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Trolling, Threatening, Hacking: Pre-election Online Behavior in Nicaragua
(All links in Spanish unless stated otherwise.) Central America is not a region where politics can be discussed in a casual manner. Granted, nowhere in the world really is. However, our polarized societies don’t make it any easier either to openly discuss politics or find reliable sources of information on […]
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How Social Media Can Help in Destabilizing Jordanian Society…
None of the wikileaks have probably created a fracas as intense as the one they created in Jordan. And of all the cables leaked from the American embassy in Amman none has created such an uproar as the one entitled “The Right of Return: What it Means for Jordan”. This […]
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The Arab Regression
Esteemed as the birthplace of Islam and the nucleus of religious enlightenment with its sacred cities of Mecca and Medina and in particular the House of God – The Holy Kabáh, the country of Saudi Arabia stands is one of the most powerful and respected Muslim nations in the world. At […]
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The Rising Power of Pakistan’s Media
Information technology is playing a momentous role in the genesis of movements for good governance and regime change throughout the world. The Syrian and Egyptian revolutions and Greek protests have been triggered and accelerated by information technology (in all of its various channels) where it has taken on the role of a […]
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Take the Power Back
As the Arab Spring stretches into the Arab Summer it has become harder and bloodier for each dictator to fall. The speed with which Ben Ali was deposed shocked the world, Hosni Mubarak’s downfall took a little longer and now, after months of fighting, Muammar Gaddafi’s days appear numbered. Bahrain […]