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Given the course of the pandemic in the UK, it might seem unreal from a British perspective that New Zealand has locked down after finding just a single case of COVID. This, though, is the kind of extremely stringent and proactive measure necessary to keep a country completely free of the virus.
So far strategies like this have worked well to protect health and wealth. But long term, those pursuing them are fighting a losing battle, argues Andrew Lee. The rest of the world has given up on eradicating the virus, and with the more infectious delta variant now dominant, that will make it nearly impossible to keep COVID at bay.
Continuing to look ahead, there’s a risk that COVID may ruin another Christmas – but not for the reason you might think. The pandemic is playing havoc with international shipping, so much so that shops might be short of goods come the winter.
And as the west assesses the fallout from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, one academic has been speaking to a host of experts – including former extremists – to find out how much greater the threat from terrorism now is.
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Rob Reddick
Commissioning Editor, COVID-19
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Stringent restrictions trying to completely eliminate the virus in Australia are testing the public’s resilience.
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Andrew Lee, University of Sheffield
As New Zealand enters another lockdown after detecting a single COVID case, it’s time to consider whether stringent zero COVID strategies are feasible in the long term.
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Ningbo-Zhousan: China’s second biggest port is subject to severe delays because of COVID.
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Stavros Karamperidis, University of Plymouth
Pandemic chaos has driven the cost of shipping through the roof.
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Taliban fighters on patrol in Kandahar.
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Michele Groppi, King's College London
The group has long standing ties with terror groups – but it also wants political legitimacy.
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Politics + Society
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Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell
It may be attractive to think that promoting democracy in occupied foreign countries is an appropriate moral and effective path for restoring security and stability. But it’s not accurate.
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Niamatullah Ibrahimi, La Trobe University; Safiullah Taye, Deakin University
Any attempt to restore an Islamic emirate is likely to cost the Tablian international recognition, legitimacy and aid. This will weaken its prospect of consolidating its hold internally.
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Carolyn Wilson-Nash, University of Stirling; Julie Tinson, University of Stirling
Older people are often labelled technophobic, but since lockdown the digital divide is closing as more and more use technology to connect with others.
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Blyth Crawford, King's College London; Florence Keen, King's College London
To combat online radicalisation, we first need to understand that the picture is rarely as simple as we’d like it to be.
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Marie Sonnette, Université d'Angers
Recent polemical debates over French rappers Youssoupha and Médine show that rap is still not accepted by the political mainstream.
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Environment + Energy
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Paul Young, Lancaster University
New research shows how the Montreal Protocol protected vegetation, helping keep carbon out of the atmosphere.
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Science + Technology
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Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University; Marcin Budka, Bournemouth University
Artificial intelligence could help police catch criminals – but we need human experts for the big cases.
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