The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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South Korea Election Watch: Three’s a Crowd

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South Korea’s strong third-party independent sold out. In a “razor-thin” presidential race to be settled on December 19, political pragmatism has trumped third party idealism in an effort to thwart a conservative victory.

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Sierra Leone’s 2012 Election and the Limits of Global Sponsorship

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The people of Sierra Leone are to be commended for performing their democratic duty—in droves. On November 17, more than 2.2 million voted, almost 90 percent of eligible voters, and no serious violence was reported. Five days later, the National […]