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Vanessa Neumann
Dr Vanessa Neumann is a political philosopher who is editor-at-large of Diplomat magazine.
Return of the wingnuts
Some people just love to hate, but few enjoy it more than the Ku Klux Klan. They are not alone.
Burmese ballot boxes
Given that Myanmar’s military junta has been in power since 1962, do you think they’ll leave peacefully if they were to lose next year?
Making Pipi in France
My dining companion said he found my political views to be “slightly to the right of the Ku Klux Klan.”
Standing for Nothing in Iraq
But if al-Zaidi’s torture allegations are true, it would mean the allies have substituted Hussein with their very own torturer: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Come fly with me
I hadn’t actually thought of it, bizarrely, making me the only person on earth whose brain doesn’t instantly associate ‘September 11th’ with ‘planes crashing'.
Chavez on celluloid
Unsurprisingly, Stone’s film on Chávez is less documentary and more glowing, brainwashed propaganda.
CSI: 17th Century New York
It’s almost too good to be true for a Law & Order buff like me: New York’s first recorded murder occurred only four days after sailors first arrived.
Nukes 'R' Us
Bolivia is a known supplier of uranium, but Venezuela? Of course, reports pertaining to WMD have been wrong before
Meet the UK's Deep Throat
The biggest scandal to rock British politics in 300 years was started by an American freelance writer in London.
Murder in the Presidential Palace
The man in the video says: “If you are watching this message, it’s because I was murdered by Pres. Álvaro Colóm."
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