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Somaliland has become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in a presidential election. This means that a breakaway republic that has yet to receive international recognition will have the world’s most sophisticated voting register. Calestous Juma of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government explains why – and how – Somaliland carried off this technological leapfrogging.
For the past 12 days, U.S. President Donald Trump has been on a charm offensive through Asia. One leader Trump wooed was the Philippine’s Rodrigo Duterte – a man who once cursed Barack Obama. Jessica Trisko Darden, a professor of International Affairs, writes about why U.S.–Philippine relations may be warming and highlights the one key topic the two leaders left undiscussed.
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Somaliland’s shift to use iris recognition in a presidential election stems from distrust in the voting system.
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Calestous Juma, Harvard University
In a remarkable extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in a presidential election.
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Donald Trump’s and Rodrigo Duterte’s mutual admiration could bring about a thaw in U.S.-Philippine relations.
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Jessica Trisko Darden, American University School of International Service
When Obama was president, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to break up with America. Will the two countries make up now?
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Politics + Society
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Erica Lawson, Western University
Thousands of Liberian women have banded together to bring about peace and to fight for women's rights. They've changed the face of the African nation.
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Billie Jeanne Brownlee, University of Exeter; Maziyar Ghiabi, University of Oxford
A kingdom under pressure is fomenting crisis elsewhere.
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Craig Bailie, Stellenbosch University
The deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last month highlighted the nature and implications of US military presence in Africa.
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Environment + Energy
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Nick Rose, William Angliss Institute; Susan Booth, Flinders University
Foodbanks were originally established as a temporary measure to alleviate food insecurity. But have they become an excuse for governments not to deal properly with the problem?
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Science + Technology
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Stephen Harding, University of Nottingham
Remembering J. M. Creeth, 70 years after he discovered hydrogen bonds in DNA.
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