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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have changed the game on the Korean peninsula, but South Korea also played a key role in brokering their unprecedented meeting. So what do the south and the north really want from each other? Some would say a reunified Korean state – but Niki Alsford argues that the prospect of a united Korea is as remote as it is appealing.
In other stories, catch up on the debate over Russia’s turn hosting the World Cup, the confusion about what counts as an epidemic, and the frightening reality of Mozambique’s answer to Boko Haram.
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Moon Jae-in meets Kim Jong-un on the Korean border.
EPA/Korea Summit Press Pool
Niki J.P. Alsford, University of Central Lancashire
Alongside denuclearisation, reunification is the biggest potential game-changer on the Korean peninsula. But it remains a pipe dream.
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Arts + Culture
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Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, University of Texas at Tyler
Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football world cup.
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David Rowe, Western Sydney University
Scandal-plagued FIFA says it's committed to reform. Changing the way World Cup hosts are selected would be a start.
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Politics + Society
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Eric Morier-Genoud, Queen's University Belfast
A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government's plans for stability and prosperity.
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Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Most religions have a fundamental belief that all human life belongs to God.
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Nader Habibi, Brandeis University
The Iranian government reacted to a nationwide truck drivers' strike with unprecedented restraint, apparently fearful a crackdown might provoke a Trump intervention.
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Health + Medicine
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Hassan Vally, La Trobe University
The obesity epidemic, the flu epidemic, the opioid epidemic... in the 21st century, everything seems to be an "epidemic". But what does the term actually mean?
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