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Category: Global Affairs

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Remembering George Floyd’s death: lessons to take away from the police bodycam video

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Mainland Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 “success”: policy, culture or mere luck?

by Nadine Staes-Polet August 1, 2020August 1, 2020
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We should boycott TikTok. Here’s why.

by Becky Whant August 1, 2020August 1, 2020
Posted inOxford News

“A political firestorm” – Donald Trump suggests an Election Day delay

by Bozena Fanner Brzezina July 31, 2020July 18, 2021
Posted inGlobal Affairs

The 1500-year-old search for identity: how the Hagia Sophia became a mosque

by Ju Young Han July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Why are Asian countries doing better against COVID-19?

by Sharon Chu July 29, 2020July 29, 2020
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Why we don’t need to panic about the plague in Inner Mongolia

by Megan Lee July 17, 2020July 18, 2021
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The great ‘techtonic’ shift: why now?

by Patricia Zhai July 17, 2020July 17, 2020
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The Yemen crisis: a comprehensive study from Ottoman rule to COVID-19

by Matthew Doran July 16, 2020July 18, 2021

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