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Europe is at a crossroads in how it integrates religious minorities. But there are lessons to be learned beyond liberal secularism.
Is this the beginning of a ‘Mexican Spring’?
We could be witnessing the beginning of globalisation going in reverse.
The Gambian election dispute is not the first that ECOWAS has confronted. Côte d’Ivoire’s 2010 presidential election is a case in point. There it resorted to military action to enforce the outcome.
Russia has decades of experience setting “honeytraps” for spies, diplomats, and whoever else it wants to embarrass or blackmail.
Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-NAFTA rhetoric has targeted Mexico and Mexicans.
Indian elites’ extravagant weddings are a show of strength, a glamorised return to traditions, and a celebration of social conservatism.
It’s not enough to do groundbreaking research if the results are kept from the public. So CERN is making its results available to everyone via open access, showing how science should be done.
Christians’ plight in Pakistan reflects the confused identity and ideologies of the country they live in.
General John Kelly, Trump’s pick for the Department of Homeland Security, used to lead US military operations in Latin America. Now American citizens should be scared, too.
Flu virus mutates so quickly that one year’s vaccine won’t work on the next year’s common strains. But a new way to create vaccines, called ‘rational design,’ might pave the way for more lasting solutions.
A swampy area the size of England stores as much carbon as 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions.
Buzzfeed is being damned for publishing unverified and salacious information about the president-elect, raising questions about media ethics in the digital world.
Tolkien and Zamenhof are two of imaginary languages’ most successful proponents – yet their aims were very different.
China has decided to end all domestic trade in ivory, an act that could help elephant numbers all over Africa.
Understanding the populism of the Putin government is more urgent than ever as Russia plays a major geopolitical role in the Middle-Eastern balance.
Countering violent extremism in Bangladesh will require a change in the political climate of the country so that young are exposed to diverse political avenues and have a real chance of getting a job.
Is UNESCO’s prestigious lists of tangible and intangible heritage damaging the very existence of the sites on them?
Insects have often been described with words like “disgusting” and the idea of eating them horrifies some people. But this needs to change as they can be an important food source.
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Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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