The religious arm of Turkey’s government, Dinayet, has European authorities up in arms after leaked documents suggested the agency was engaged in international espionage.
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Most Africans see courts as legitimate but only a slim majority trust them while one in three people believe judges are corrupt.
Armenia’s upcoming election should advance the country’s transition from presidential to parliamentary system. But President Serzh Sargsyan may have a hidden agenda to retain power beyond his term’s end.
Serbians go to poll on April 2. Will the country’s trend of illiberalism and authoritarianism continue its three-year run?
Any relapse of piracy is likely to foster an even more dangerous brand of hijackings on Somali waters. It’s therefore an opportune time to address piracy once and for all.
Changes in governance in the Arctic region could supply an example of how the two global powers can cultivate a peaceful co-existence.
Paraguay remains divided over whether to allow former presidents to run for reelection, and time is running out to decide who can – and cannot – declare their candidacy for the 2018 election.
Last night’s terrorist attack in Manchester reveals the challenges facing European intelligence and security services in preventing people who use everyday things like cars to cause mayhem.
The use of nuclear weapons – arguably the most devastating of all weapons of mass destruction – is currently not necessarily prohibited under international law.
The idea of relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote flood-prone island would set a bad precedent for managing human rights crises.
Who is responsible when 43 girls burn to death in a state-run children’s home?
The latest in a series of meetings will see the two countries sign a number of agreements on political and economic matters.
The Conversation Global examines the varied ways that governments around the world rely on digital tools to exercise power.
Former Chadian president Hissène Habré’s fate will be sealed by the appeals judgment in a part domestic and international trial bringing closure to victims and human rights champions after a 20 years.
In Kosovo’s long struggle to gain international recognition of its statehood, football has helped the country achieve major goals.
When leaders of weak democracies use social media to connect with their constituents, people feel heard. But Twitter responses won’t give citizens what they need.
If US President Donald Trump is the consummate dealmaker he purports to be, he should find the low risk, high returns of greater US-China-Africa cooperation irresistible.
The tanker hijacking off the Somali coast will not be an isolated incident unless the international community remains engaged to root out piracy.
Forget old-school state propaganda. Kazakhstan’s government has reinvented itself through social media.
Rather than questioning the rule of law in Turkey, European leaders should look at ultra-nationalism in their own countries.
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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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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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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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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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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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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
