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Vivian W.W. Yam, winner of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2011, is Chair and Professor in Chemistry and Energy in the Chemistry Department at the University of Hong Kong.

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Tackling Science’s Gender-Parity Problem
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Tackling Science’s Gender-Parity Problem

Feb 9, 2018 Stephen Matlin, et al. think that 150 years is long enough for women scientists to wait for equal opportunities.

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Robo-Apocalypse? Not in Your Lifetime
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Robo-Apocalypse? Not in Your Lifetime

J. Bradford DeLong finds comfort in the fact that machines cannot do what humans cannot tell them to do.

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Austria and the Plot Against Europe
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Austria and the Plot Against Europe

Charles Tannock

The collapse of Austria’s government has revealed how extensive Russian manipulation of Europe's politics has become. The question every European democrat of the left, right, and center must now ask is whether the true scope and scale of the political, moral, and material corruption of Europe’s far-right parties has been exposed in time.

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Voter Turnout Will Decide Europe’s Fate
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Voter Turnout Will Decide Europe’s Fate

Yves Leterme & Sam van der Staak show how populists can exploit declining participation to succeed in this month's European Parliament election.

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The Global Consequences of a Sino-American Cold War
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The Global Consequences of a Sino-American Cold War

Nouriel Roubini

What started as a trade war between the United States and China is quickly escalating into a death match for global economic, technological, and military dominance. If the two countries' leaders cannot manage the defining relationship of the twenty-first century responsibly, the entire world will bear the costs of their failure.

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Can Ramaphosa Do It?
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Can Ramaphosa Do It?

Andrew Donaldson says South Africa's new government must generate more private investment to stimulate growth.

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Europe’s Only Decision
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Europe’s Only Decision

Carl Bildt calls on leaders to finalize a new strategic agenda, from which all policy and personnel matters must follow.

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The Resilience of the Arab World’s Pouvoir
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The Resilience of the Arab World’s Pouvoir

Shlomo Ben-Ami shows why the forces pushing for political change in Algeria and Sudan could go the way of their predecessors.

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A Greek Canary in a Global Goldmine
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A Greek Canary in a Global Goldmine

Yanis Varoufakis warns that the country's surging bond and equity markets could foreshadow a global disaster.

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