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Erdogan’s attempt to cow academia will meet resistance

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TURKEY

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a hand-picked outsider as Bogazici University’s rector has encountered student protests and the rector's total boycott by the…

Central Europe's universities will fall further behind

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EUROPE

Higher education in Central-Eastern Europe.

EU content moderation law faces enforcement challenges

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EU

X is suspected of breaching obligations under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) to counter illegal content and disinformation. Other concerns include the suspected deceptive…

Polarised Gulf media will obscure facts

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GULF STATES

Because of heavy government involvement, Gulf-based media outlets have never had a reputation for independence or journalistic rigour. However, the boycott of Qatar by Saudi…

Baku hopes Islamism will buttress Azerbaijani regime

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AZERBAIJAN

Indications from reactions to the Charlie Hebdo incident in Paris of a shift in Azerbaijan's geopolitical orientation.

Costa Rica migration reforms will be limited

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COSTA RICA

It does so in a complicated migratory environment. Migration flows are diversifying and show no sign of abating, anti-migration movements are vocal, press coverage of the issue is…

US states are taking more action on the use of ESG

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UNITED STATES

Republican states wanting to stall ESG practices are passing legislation limiting their use by financial services firms such as asset managers and banks. However, resultant…

Opposition will force strategy shifts in Venezuela

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VENEZUELA

The opposition Unitary Platform has aligned behind relative unknown and former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. President Nicolas Maduro’s government overshadowed the unveiling…

Pope's Mexico visit will highlight unresolved problems

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MEXICO

The visit will be his fourth to the Americas (following trips to Brazil in 2013, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July 2015 and Cuba and the United States in September 2015) and…

Pyongyang’s rising cyberthreats are hard to combat

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NORTH KOREA

On November 30 the same trio plus Australia announced coordinated sanctions, in response to Pyongyang’s launch on November 21 of a military reconnaissance satellite. For the first…