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From overtures to India and rapprochement with Russia on Syria, the Turkish president seems to think there may be better partners out there than the EU, which he has continued to antagonise since his country’s April 16 referendum.
Is a newly empowered Erdoğan abandoning his bid for a European Turkey and ramping up foreign policy with the East instead? these nations may prove useful in the short term, argue Erdi Ozturk and Salih Dogan, but nothing can help Turkey more than the economic power of the West.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan recently met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Université de Strasbourg; Salih Dogan, Keele University
Other regions may be helpful to Erdoğan for a short time, but they cannot substitute the economic and political contributions Turkey requires of Europe.
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Health + Medicine
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Gideon Lasco, University of Amsterdam
The ongoing debate is a continuation of the Philippines' long journey towards reproductive health - and its having been turned into a political and moral issue by various actors.
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Science + Technology
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Sara Koopman, University of Tampere
Given the high levels of surveillance and the growing weaponisation of research, caution is warranted.
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Arts + Culture
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Emily Brayshaw, University of Technology Sydney
Embroidery - often seen as women's work - was a common form of therapy for troops wounded in the first world war. One soldier, Albert Biggs, learned to sew with his left hand after his right arm was badly injured.
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Environment + Energy
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Paul Oliver, Australian National University; Mike Lee, Flinders University
Tiny frogs that have spread across New Guinea's isolated mountains could face an uncertain future if a warming climate pushes them higher up the peaks.
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