The weapons arrived in crates marked “Norinco.” The rifles, grenades, and missile launchers were bought on credit — oil fields were the collateral. The guns were copies, based on old Soviet designs, but they were simple to use, hard to break, a...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford '16 is Associate World Section Manager and an associate editor of the Brown Political Review.
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The weapons arrived in crates marked “Norinco.” The rifles, grenades, and missile launchers were bought on credit — oil fields were the collateral. The guns were copies, based on old Soviet designs, but they were simple to use, hard to break, a...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford
The government exists to plan for the future, but what do you do if your future no longer wants you? This is the existential crisis currently facing the Hong Kong government in the wake of the student led, eighty-day Umbrella Revolution. While Hong K...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford
The government exists to plan for the future, but what do you do if your future no longer wants you? This is the existential crisis currently facing the Hong Kong government in the wake of the student led, eighty-day Umbrella Revolution. While Hong K...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford
They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations enter Saudi Arabia during the month long celebration, when border controls are relaxed to deal with the massive inf...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford
They cross over during the Hajj. Dressed in white like the pilgrims to Mecca, representatives of fundamentalist Islamist organizations enter Saudi Arabia during the month long celebration, when border controls are relaxed to deal with the massive inf...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford
On October 1, Muslims in the coastal village of Thabyuchaing in the northwest of Burma fled into the surrounding forests as their homes were torched and left to burn by a sword-wielding Buddhist mob. Not everyone was lucky enough to escape: five Musl...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford
On October 1, Muslims in the coastal village of Thabyuchaing in the northwest of Burma fled into the surrounding forests as their homes were torched and left to burn by a sword-wielding Buddhist mob. Not everyone was lucky enough to escape: five Musl...
Edward Clifford
Edward Clifford