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As more and more Rohingya flee Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has announced that she will address the nation about the crisis on September 19, the same day the UN General Assembly meeting, which she won’t attend, will open and discuss the matter. One person who will be at the gathering is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Turkish president has portrayed himself as a champion of Muslim rights worldwide, and has been brandishing the Rohingyas’ cause for the last few weeks. Simon Watmough considers the Erdoğan strategy. For more of our detailed coverage of the increasingly desperate situation facing the Rohingya population of Myanmar, click here.
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Turkish Muslims pray near Fatih Mosque in Istanbul during a protest against the attacks on the Muslim people in Arakan in Myanmar.
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Simon P. Watmough, European University Institute
Turkey’s humanitarian response to Rohingya's crisis highlights President Erdoğan ambition to appear as a world champion for Muslim rights.
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Arts + Culture
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Bernardo Figueiredo, RMIT University; Daiane Scaraboto, Universidad Católica de Chile
For a century, Brazil's Catholic Church has sent holy statues out to parishioners' homes. A new study finds that these visits create a local subeconomy, benefitting families and the church.
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Environment + Energy
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Grant Cox, University of Adelaide
Earth's thermostat can fail spectacularly at times. Around 700 million years ago, huge volcanic eruptions triggered "Snowball Earth".
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Politics + Society
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Timo Duile, University of Bonn
Secular people, including atheists, in Indonesia have to assume multiple identities: they step into a religious persona for the religious family and friends, and a real one for trusted peers.
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Business + Economy
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Florencio Travieso, PSB Paris School of Business – UGEI
Two cases remind us of the international presence of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the importance of designing, adopting and enforcing effective anti-corruption policies.
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Science + Technology
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Ansgar Koene, University of Nottingham
The current push towards AI categorisation of people is in danger of embedding a binary view of society.
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