The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Ashley Faye Thomas

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Yoga Comes to Africa

I recently came across theĀ Africa Yoga Project, a non-profit organization that introduced yoga to Kenyan slums seven years ago. According to their website, the Africa Yoga Project provides employment opportunities by training Kenyans to be yoga instructors, who then teach […]

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With Increasing Numbers of Children in Need, Where’s the Syria Coverage?

About a month ago, both Syrian government and opposition forces agreed to help enforce a UN resolution to allow humanitarian aid to reach the Syrian population, previously unreachable because of escalating violence between the government and opposing forces. Some sources […]

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Russia’s Kosovo Comparisons Are Insulting

On Sunday, Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine in a referendum vote that sparked mass controversy worldwide, particularly in the West. Despite denouncements from President Obama and many others that the secession is both illegal and a violation of Ukraine’s […]