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Author Archives: Devika Manish Kumar

Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 5: Chagos, Myanmar and Venezuela

by Daniel Burns, Isolde Sellin and Devika Manish Kumar May 31, 2025May 31, 2025
ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) A woman waits her turn at the Pacific Partnership community health engagement in Arawa, Papua New Guinea. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Greg Badger/Released)
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Bougainville: A Long Wait for Independence Continues

by Devika Manish Kumar May 29, 2025May 29, 2025
Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
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Outside OX1 Week 2 – South Korea, Mali, Kashmir and Gaza

by Daniel Burns, Tom Barrett, Devika Manish Kumar and Elana Roberts May 10, 2025May 10, 2025
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WHO Members Conclude Negotiations on Pandemic Treaty

by Devika Manish Kumar May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
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Outside OX1 Week 1: Canada, Kashmir, Conflict and Crackdowns

by Daniel Burns, Elana Roberts, Tom Barrett, Isolde Sellin and Devika Manish Kumar May 3, 2025June 13, 2025

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Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, began late February of this year. Fasting during this month (sawm) is a core religious duty alongside…

To be Cringe is to be Free: In Defence of the Cast Party 

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Everyone involved in theatre vows that they are not that kind of theatre kid. Statistically speaking, someone’s got to be lying – but, after being…

InterMEDIAte: No mo’ FOMO

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“I plead to myself, and I will continue to do so, to enjoy what I’ve done, think about some of the things I will do…

Sixty Years of Cosprop: Clothes That Make the Character

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