The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Month: March 2013

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The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the Hypocrisy of International Scrutiny

Following the announcement on March 4, 2013, that an 18-month old child in Mississippi had been cured of HIV with an early and rigorous regimen of anti-retroviral drugs, HIV/AIDS is briefly back in headlines in the U.S. Amid the flurry of excitement […]

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Obama’s Legacy and the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria

The leader of the opposition Syrian National Council just resigned. Foiled is another plan to truly arm the rebels and bring down Bashar al-Assad. Of course the CIA is facilitating arms procurement and US “nonlethal” deliveries to vetted warrior brigades, […]