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Published in: Pandemic BordersJapan’s migrants are not allowed to go ‘home’
In Japan, COVID-19 shifted the meaning of ‘home’ overnight with devastating effects on the transnational lives of migrants.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marathon Man and 'our European Way of Life'
The migration debate ignores the political question of why hundreds or thousands of underage and adult people are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionUK universities’ dangerous reliance on China is being driven by marketisation
Institutions are being forced to risk academic freedom under current funding model.
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Published in: ourEconomyIf Europe wants to halt climate collapse, why is it watering down rules on palm oil?
Beneath its Green Deal rhetoric, the European Commission won’t jeopardize trade interests to tackle deforestation.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationAmérica Crece: Cooperation for development or geopolitical competition?
Comparatively little-known but gaining momentum, the North American initiative for Latin America "América Crece"...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTikTok, Trump and the need for a digital non-aligned movement
As we enter a new digital cold war, it's time for a new non-aligned movement to operate as a buffer between the U.S....
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Published in: 50.50The people locked down and locked out in the cold during the pandemic
Millions are unable to survive the pandemic or the rules to contain it. Their stories make a compelling case for a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Covid-19 and the perception of freedom
Criticisms of the “Chinese solution” adopted by Italy have come from both sides, national and international.
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Published in: Home: OpinionUS and China are both raising the military stakes in the South China Sea
Just when Trump might be looking for a diversion.
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Published in: HomeIf Trump needs a war to win in November, which enemy will he choose?
He’s failed on COVID-19 and the economy is tanking. Could a military adventure in Afghanistan, Iran or North Korea...
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Published in: 50.50The Chinese government must let us cry for our dead
My social media posts have been censored many times, especially when I said that “we don’t have the right to cry...
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Published in: HomeState repression in the Philippines during COVID-19 and beyond
If draconian measures such as the Philippines’ Republic Act No 11479 are left unchallenged and unchecked, who will...
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Published in: Home: OpinionK-pop fans: you torpedoed Trump in Tulsa, don’t stop now
K-pop fans showed how impactful they can be when they upstaged Trump. They now need to turn their attention to the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPorts, ships and the human economy of global sea trade: an interview with Laleh Khalili
Little has been written about the sea trade in the Gulf. Laleh Khalili’s latest book explores the complex realities...
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow civil society is fighting back against coronavirus crackdowns
For some activist groups, the crisis has provided an opportunity to build their movements.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Coronavirus and the crisis of globalisation: dangers and answers
“We must demonstrate the superiority of democratic governance over authoritarianism, bringing about a set of...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionGarment workers are facing a humanitarian crisis – but don’t blame COVID-19
The fashion industry has long been built on an exploitative business model that puts profits before human lives.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 in Southeast Asia: non-citizens have a right to protection too
Arbitrary differentiation between citizen and non-citizen is causing migrants to suffer the worst of the pandemic.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Is totalitarianism on the rise in the East?
We should distinguish between Orban’s rightfully penalized measures of ruling by decree and less stringent...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionSome people eat wild animals. Don't blame them for the pandemic
Speculation, half-truths, deliberate misrepresentations, Western prejudices, and the specter of ecofascism could...