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Europe isn’t prepared for the unmanned aircraft threat. Will its ‘drone wall’ be enough?

As Moscow’s military offensive grinds on at Europe’s eastern edge, tensions are skyrocketing on the continent due to repeated, brazen violations of European airspace deliberately orchestrated by Russia. Europe has announced counter-measures, in the form […]

Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution—and added in later via the First Amendment

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Bipartisan agreement is rare in these politically polarized days.This post was originally published on this site

Chinese companies are changing the way they operate in Africa: Here’s how

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For most of the past 25 years, Chinese construction companies operating in Africa could count on generous financial backing from Chinese banks. Between 2000 and 2019, Chinese funders committed almost US$50 billion to African transport […]

The H-1B visa fee hike in the United States opens a policy window for Canada

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The United States government recently announced a US$100,000 H-1B visa fee on new applications, which will affect highly educated workers from abroad who are seeking jobs in the U.S. This policy could have ripple effects […]

Archaeologists uncover ritual platforms that helped pave the way for Chinese unification

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Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that the origins of a shared Chinese cultural identity lie in ceremonial gatherings that sowed the seeds for the political unification of […]

How to conduct post-atrocity research: Key insights from practitioners in the field

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From Gaza to Myanmar and Sudan, communities around the globe continue to suffer the consequences of war, civil strife and sectarian violence. Indeed, in 2024, 111 countries experienced some form of mass atrocity against civilians.This […]

Trust found to be more important than cost in climate policy

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How much people trust politicians affects their support for climate policies. The less trust we have in politicians, the less likely we are to accept climate policies that mean paying a price as individuals. And […]

Opinion: American TikTok deal doesn’t address the platform’s potential for manipulation, only who profits

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On Sept. 25, the Donald Trump administration in the United States again extended the TikTok ban-or-divest law, possibly for the last time. The latest extension to the law, which was passed in 2024 by the […]

Political views, not sex and violence, now drive literary censorship

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Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature—unless the writing offends their own ideology, new Cornell research finds.This post was originally published on this site

Trading on trust: How US senators may be turning lawmaking into profit

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A landmark study of thousands of stock trades reveals consistent patterns of profit linked to lawmaking timelines—and proposes a new way forward.This post was originally published on this site

Sales effectiveness under digital monitoring examined

Digital and online technologies have made our workplace routines faster and easier. They have also made it easier for managers to keep tabs on workers, via monitoring apps designed to capture whether employees are “working [...]
Examining climate risks to insurance and reinsurance of global supply chains

Global supply chains are increasingly exposed to climate-related disruptions, redrawing the boundaries of what can be insured and how risk is distributed across the global economy. In recent years, insured catastrophe losses have grown by [...]
Ethiopian women and safety: Why some switch their ethnic identity when they start working

For many women in Ethiopia, getting their first formal job doesn’t just change their income; it can change how they describe who they are in everyday public interactions.This post was originally published on this site