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If it were a film, viewers would say it’s too far-fetched to be believable.
Mexico and Canada are about to turn medical cannabis into North America’s most lucrative new market.
Trump’s tough rhetoric is bad news for Iran’s moderates.
The White House’s absurd rationale for firing Comey could mask something deeply disturbing.
President Trump wants to renegotiate or eliminate NAFTA because of its impact on U.S. trade, but the accord is also a cornerstone of continental cooperation on security issues as well.
Oklahoma is trying to limit the number of earthquakes caused by oil and gas extraction, but some existing faults there – which could be activated by wastewater injection – have never been mapped.
Trump’s review on H1-B visa will directly impact high-skilled Indian workers.
A new report confirms how the rich become deluded about their talents, but also hints at a growing acknowledgement of inequality.
People in some of the most unequal countries in the world think theirs is the paradigm of meritocracy. Can the data help explain this phenomenon?
There’s ample space to renegotiate some terms from the original agreement that would improve social welfare across the region.
Here’s why I’m supporting this weekend’s March for Science.
Wealth inequality is no 21st-century phenomenon. But it was decisively shaped by public policy during the last 100 years as economies emerged from war and redesigned the structures for life.
What vastly complicates Western policy in Syria is how to sanction Assad on one hand and deal with Islamic State on the other, without the country unravelling completely.
‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
The 1994 Rwandan genocide evokes shame, despair, and revulsion.Yet, the events warrant reflection and remind us about the risks of looking the other way.
Why we can expect Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago to be a success.
Nothing less than the fate of the global economy lies in the balance as the two strong-willed leaders sit down for their first one-on-one meeting.
We spend most of our waking hours at work, but are we really ourselves when we step through the door?
The rocky relationship between Russia and the West is on a knife edge. But simple dialogue and face-to-face discussions can go a long way to easing tensions.
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Rédacteur en chef, coordination internationale et technique, The Conversation France
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Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
