ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
What Sex Means for World Peace | Foreign Policy
In the academic field of security studies, realpolitik dominates. Those who adhere to this worldview are committed to accepting empirical evidence when it is placed… Source: What Sex Means for…
Through this company Rupert Murdoch owns his piece of the future
It might have been a throwaway purchase when Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp bought Irish user-generated newswire Storyful back in 2013. Source: Through this company Rupert Murdoch owns his piece of…
A Stanford dean on adult skills every 18-year-old should have
Source: A Stanford dean on adult skills every 18-year-old should have
Thomas L. Friedman: Out of Africa|The New York Times
A farming village too parched to sustain crops is also losing its men, who leave in search of work to support their families. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/opinion/out-of-africa.html Source: Out of Africa, Part…
Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Ten to 15 of my childhood friends from Minsk died of cancer. Chernobyl kills’ | Books | The Guardian
Like all of Alexievich’s works, Chernobyl Prayer is based on documentary interviews with eyewitnesses – in this case survivors of a cataclysm that saw 50m curies of radiation dumped into…
BBC to air early David Attenborough documentaries in colour|Engadget
Sir David Attenborough has been making natural history and wildlife documentaries for more than 60 years. One of his earliest productions, Zoo Quest, was broadcast in the early 1950s, before…
The island where nothing makes sense|BBC News
Matthew Teller roams Ascension Island, a volcanic outpost of empire where it’s hot and cold at the same time – and nobody’s sure who’s in charge. Source: The island where…
Test in Washington state could show the world how to store power in batteries | Miami Herald
The Puget Sound Energy battery storage project in Glacier is one of several around Washington state that could have national and global applications for large-scale storage of renewable energy and…
The Brexit Alarm by Barry Eichengreen|Project Syndicate
The British campaign to leave the European Union is tapping into the same primordial sentiments as Donald Trump is in the US. Exposure to international trade and finance, which is…
Gender and Violent Extremism: The Role of Women as Victims and Perpetrators|CFR
Experts discuss the increasing occurrence and involvement of female suicide bombers and supporters of terrorist extremist groups across the globe. Source: Gender and Violent Extremism: The Role of Women as…