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People cross the Chenab River after the flow of water was halted from a dam, at Akhnoor, on the outskirts of Jammu, India in May.

Resource conflicts

Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?

India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is not likely to cause its neighbour Pakistan much harm in the short term, but it sets a dangerous global precedent.

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by Imran Mukhtar

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Does a high-income Gulf monarchy represent the “global south”? Sultan Ahemd Al Jabar of the United Arab Emirates serving as president of the Dubai climate summit in December.

Global governance

In world affairs, “person of colour” is a misleading term

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by Hans Dembowski
Kamala Harris – woman, Black and Indian American – representing the USA at the Dubai climate summit in December 2023.

Identity politics

Why the acronym BIPoC is less useful than it seems

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by Hans Dembowski
Briefing in late November for Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu (centre) in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz where Hamas terrorists killed at least 52 people on 7 October.

Antisemitism

Hating Jews, but supporting Israel

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by Hans Dembowski
Daycare programme for South Sudanese refugee children in Uganda.

Early childhood

A good start

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Their personal carbon footprints are certainly larger than the 13 tons Russians and the 8.9 tons the Chinese emit annually on average: Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing in October.

Climate negotiations

Once again, climate-summit results are “too little, too late”

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by Hans Dembowski
Child immunisation in Sierra Leone.

Children’s health

Vaccinations are crucial for children’s health

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Childhood anthropology

How culture shapes early childhood

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by David Lancy
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A Rohingya man looking at Facebook in 2017. Social media played a significant role in spreading calls for violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Social media

Stop online hate

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by Lena Rohrbach
Trump supporters attacking the Capitol in Washington on 6 January 2021.

Our View

Democracy needs separate branches of government

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by Hans Dembowski
World Bank President Ajay Banga speaking at the financial institution’s annual meeting in Marrakesh in October.

Our View

Close funding gaps

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by Jörg Döbereiner