By David Alff, Associate Professor of English, University at Buffalo
Love it or hate it, the ‘Acela Corridor’ has developed a widely recognized identity thanks to the trains that link it together.
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By Renee DiResta, Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University
Abhiram Reddy, Research Assistant at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
Josh A. Goldstein, Research Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
Visually appealing and cheap to produce, AI-generated images allow scammers and spammers to post high volumes of engaging content − and Facebook’s algorithm may be promoting these posts.
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By Jean-Pierre Darnis, Professeur des Universités, directeur du master en relations franco-italiennes, Université Côte d'Azur, Chercheur associé à la Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS, Paris), professeur et membre du CISS de l'université LUISS de Rome, Université Côte d’Azur
By turning southward, Georgia Meloni’s far-right government is both breaking with foreign policy conventions and scoring points with her base ahead of the European elections.
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By Romain Boulongne, Assistant Professor de Dirección Estratégica, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)
Small businesses in the French ‘banlieue’ suburbs are overlooked by traditional banks, but give better, more socially beneficial returns than their city centre counterparts.
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By Omar Shahabudin McDoom, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science
Rwanda, a small and landlocked central African country, has made remarkable socio-economic progress since the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 500,000 people died. But the country, as well as the rest of the world, remains divided over the achievements made and the direction taken over the past 30 years.
Supporters of Rwanda’s trajectory believe in the aspiration of its president, Paul Kagame, for the country to become Africa’s…
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By Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the RTS,S and the R21 vaccines.
Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford and chief investigator for the R21 vaccine, tells Nadine Dreyer why he thinks this is a great era for malaria control.
What makes malaria such a difficult disease to beat?
Malaria has been around for 30…
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By Fernando Camacho Padilla, Profesor contratado doctor del departamento de Historia Contemporánea, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Portugal is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which marked the end of the Estado Novo dictatorship and the country’s colonial wars in Africa.
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By Donald Nieman, Professor of History and Provost Emeritus, Binghamton University, State University of New York
In 1974, the Supreme Court accepted, heard and decided a case within two months because the justices understood its importance to the public.
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By Rania Labaki, Directrice de l’EDHEC Family Business Centre, EDHEC Business School
Maryem Cherni, Enseignant-chercheur en Stratégie et Innovation, UniLaSalle
The handing down of family farms is not only essential to ensure the long-term future of Europe’s agricultural sector, but also to steer it toward more sustainable practices.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Participants at the Tokyo Trans March in Shibuya district of Tokyo, March 31, 2023. © 2023 Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images Members of Japan’s Diet are revising the law, declared unconstitutional, that allows transgender people to change their legal gender. Last October, Japan’s Supreme Court ruled the country’s sterilization surgery requirement for transgender people is unconstitutional, and now lawmakers are debating how to amend the legal gender recognition law. Debates have featured some troubling proposals, such as a lengthy waiting period and compulsory hormone…
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