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The Humanisation of Global Politics

Who matters in global politics? For a long time, the answer the majority of International Relations (IR) scholarship gave was simple: states. Then, gradually new actors appeared on the stage of global...

Sassan Gholiagha | 13 Sep 2022

Why Ottoman Architecture? A Research Journey

Architecture and Material Politics in the Fifteenth-century Ottoman Empire stems from my research on Ottoman architecture, which I began in summer 2014, shortly before the publication of my first book,...

Patricia Blessing | 8 Sep 2022

The Uncertainty of Our Being and the Four Purposes of Music

Music is a universal phenomenon. In all cultures we find music, where the penetrating message of the lyrical melody and the rich harmonies of the instrumental ensemble communicate the apprehensions of...

Scott F. Madey, Dean D. VonDras | 2 Sep 2022

What Do Iranians Think About the Iran Nuclear Deal?

As the United States, Iran, and world powers inch closer to restoring the landmark 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal—formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—issues like American interests,...

Assal Rad | 1 Sep 2022

The Scientific Collaboration that Brought Gaia to the World

With a two-page letter to the editor of the scientific journal Atmospheric Environment published in 1972, the English scientist and inventor James Lovelock (1919-2022) introduced Gaia into the professional...

Bruce Clarke, Sébastien Dutreuil | 1 Sep 2022

What Is Art?

What is art? That’s at the heart of a copyright dispute involving two artists who both did the same thing: tape a banana to a wall. A federal court in Florida waded into the issue in July. Beginning...

Mark Bartholomew | 30 Aug 2022

Q&A: An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom, 1945-1992

What do you find so interesting about sterling and currencies more broadly? The story of sterling after the second world war is fascinating as it is mirroring the decline of the British Empire. Sterling...

Alain Naef | 29 Aug 2022

Identity bytes: discovering donor conception online

Does it matter that you know who your genetic parents are, who you are related to, and how the story of your life began? Does it matter for your emotional wellbeing, or your feelings of connectedness...

Emily Postan | 29 Aug 2022

Has the Communist Party of China (CPC) increased its control over private corporations?

Numerous recent media reports have claimed that President Xi Jinping has greatly expanded the CPC’s presence in private business firms,1 with some giving estimates that 68% of private Chinese firms...

Colin S. C. Hawes | 23 Aug 2022

A tale of two elections: how “money politics” is shaped by national context

May 2022 in the Philippines. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. was running for president of the Philippines, in tandem with Sara Duterte, daughter of the term-limited incumbent, Rodrigo Duterte. Both...

Edward Aspinall, Meredith L. Weiss, Allen Hicken, Paul D. Hutchcroft | 23 Aug 2022

Q&A with David M. Greer, author of Successful Leadership in Academic Medicine

What inspired you to write Successful Leadership in Academic Medicine? Great question. To be honest, I was surprised to find out that there wasn’t already a book on this subject, and that people...

David M. Greer | 22 Aug 2022

The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism

The relationship of mathematics to biology is fascinating. Understanding why anti-evolutionist arguments fail can help us think clearly about this relationship.

Jason Rosenhouse | 19 Aug 2022