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Articles by Dustin R. Turin

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Health Care Utilization in the Kenyan Health System: Challenges and Opportunities
September 13, 2010 - 3800 words | International Affairs » International Health
A country of approximately 37 million people, Kenya has struggled to build a health system that can effectively deliver quality health services to its population. Access to health care varies widely throughout the country and is determined on numerous factors, though... Read Article »

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Health Care Utilization Kenya International Health Healthcare Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa International Development
The Taiwan Strait: From Civil War to Status Quo
June 28, 2010 - 5227 words | International Affairs » Taiwan Strait
In 2005, during a period of heightened tensions between China and Taiwan and with the United States deeply embroiled in two major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the leading authority on East Asian security within the National Security Council nevertheless made the point... Read Article »

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Taiwan Strait International Relations Complex Interdependence Realism Chinese Politics U.S. Foreign Policy
Major Development Challenges Facing the Republic of Angola: Completing the Democratic Transition and Making Government Work
April 5, 2010 - 2343 words | International Affairs » Africa
Angola today is framed by a history of violent conflict that has left the population far behind on all major indicators. Lacking a democratic culture, the country faces two significant challenges: first, the challenge of completing a long-stalled transition to democratic... Read Article »

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Angola Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Jonas Savimbi Democratic Transition Corruption Sub-Saharan Africa Civil War Land Mines International Development MPLA
The Beijing Consensus: China's Alternative Development Model
January 22, 2010 - 3305 words | International Affairs » China
Since 1989 when economist John Williamson first conceived of the economic and policy recommendations known as the Washington Consensus (Williamson, 1989), this Consensus became generally accepted as the most effective model by which developing nations could spur growth... Read Article »

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International Development China Beijing Consensus Washington Consensus Chinese Politics Development Policy Economic Policy
China Offers Alternative Development Model in 'Beijing Consensus'
January 2, 2010 - 983 words | Opinion » China
The Beijing Consensus, a new development model based on China’s own economic success, is one of the latest ways that China is asserting itself as a major player in international politics. This shift comes as developing countries around the world look for ways... Read Article »

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Beijing Consensus China Development Model Washington Consensus Alternative Development Developing World Joshua Cooper Ramos
Causes for the Guatemalan Civil War as seen in Paradise in Ashes by Beatriz Manz
October 19, 2009 - 1450 words | History » Gautemala
The civil war in Guatemala was the longest struggle in modern Latin American history, spanning decades from the late 1950s to the 1990s, and leading to deadly armed conflict between government and rebel militias that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and made... Read Article »

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Guatemalan Civil War Paradise in Ashes Beatriz Manz Guatemala Civil War Latin America
Decolonization and the Collapse of the British Empire
October 19, 2009 - 1576 words | History » Decolonization
Before World War II it was fairly said, “The sun never set on the British Empire.” For decades, this was true; their colonial Empire literally spanned the entire globe. After the War concluded, however, a worldwide process of decolonization commenced in... Read Article »

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Decolonization British Empire Colonialism Ghana India Mahatma Gandhi Kwame Nkrumah
Can the U.S. win the war in Afghanistan?
October 19, 2009 - 3174 words | International Affairs » Afghanistan War
Nearly eight years into the war, the security situation in Afghanistan has begun to deteriorate at an increasingly fast past. Previously secured areas have been undermined by increasing numbers of militants; significant increases in civilian casualties, caused primarily... Read Article »

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War in Afghanistan Afghanistan Conflict Can the U.S. Win in Afghanistan Pakistan Conflict Tribal Regions
America in the Post War Period
October 18, 2009 - 1439 words | History » Post War Period
The end of World War II was not just the end of a war, but also the beginning of a tense and dynamic period that affected society on all levels. This “postwar” period, as it became known, shaped the world as we know it today; likewise, the period was shaped... Read Article »

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World War II Postwar Period World War II Culture
Controlling and Preventing HIV in Southern Africa
October 17, 2009 - 31 words | Health Science » Hiv/aids
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) originated in Africa. According to current estimates, the disease first infected humans in the 1930s, spreading outward in its formative years to the world beyond.6:1 It was nevertheless not until 1983 that the virus was first... Read Article »

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HIV AIDS Sub-Saharan Africa South Africa Aids Epidemic HIV Prevention Male Circumcision

Dustin R. Turin has a BA in International Affairs and is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.