By Spyros A. Sofos, Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doesn’t want others defining Turkey’s choices. He’s seeking a better position within an existing world order and recognition that Turkey is entitled to forge its own path.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person checks their phone in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, March 31, 2026. © 2026 Pavel Bednyakov/AP Photo (Berlin, September 24, 2026) – Russian authorities are doubling down on their efforts to quash freedom of expression, including access to information, by increasingly suppressing tools to circumvent draconian censorship laws, Human Rights Watch said today. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) services face intensifying blocking and takedowns from app stores.“The Russian government’s escalating attacks on censorship circumvention services is part of its…
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By Rezwan
Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising toppled a government, but two years later, reforms to police, judiciary, cyber laws, and state institutions remain contested, incomplete, and debated, leaving citizens asking whether real change occurred.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The timing of the disclosure (and the incident itself) is fortuitous in a political sense, vindicating the government’s recent AI warnings.
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By Dian Fiantis, Professor of Soil Science, Universitas Andalas
Budiman Minasny, Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling, University of Sydney
Frisa Irawan Ginting, Dosen Ilmu Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan, Universitas Andalas
Rudiyanto, Lecturer at Program of Crop Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Satellite imagery reveals a dramatic shift on Sertung Island following Anak Krakatau’s eruption. As lush greenery turns to ash, a new natural laboratory emerges for studying the birth of soil.
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever controls these narrow waterways governs the flow of maritime traffic from the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean – and with it, a vitally significant chunk of global trade.
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By David Barrett, Researcher, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University; University of Calgary
Kerry Black, Executive Co-Director, UNU Hub on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change, United Nations University; University of Calgary
Water services are too important to fail. If a utility becomes financially unstable, consequences are passed on to customers, regulators and governments.
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By Wolfgang Wüster, Professor of Zoology, Bangor University
Great Britain has always been thought to be home to a single venomous snake species, the adder. Although its bites are rarely life-threatening, they will require a trip to A&E and more than likely ruin your week. On the other hand, the other two native British snakes, the grass and smooth snakes, have been largely considered non-venomous.
This status quo has been shaken by a new paper by herpetologists Alessandro Paterna and Grégoire Meier suggesting that the smooth snake should be reclassified as venomous.…
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By Julia Szivak, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Film, University of Nottingham
By the time a romance book reaches the screen, readers have often already built a whole world around it: analysing it, recommending it and imagining its characters. The Love Hypothesis, a romantic comedy set in the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) academia, is one such example.
The bestselling 2021 novel by neuroscientist-turned-author Ali Hazelwood revolves around biology PhD student Olive Smith and Dr Adam Carlsen, a young professor in the same department. The pair pretend to be in a relationship to convince Olive’s friend and Adam’s boss that their love…
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By Helen Vassallo, Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
How do you put the past aside when you have no choice but to care for a parent who treated you badly?
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