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When the Turkish writer Asli Erdogan was jailed, released and then put under house arrest, all in the span of six months, academics and writers from all around the world woke up to a new Turkey: one that harasses and jails any opposition, targeting the soft, balanced voices of its leading intellectuals.
But, as exiled professor Cagla Aykac writes, muzzling such voices will not work. Turkey was, and can be, the face of diversity and peace.
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A woman reacts after a blast in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, November 4, 2016.
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Çağla Aykaç, University of Geneva
Turkey's authoritarian regime has ruined the lives of many intellectuals and opponents of the regime. Resisting, even softly, is an act of survival.
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Politics + Society
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Dominika Polanska, Uppsala University; Galia Chimiak, Polish Academy of Sciences
As Poland faces more and more social divisions, citizen movements develop through informal activities to reinforce a sense of community and belonging.
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Ken Obura, University of Nairobi
Kenya recently expressed fear that Al-Shabaab could interfere with the electronic voting system during the upcoming general election. Are cyber attacks a real threat in Africa?
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Environment + Energy
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Wesley Morgan, The University of the South Pacific
As Australia looks to expand the coal industry at home, it's also ramping up regional diplomacy aimed at avoiding condemnation by those at the front line of climate change.
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Ariadna Estévez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Are high levels of violence and displacement in Central America and Mexico caused by natural resource exploitation?
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Global pressure points in 2017
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Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University
As countries around the world deal with internal and international crises, the potential for faultlines to open is high.
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Business + Economy
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Fola Adeleke, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa's mining industry is on an unsustainable trajectory and needs to undergo fundamental transformation that emphasises transparency, equity, and community participation.
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