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While piracy has declined off the Somali coastline, other maritime threats have increased. Ten years into the launch of an international anti-piracy effort, Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds assess the progress and chart what it will take to make the Western Indian Ocean safe to sail again.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s rise to the presidency of South Africa makes him the country’s fifth leader since the end of apartheid. But, just how presidential is he, and what’s his leadership style compared to his predecessors, including the iconic Nelson Mandela? Carla Lever spells out what she thinks works for him given his performance so far.
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Sailors from the French Navy ship “La Somme” board a small craft after a pirate attack on a French command and supply ship in 2010.
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Christian Bueger, Cardiff University; Timothy Edmunds, University of Bristol
The number of piracy attacks has certainly declined. But the risk of being attacked at sea remains.
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South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa combines easy charm with shrewdness.
Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Carla Lever, University of Cape Town
What makes a successful presidential performance and does South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa stack up?
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Science + Technology
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Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore
There is a rapid shift in production of electric cars all over the world. But how will it benefit ordinary people?
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Health + Medicine
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Peter Cooper, University of the Witwatersrand
The tale of an unsung South African hero in the field of community health.
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Politics + Society
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Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology
The way South Africa's new president Cyril Ramaphosa has constituted his cabinet reflects the distribution of power within the governing ANC.
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From our international editions
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Dylan Loh Ming Hui, University of Cambridge
Xi Jinping is now ruling without term limits. That's bad news for corrupt officials – and perhaps for the Chinese people.
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Aleardo Zanghellini, University of Reading
Why right-wing populism gets the tradition of legality and justice exactly the wrong way round.
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Gervase Phillips, Manchester Metropolitan University
Antisemitic incidents are on the rise across the globe. To understand this modern hatred we need to look into the past and understand its origins.
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Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
The lightning-quick corporate response to demands for a boycott against the NRA shows that companies can't escape politics in an age saturated with social media.
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