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2016

  1. Rethinking counterterrorism

2015

  1. Beyond the basics: Nigeria’s Boko Haram
  2. From the Web: Obama and Martin Luther King, Jr.
  3. Beyond the basics: Charlie Hebdo 2015 shooting
  4. Urbaniting? What is it? A quick introduction

2014

  1. But that’s not all of it — Sony Pictures’ hack
  2. Beyond the “big media”: diversity of opinions in the 21st century
  3. Weekly Digest 1 – This week’s selection of relevant texts
  4. The 2014 Crimean crisis

2013

  1. The offshore tax havens
  2. Why is the nation state losing its power?
  3. The dilemma of governing the Internet
  4. A pact for achieving global governance of the maritime transportation system
  5. Analysis – Dilma Rousseff’s speech at the UN
  6. Is technology affecting our human characteristics?
  7. The Industrial Revolutions and our global economy
  8. Are we ready for the World Cup?
  9. Brazilians try to fight corruption
  10. The controversy of Verizon and PRISM
  11. Another chance for Brazilian soccer
  12. Global terrorism in the 21st century
  13. Thoughts on Dan Brown’s Inferno
  14. Future of education: Ideas to keep up with the times
  15. Writing on the blogosphere
  16. Canadian astronaut brushing his teeth in space
  17. North Korea and the diplomatic impasse
  18. Seneca and Boston bombings aftermath
  19. What’s behind the attacks in Boston?
  20. U.N. chief’s message to North Korean leader
  21. During North Korea's nuclear crisis, Iran celebrates "National Nuclear Day" with a new uranium-processing site
  22. The future of aviation
  23. Why we should not be bothered by the chaos in North Korea?