The Trump administration’s current use of 19th-century tools to solve 20th-century problems threatens to take America back to the 19th century.
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As an anthropologist, I have chronicled the digital nomad lifestyle for the past seven years. The reality is far less glamorous than you might imagine
Considering our relationships to stories about the past and looking at learning as a process of encounter can help Canadians to become better treaty partners.
Legislation expected to be put to Parliament later this year may very well fall short due to COVID-19’s budget impacts. But until we strengthen our cyber defences, we’re all at risk.
The bonhomie between Narendra Modi and Binyamin Netanyahu is rooted in the admiration of generations of Hindu nationalists for Israel.
While nationalism is a dirty word, we often underestimate the power of its ideal in contemporary societies. We live in a world of nations, which provide identity and belonging for many people.
The idea that societies equal nation-states, neat containers that can be closed off from outside threats, is powerful. The nationalist paradigm even has a hold over many critics of its politics.
Catalonia and Kurdistan are both holding referendums on independence this year. But is it that simple to break free?
People are unhappy with the current state of affairs – but this is happening despite globalisation, not because of it.
The right-wing press is using a particularly out of date ideology to link language change and immigration.
The rise of Islamic State and its declaration of the caliphate can be read as part of a wider story that has unfolded since the formation of modern nation states in the Muslim world.
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Professor of International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Australian Catholic University
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Research Fellow, ARC Laureate Program in International History, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, University of Portsmouth
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Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College & Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Secondary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
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PhD Candidate in Anthropology, UCL
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Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University
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Associate Professor, History, Athabasca University