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What We Cover in This ePublication
The issues we face are important and complex. As with previous years, Make Sense of 2018 provides you with a plurality of perspectives on world issues. It has some of our best articles of the year from contributors who cut across borders, backgrounds and beliefs.
In this edition, we shine the light on issues as diverse as the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. We look at all regions and have articles on ethnic cleansing in China, wildfires in California and free trade in Africa.
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AFRICA
Nigeria鈥檚 Refugees Face Epidemic of Rape and Abuse 鈥� Abiodun Owolegbon-Raji
DRC Violence: This Time It鈥檚 Different 鈥� Hugo Norton
Drama in Dapchi: Another Nigerian Abduction Story 鈥� Oyepeju Abioye
Africa Opens Up Borders to Free Trade 鈥� Shigoli Shitero
Cautious Optimism for Peace in the Horn of Africa 鈥� Hugo Norton
ASIA PACIFIC
Should Rohingya Be Repatriated? 鈥� Swathi Gokulan
Shock, But Hold the Awe: Trump to Meet Kim 鈥� Gary Grappo
China Is Rising鈥� and Everyone Should Take Note 鈥� Uri Marantz听
Mindful Approaches to Watching Crazy Rich Asians 鈥� Annette Wu
Fear and Loathing in Xinjiang: Ethnic Cleansing in the 21st Century 鈥� Sean R. Roberts
CENTRAL & SOUTH ASIA
Investing in Kazakhstan Is Still a Risky Business 鈥� Polina Popova
India Enters the Era of Sanatan Socialism 鈥� Atul Singh & Manu Sharma听
The Way Forward After Communal Violence in Sri Lanka 鈥� Amjad Saleem
Lesson from India to Make America Great Again 鈥� Ruyintan E. Mehta & Atul Singh
Modi and Erdogan Have More in Common than You Think 鈥� Kumar Ashish
EUROPE
Italy鈥檚 Migration Policy: A Dark Trade-Off on Human Rights 鈥� Sophia Akram
The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Six Months On 鈥� Rebecca Vincent
Will Trump and Macron鈥檚 Special Relationship Survive? 鈥� C茅cile Guerin听
Brexit: The Countdown Has Begun 鈥� Orsolya Raczova
The People of France Want to Be Heard 鈥� Sophie Hunter
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Brazil鈥檚 Drama of Unpredictability 鈥� Manuela Andreoni
Nicol谩s Maduro: The New Tropical Czar Has No Clothes 鈥� Leonardo Vivas听
Mexico Has Bigger Problems than Russian Interference 鈥� Jamie Shenk
Meet Colombia鈥檚 New President 鈥� Glenn Ojeda Vega & German Peinado Delgado
Is Jair Bolsonaro the Man for Brazil? 鈥� Kinga Brudzi艅ska
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
The Economy Flames Anger in Iran 鈥� Dina Yazdani
Can Europe Save the Iran Deal? 鈥� Dina Yazdani
The Role of Fear in Turkey鈥檚 Elections 鈥� Nathaniel Handy听
Jamal Khashoggi: The Martyr Who Made Backlash Possible 鈥� Peter Isackson
Is the Worst Over for Libya? 鈥� Sherif El-Ashmawy
NORTH AMERICA
We Need a #MeToo Moment for School Shootings 鈥� Ellis Cashmore
To End Gun Violence, We Need Concrete Reform 鈥� Kyrah Simon
Trump in Ottawa and Singapore: The World Turned Upside Down 鈥� Gary Grappo听
Midterm Elections 2018: The War for America鈥檚 Soul 鈥� Atul Singh
California Wildfires: It鈥檚 Time to Tackle the Root of the Problem 鈥� Steve Westly听
