Journal on World Affairs, UCLAMatthew Rutzen is a junior at UCLA majoring in Political Science with a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies. At UCLA, he takes part in research for the Center for Middle Eastern Development. He hopes to continue his academic and professional endeavors to promote awareness of crucial current events in the Middle East through journalism, and later diplomacy.
Gorbachev wanted to create “socialism with a human face.” But in an attempt to save his own country, he was squashed by both his former allies and the new reformers. Uskorenie, perestroika, and glasnost simply pulled away the fragile veil that kept society stifled.
GM created an electric Hummer, the successor of the Humvee, a militaristic behemoth famous for traversing the sand dunes of Kuwait during the Gulf War.
Political turmoil erupted in Israel following the win by former Vice President Joseph Biden in the US Presidential Election. Biden will accede President Trump, presumably the closest ally Israel has ever had.
Peace, according to the Taliban, would only take shape following a full withdrawal of US troops out of the region, release of Taliban prisoners, and establishment of an Islamic Caliphate.
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