A controversial report claims that Mexico is more violent than Afghanistan and Yemen. It’s wrong on the details but right that Mexico is, in effect, a war zone.
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Democracy is in a parlous state in many countries in southern Africa. Autocrats hold onto power, while electorates have little to choose from at the polls.
India’s Supreme Court could soon rule to abolish “triple talaq”, a practice that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantaneously and discriminates against women.
Recent events suggest that South Africa’s government may be resorting to short-term measures to pacify anger over lack of housing. But what’s needed is a major overhaul of the housing policy.
The visit has wider implications for the entire Middle East.
Game theory applies to conflict and cooperation within competitive situations.
The country’s religion-based power-sharing political system is straining to accommodate hundreds of thousands of new Syrian Sunnis.
For a military battle whose outcome is still hotly contested 30 years later, the impact was so remarkably clear – independence for Namibia, peace for Angola and the death knell for apartheid.
Domestically, Brazil is a mess. Now, its foreign policy is in crisis, too, landing a staggering one-two punch to this one-time rising star.
Our approach to economic growth has done more harm than good and must be be replaced with more appropriate goals.
European leaders are still trying to decipher Trump’s thinking on NATO, Europe and many other issues.
As we celebrate Africa Day and reflect on how far the continent has come since the Organisation of African Unity was founded in 1963, it’s a good time to assess whether democracy is working.
Will President Rouhani, who has spoken up for gender equality, give women a chance in his second term?
The impact of peace education or human rights courses ultimately depends on how teachers – who may not be neutral – implement them.
Religious state institutions wanting to address the rhetoric of violence in the name of religion must begin by reforming their relationship with the state.
Kenya’s progressive 2010 Constitution brought improved women’s representation in Parliament and public life. But historical prejudices remain, always more intensely apparent during elections.
Iran’s economic recovery and reintegration into the global economy have become key electoral topics.
We may think of current reactionary politics as radical and new, but unchecked mercantilism has always elicited a fierce backlash from both left and right. Here’s what history tells us about today.
Jobs and labour rights are at the centre of the candidates’ campaigns in the Iranian presidential election.
Ever more people are stuck with shift work in a globalised economy that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Principais colaboradores
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
