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Senegal are one of Africa’s five representatives at this year’s World Cup. Coached by the country’s 2002 captain, Aliou Cissé, the 2018 team boasts a wealth of elite players from Europe’s leading football clubs. And as Mark Hann writes, they promise to recapture the glory of their famous 2002 outing in Japan and Korea where they sensationally beat the reigning champion: Senegal's former colonial ruler, France.
Meanwhile, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump are sitting down for their long-awaited meeting in Singapore. Hopes are high, but it’s too soon to predict what if any progress will be made. Maria Ryan unpacks the most difficult issues the two leaders need to confront.
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Senegal’s starting 11 before a recent friendly against Luxembourg.
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Mark Hann, University of Amsterdam
When Senegal face Poland in their first World Cup match in Russia, the whole nation will be roaring them on to victory.
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Politics + Society
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Maria Ryan, University of Nottingham
Can decades of deadlock be broken by two of the world's most unpredictable leaders?
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Cresa Pugh, Harvard University
A scholar who visited Rohingya camps in Myanmar found little hope of a safe return home for refugees, who are currently living in camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Speranta Dumitru, Université Paris Descartes – USPC
What is a hero? If President Macron really likes heroes, shouldn’t he revise his idea of what he calls “economic migrants”?
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Business + Economy
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Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
International trade policy requires three traits to be successful and lead to mutual prosperity. Trump's is missing all three, as he showed at the G-7 summit.
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Environment + Energy
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Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, University of Texas at Austin
Mexico City desperately needs a new airport. It also needs more green space. One landscape architect thinks the Mexican capital's new Norman Foster-designed international airport can be both.
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