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Americas Study Tour Blog
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Sweet Home Alabama (week 4)

The Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is one of the busiest in the world, and when we landed amidst the throng of passengers we were swept out by the crowd fairly quickly. Unarmed and unprepared for

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Europe Study Tour Blog
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Delving into History – part 2 (week 3)

On the 10th of July, we adventured into East Jerusalem and the West Bank, which are Palestinian territories currently occupied by Israel. They were captured by Israel from Jordan following the Six-Day War of 1967;

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Americas Study Tour Blog
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Welcome to the Swamp (week 3)

We received a very warm, muggy, and humid welcome to Washington DC, but in all honesty, we were just glad to be there. Our journey from LA was one fiasco after another as we encountered

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Hong Kong Summer School Blog
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Politics, Philosophy and Protests (week 2)

It’s our second week in Hong Kong and first week of The Fund for American Studies’ (TFAS) Asia Institute for Political Economy (AIPE) program. Outside of the lecture theatres, we’re still immersed in the public

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Europe Study Tour Blog
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Delving into History – part 1 (week 3)

On the 6th of July, we arrived at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel. Treated like royalty, we were escorted through the airport by several security guards to rendezvous with Sherry Sufi, Chairman of the Western Australian

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Hong Kong Summer School Blog
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The Pearl of the Orient (week 1)

People, humidity and noodles are perhaps the most quintessential words to describe Hong Kong, a city on the move.  The bright golden lights of its Skyline illuminate the aircraft as we descend into this megacity,

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Americas Study Tour Blog
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Silicon Valley & La La Land (week 2)

As we flew in to San Francisco, we were treated to unusually clear skies, and an expansive view of the entire bay area, including the stunning Golden Gate Bridge. It was clear that this was

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Europe Study Tour Blog
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A Tale of Two Cities (week 2)

Loic Munso in front of the Belvedere Palace This week we visited Vienna and Berlin – two cities embellished in history, abundant in beauty, and significant contributors to intellectual thought. Arriving in Vienna on the

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Libertarian Blog
Josh Adamson

At Any Rate, Things Are About to Get Interesting

Over the past two years, Australia’s Reserve Bank (RBA) repeatedly suggested that the next movements in interest rates would be upwards, as the central bank initiates a move back to a “normalised” rate of interest.

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Europe Study Tour Blog
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London Calling (week 1)

On Friday the 21st of June, our soporific 17-hour direct flight to London from Perth ceased following the salutation of our pilot exclaiming, ‘Welcome to Heathrow Airport, London.’ Our feelings of exhaustion and dreariness immediately

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