By Emily A. Buddle, Senior Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
Gloria Fransisca Katharina Lawi, Research Center for Biotechnology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Joan Leach, Professor, Australian National University
Can gene editing truly support smallholder farmers and help Indonesia achieve food sovereignty, or will it simply revive the old controversies surrounding GMO crops?
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By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University
The Trump administration has used US domestic laws to justify capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It’s a clear case of US exceptionalism.
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By James Trapani, Associate Lecturer of History and International Relations, Western Sydney University
Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro long resisted US attempts to influence Venezuelan politics and exert control over its oil reserves.
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By GV South Asia
While the victims of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, lack of questions on mental health care allows for authorities’ inaction.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Albanese’s net approval slumped 15 points to -9, the lowest it has been in this poll since the May election.
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By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian, James Cook University
A lack of veterinary care doesn’t just put animal welfare at risk – it can also increase inequity in society, and threaten biosecurity.
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By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
The US intervention in Venezuela makes it clear NZ’s ‘softly softly’ foreign policy isn’t a feasible long-term response to a shifting world order.
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By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
If Washington governs by force in Venezuela, it will repeat the failures of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya: Power can topple regimes, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy.
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By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation
The list of people Donald Trump has punished or threatened to punish since returning to office is long. It includes the likes of James Comey, Letitia James, John Bolton, as well as members of the opposition…
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By David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation and Wildlife Management, University of Sydney
With feral horses gone, fragile alpine areas are no longer being trampled by hard hooves. But Kosciuszko’s landscapes will take decades to recover.
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