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The Pandemic, Borders and Refugees
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- March 18, 2021
The global response to the spread of COVID-19 teaches us that, although border closures may be critical to fighting the spread of disease, they cause harm, often irrevocable damage, to many of the world’s most vulnerable, namely refugees and asylum seekers. At the height of the pandemic, 168 countries fully or partially closed their borders, and
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The Forgotten History of Militant Conservatism in IR
- Analysis
- March 16, 2021
Even for those not listening, it is almost impossible not to hear the collective sigh of relief emanating from foreign policy elites across the globe. “Well,” they mutter (or cheer), “thank goodness that is over.” “That”, it hardly needs saying, was the Trump administration’s foreign policy, and the radical conservative forces across the world that gained energy
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Ten Years on from Fukushima: Are We Asking the Right Questions about Nuclear Energy?
- Analysis
- March 15, 2021
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami originating near Tōhoku, Japan, caused inordinate damage to communities across Japan’s Eastern coastline. It also triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daīchi Nuclear Power Plant. Today – a decade later – the post-disaster clean-up and rebuilding process outside of Fukushima Prefecture is mostly complete, meeting the Japan Reconstruction Agency’s 10-year timeline for earthquake
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Accusations of Genocide: A Tipping Point in China’s International Relations?
- Analysis
- March 11, 2021
China’s oppression of the Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, including mass incarceration in detention camps since at least March 2017, may be a historical tipping point in how the international community deals with China. On January 19, 2021, the United States Department of State determined that China’s treatment of the Uyghurs constitutes an ongoing genocide under
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