The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Amber Kiwan

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How Western Media Hijacked Somali Pirates

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Last year, Belgian undercover agents posing as a film crew contacted Mohamed Abdi Hassan, leader of a successful Somali pirate gang. The agents spent months convincing a skeptical Hassan to be in a documentary, then arrested him as soon as he landed […]

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Big Rises: Rating the Ratings of Press Freedom in Myanmar and the United States

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When private-run daily newspapers finally made it to the newsstands in Myanmar last Monday for the first time in 50 years, Myanmar nationals and press freedom advocates had reason to celebrate. Before April 1, state-controlled media in Myanmar had a […]