Religious Violence in Bangladesh
Liep Gatwech The Hindu Shakta festival of the Durga Puja is dedicated to the goddess Durga. Traditionally, the festival symbolises the...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 7 min
The Final Independence Referendum of New Caledonia
Declan Hourd On 12 December 2021, the world had a chance to see the birth of the independent nation of New Caledonia, but a boycott and...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
Few Fooled by Trappings of Democracy as Hong Kong Election Approaches
Chloe Marriott Hongkongers will be lining up to vote for the next Legislative Council (LegCo) on 19 December 2021 in the first election...
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- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
Global disparities and COVID-19 vaccinations
Sameera Pillai After successful clinical trials, Margaret Keenan of the United Kingdom received the first-ever COVID-19 vaccination, and...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 5 min
A new era of Middle Eastern peacemaking
Elle Greaves Regional power dynamics throughout the Middle East and North Africa have long been guided by Western involvement. However,...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 6 min
The post-Merkel Bundestag
Sameera Pillai The stepping down of Germany’s first female chancellor will inevitably lead to a paradigm shift in the social and...
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- Oct 27, 2021
- 5 min
Competing food summits hike to alternative visions
Ezekiel Dobelsky The food system in Africa is under extreme stress. 282 million Africans are undernourished and food insecure, which has...
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- Oct 25, 2021
- 7 min
When the chips are down: The politics of the semiconductor
Faseeha Hashmi Semiconductors are the brains of all our everyday products. They are in almost every electronic item we use, supplying the...
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- Oct 22, 2021
- 4 min
AUKUS: What is it and what does it mean for the Indo-Pacific?
Claudia Strachan The United States, United Kingdom and Australia recently announced a new strategic alliance called AUKUS. The trilateral...
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- Oct 19, 2021
- 4 min
China’s Evergrande Crisis Threatens Xi’s “Chinese Dream”
Chloe Marriott Chinese property developer Evergrande, now the world’s most indebted real estate group, has found itself in a liquidity...
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- Oct 18, 2021
- 5 min
How can Joe Biden de-escalate tensions across the Sea of Japan?
Kareem Salem Joe Biden has long been engaged in the United States' response to the many challenges posed by North Korea to the...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 7 min
The Geopolitics of Tuna: How Pacific Island Countries Changed International Standards
Declan Hourd The geopolitics of fish and fishing rights is an issue that cuts across many important spheres of interest for coastal...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 6 min
China’s emboldened foreign policy escalates to hostage diplomacy with Canada
Chloe Marriott Canadian businessman Michael Spavor has narrowly avoided spending over a decade in a Chinese prison after being caught up...
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- Oct 3, 2021
- 4 min
The roaring trade of illicit antiquities
Elle Greaves Throughout the Middle East and North African (MENA) regions, antiquities have long been sold on the black market. With rich...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
Nursultan’s Nur-Sultan
Samuel Garrett Kazakhstan’s capital is a mainstay on lists of the world’s most unusual places. Nur-Sultan, once known as Astana, now...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
Future Focused: an underdeveloped regional alliance
Daniel Whitehurst Australia-US alliance Since 1945, Australia has shown a consistent and fierce tendency to align with the United States;...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 5 min
IPCC’s ‘code red’: Key findings and what it means for Australia
Claudia Strachan Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) handed down its sixth assessment report. Dubbed “code...
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- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
A year on from the Beirut Blast: corruption, politics and the rule of law
Elle Greaves A year on from the devastating Beirut blast, Lebanon is suffering from one of the “most severe” depressions in modern...
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- Sep 20, 2021
- 6 min
Capital Punishment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Positive developments but difficulties ahead
Ezekiel Dobelsky Capital punishment has been declining over the past century, as more and more countries abolish the law. Proponents of...
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- Sep 17, 2021
- 5 min
Chaos the new normal for Afghanistan
Sameera Pillai Afghanistan has long been thrown at the mercy of many state and non-state actors. In recent decades, politicians from...
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