Editor's note
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Trouble is stirring again in Northern Ireland, as the agreement that created peace for its people 20 years ago today faces numerous challenges. John Mackey of Boston University tells the history of how Ireland ended a deadly 30-year battle for power. But today, he writes: “Divisions between nationalists and unionists have been exacerbated by sharp differences over the U.K.‘s decision to leave the EU.”
As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads to Capitol Hill, University of Michigan privacy scholar Florian Schaub explains how U.S. data privacy rules differ from standard approaches around the world.
Investing in stocks has been a precarious business in recent weeks as traders fret that a trade war between the U.S. and China is brewing. So what makes one investor more likely to make a risky investment than another? Surprisingly, it may depend on whose head is in the clouds – literally, according to marketing professor Sina Esteky.
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Danielle Douez
Associate Editor, Politics + Society
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Top stories
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A woman at her home in the Irish side of the border town of Pettigo.
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John W. Mackey, Boston University
The agreement created peace between Irish nationalists and those who support being part of the United Kingdom. With Brexit looming, tensions are once again rising.
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What are the rules governing who’s watching you online?
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Florian Schaub, University of Michigan
US privacy laws focus on informing consumers what's happening with their data; other countries specifically restrict data collection and analysis.
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Do Wall Street’s high-rises fuel risky behavior?
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Sina Esteky, Miami University
Business scholars have found that our physical environment can influence us in a variety of surprising ways – including by prompting us to engage in riskier behavior depending on elevation.
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Politics + Society
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Gordon Adams, American University
John Bolton just started his job as National Security Adviser to President Trump. He's the latest in a ever-changing cast of staffers, raising the question: Who's in charge of national security?
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David Alpher, George Mason University
History suggests it would be a big mistake.
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From our international editions
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Eamonn Butler, University of Glasgow
A third landslide victory leaves the right-wing leader on a collision course with Europe.
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Penny Spikins, University of York
Having movable eyebrows – and evolving beyond the Neanderthal ridge – may have played a crucial role in early human survival.
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Samantha Lakin, Clark University
The genocide memory in Rwanda is diverse and dynamic.
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Kenneth Anderson Taylor
Texas A&M University
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