The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Month: August 2014

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To Defeat ISIS, Resolve Syria

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Advances by the group variously know as the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or simply Islamic State (IS), has generated renewed attention in Western media along with calls for direct […]

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Brighton Beach: Where East (Kind of) Meets West

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A neon hammer and sickle sign flickers in angry, vindictive red as soon as I exit the Brighton Beach subway stop in Brooklyn, New York. It’s not there to promote communism; instead it’s a flashy attempt to sell mid-grade booze. […]