Global Issues
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Inuit Greenlanders demand answers over Danish birth control scandal
Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many…
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Inside a women’s prison: ‘I’ve seen things no human should ever have to see’
What does it take to rebuild your life after years behind bars? Three women share their stories with Dilvin Yasa.…
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A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser
This week a puppet court sentenced him to three years in prison, alongside Suu Kyi, who has already been sentenced to…
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Why I Love the “Vietnam Syndrome” of the People
The Vietnam Syndrome was a term deployed after the U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War to explain and complain about…
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A Moment of Truth for Yemen’s Truce
The UN and external powers should redouble their efforts to forge agreement on an expanded deal. ICG If those look…
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Brexit Britain wants to come back
Six years after the Brexit vote, Euroskeptic PM Liz Truss wants to lead the UK back into Europe’s political arena.…
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Optus hack must prompt crackdown on data hoarding, experts say
Privacy advocate James Clark, executive director at Digital Rights Watch, said governments must crack down on an insidious culture of…
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Erdogan Threatens Greece
“We have only one sentence for Greece: Do not forget Izmir [the city of Smyrna]. Your occupying the [Aegean] islands…
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The Left Needs to Take Back the Constitution
With the catastrophic recent term of the Supreme Court finally concluded, it can no longer be denied that the judiciary…
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Australia’s anti-corruption laws are historic – but the blanket of secrecy still needs to be lifted
Alleged corruption will be examined behind closed doors after the disturbing decision to hold public hearings only in ‘exceptional circumstances’…
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Upholding the Ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia
In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains what occurred and what needs to happen now to restart the peace process between…
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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is no Mussolini – but she may be a Trump
Italy, wrote the situationist philosopher Guy Debord in 1968, “sums up the social contradictions of the entire world”. As such,…
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3 ways these latest Iran demonstrations are different to past protests
The latest protests, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, follow several other protests that…
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Giorgia Meloni: Italy’s new leader arrives at a critical time for Europe
From political wilderness to pole position to become Italy’s first female prime minister, this is the moment Giorgia Meloni has…
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Introducing Giorgia Meloni: How the US Opened the Door for Fascism’s Return to Italy
The Italian Parliamentary election has concluded and the neofascist, Giorgia Meloni, is ready to emerge as the new prime minister…
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Turkish Foreign Policy: Geopolitical Adventurism at a Crossroads
Perhaps no question concerning the Middle East and Europe today has been more loudly voiced than “What is Turkey doing?”…
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