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It took 20 months of intense negotiations under former US President Barack Obama to reach a deal that limited Iran’s capacity to enrich uranium and achieve a domestic nuclear weapons capability. On Friday President Donald Trump said he had decided to decertify it. Ben Rich explains why Trump’s decision is such a bad one. Firstly, it threatens the future of a landmark deal that’s supported by other major Western powers. It also weakens the US’s position in the global order and creates greater instability in the Middle East. There will be more coverage to come on
the Iran nuclear situation as developments unfold.
Relations between Cameroon’s English-speaking citizens and the nation’s French-speaking government have been tense since the 1960s. Recently the tension has spilled over into violence and, writes Verkijika G. Fanso, it will take a serious commitment to diplomacy and equality to repair the situation.
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Donald Trump’s justification for decertifying the Iran nuclear deal stems from his view that Iran is violating the deal’s spirit.
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Ben Rich, Curtin University
Aside from vague threats of violence and suggestions he could 'renegotiate' the Iran nuclear agreement, Donald Trump has provided little in the way of coherent or viable policy options.
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Politics + Society
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Verkijika G. Fanso, University of Yaounde
Anglophones have long complained that their language and culture are marginalised. They say if this doesn't change, they must be granted independence.
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Mark Moritz, The Ohio State University; Alice B. Kelly Pennaz, University of California, Berkeley; Mouadjamou Ahmadou; Paul Scholte, The Ohio State University
The idea that terror groups like Boko Haram fund their activities through ivory poaching in Africa is a compelling narrative. But it’s undermining wildlife conservation and human rights.
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Pierre de Vos, University of Cape Town
The Supreme Court of Appeal judgment means that South Africa's president must be prosecuted - unless the national director of public prosecutions decides again to drop the charges against him.
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Education
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Gail Heyman, University of California, San Diego
Racial bias is associated with dehumanizing social groups different from your own. Psychologists trained kids to differentiate individuals of another race – with lasting effects on their biases.
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Business + Economy
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Lyndsay Duthie, University of Hertfordshire
Women change working cultures – and as the Harvey Weinstein allegations show, Hollywood is badly in need of it.
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