Neoliberalism acts as a primary
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food
2018-07-27 17:46
Key Drivers of Food Insecurity in the 21st Century: INTRODUCTION
According to Sustainable Development United Nations (2017) the world is facing a global security challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050, with one in nine people undernourished in today’s setting.
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feminism
2018-07-16 12:07
Is Western Feminism for White Middle Class Women? CONCLUSION
In conclusion, although western feminism is diverse and has various strands to it, for analytical purposes is seen as a monolithic movement and ideology. This way it is easier to use the three lenses of
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feminism
2018-07-16 09:25
Is Western Feminism for White Middle Class Women? ISLAM
Western feminism, on the premise of its universality, in general does not believe Islam and feminism can coexist. Islamic feminism is involved in empowering women through and with their faith. Western
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feminism
2018-07-10 07:43
Is Western Feminism for White Middle Class Women? CULTURAL LENS
The last lens explored is the cultural lens. This lens is a more nuanced one and does not only incorporate culture but also religion. Western feminism has its roots in liberal democracy. According to
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feminism
2018-07-06 07:41
Is Western Feminism for White Middle Class Women? CLASS LENS
By adopting a class lens we can explore the question in terms of the different layers of identity and intersectionality. The classes will be explored to see how western feminism is not just limited to
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feminism
2018-07-04 14:43
Is Western Feminism for White Middle Class Women? EXPLAINING TERMS
The term “white middle-class women” needs to be defined and separated in order to fully analyse the different aspects of this term. White women are Caucasian women in mostly the United States and Europe.
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blog
2018-07-04 10:37
NATO Intervention in Libya 2011: NON-EXHAUSTION OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
Sorry for completely forgetting this section! The second argument against the NATO intervention is based on the fact that not all non-military alternatives such as regional diplomatic measures and soft
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feminism
2018-07-04 10:14
Is Western Feminism for White Middle Class Women? INTRODUCTION
Western feminism is not only hard to define but also highly contested because it incorporates different types of feminisms such as liberal feminism and radical feminism (see appendix). Western feminism
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politics
2018-07-04 09:50
NATO Intervention in Libya 2011: CONCLUSION
Today the NTC has been replaced by the General National Congress which is currently fighting for power against rival groups in a civil war that started in 2014 and has resulted, thousands of casualties,
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politics
2018-07-03 17:24
NATO Intervention in Libya 2011: ANTI-WESTERN IMPERIALISM
The anti-western imperialism argument against western intervention highlighted the false humanitarian claims of the motivations of western intervention by the NATO imperial powers and argued that the
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2018-07-03 16:04
NATO Intervention in Libya 2011: HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
The humanitarian argument for military intervention was the most publically acknowledged and media-fueled argument in western countries. The proponents consisted of the French and British political leaders,
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introduction
2018-07-03 15:54
NATO Intervention in Libya 2011: INTRODUCTION
The Libyan 34 year-long dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, during the uprising in 2011, responded with aggression and military fervor which allowed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to alter the course
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introduceyourself
2018-07-03 15:49
Introducing......Fleur's Perspectives
I am a 21-year-old student currently still living in London but starting my Masters in The Hague, The Netherlands in September. During my studies, both in my academics and beyond, I have conducted some
