North Korea tested an immediate-range ballistic missile on Saturday, an event which just happened to coincide with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s first visit to the US under Donald Trump's presidency.
Both leaders condemned the move but what can actually be done to stop the secluded state’s march towards nuclear capability? Sanctions haven’t worked, says Lully Miura, so we need to go back to the drawing board and try a whole new approach.
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Onlookers watch news of another North Korean ballistic missile test in Seoul, South Korea.
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Lully Miura, University of Tokyo
Sanctions and warnings have failed to stop Pyongyang's belligerence.
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Politics + Society
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Anna Triandafyllidou, European University Institute
What do border walls cost? And do they work?
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Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis
The court's reasoning suggests deep skepticism of Trump's position and spotlights the main issues for the further appeals that will surely follow.
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Valentina Pancieri, University of Cape Town
Nigerian women migrating to Europe are increasingly aware that work hidden in the form of menial jobs is actually sex work, even though they cannot imagine the brutality that comes with it.
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Arts + Culture
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Durriya Kazi, University of Karachi
Pakistan's rich visual and poetic culture is expressed every day on walls, rickshaws and buses. As the country struggles to offer solace to its people, they carry its narratives and emotions.
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Environment + Energy
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Owen Gaffney, Stockholm University; Will Steffen, Australian National University
Scientific and technological innovations and economic policies promoting growth at all costs have created a consumption and production vortex on a collision course with the Earth system.
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Joel Berger, Colorado State University
How is rapid warming in the Arctic affecting animals that are adapted to cold? A wildlife biologist is using many techniques to find out, including stalking muskoxen in a polar bear costume.
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Bhaskar Vira, University of Cambridge
Park rangers, local people and conservationists need to find some common ground.
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