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US colleges are contending with greater union activism

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UNITED STATES

As well as experiencing political attacks on culture and speech issues, and growing public scepticism about rising tuition fees, managers at US universities must now contend with…

US colleges are under political and financial pressure

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UNITED STATES

The move by non-tenure-track faculty and post-doctoral researchers came two months after Claudine Gay resigned under pressure as the university’s president. The two developments…

Latvia's ruling coalition may go through a reshuffle

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LATVIA

The election of Rinkevics, who has been Latvia’s foreign minister since 2011, indicates that there will be continuity in setting foreign policy, in which an activist president can…

More US states to contest corporate diversity efforts

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UNITED STATES

Some 15 Republican states have passed or are considering legislation to ban or limit DEI programmes at institutions receiving state funding, including universities and colleges…

Prospects for United States politics to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

The first primary contests are due early next year. Both parties will focus on improving their 2024 electoral prospects, though at the state level there will be less Republican…

Canadian debate over streaming services moves venues

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CANADA

C-18, a second, related bill that would require internet companies to compensate Canadian journalistic enterprises for use of their content, is currently before a Senate committee…

The US feud between DeSantis and Disney will continue

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UNITED STATES

Disney, which has a large presence in Florida, remains locked in a feud with the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, over aspects of his education policy. DeSantis, a candidate for…

East Asian trilateralism will survive disputes

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EAST ASIA

Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, last month cited racial solidarity as one motive. The China-Japan-South Korea ('CJK') trio may well reconvene soon nonetheless, initially at…

Czech-Slovak rift may limit Visegrad effectiveness

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CZECH/SLOVAKIA

The unprecedented move is the first rift since the two countries peacefully parted more than three decades ago. It came soon after the Visegrad Four (V4) of Czechia, Hungary…

US Africa policy will be largely on hold this year

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UNITED STATES

Despite promises that Biden would visit Africa during 2023, he did not do so. The situation in Ukraine and then Gaza has left little space for development of Washington’s policy…