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Omicron: The Variant that Vaccine Apartheid Built

2 December 2021by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Matiangai Sirleaf Just Security In January 2021, Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS warned, “We are witness to a vaccine apartheid that is only serving the interests of powerful and […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

Vaccine Privilege in America and COVID-19 Inequities in India

14 June 2021by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Madhushree Ghosh Longreads Seventeen years ago, I receive the call most immigrants dread. It is inevitable, and yet. The call announces that my Baba, my indefatigable, extroverted, positively enthusiastic […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The GOP’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ Obsession

11 June 2021by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Adam Harris The Atlantic On January 12, Keith Ammon, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, introduced a bill that would bar schools as well as organizations […]

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LAW

Balancing China at the United Nations

8 December 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Henrik B.L. Larsen War on the Rocks If the COVID-19 pandemic is to have any positive geopolitical impact whatsoever, it should be drawing full attention to China’s attempt to […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Arctic Science Cannot Afford a New Cold War

2 October 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

Editorial Nature Records are being broken in the Arctic, but not the kinds to celebrate. Last summer, Greenland lost more than twice as much ice as the yearly average since […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

How a New Wave of Podcasts is Shaking Up Chinese-Language Media

4 August 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Shen Lu Politico On June 21, a new podcast appeared on several Chinese and American podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts. Called In-Betweenness, it was recorded by four academics scattered […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Cognitive Bias and Public Health Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic

5 July 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Scott D. Halpern, Robert D. Truog & Franklin G. Miller Journal of the American Medical Association As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic abates in many countries worldwide, and […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

The Tragedy of Two Failing Superpowers

2 April 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Martin Wolf Financial Times History accelerates in crises. This pandemic may not itself transform the world, but it can accelerate changes already under way. One ongoing change has been […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Emmanuel Macron’s Strategy of Disruption as the World Order Changes

13 December 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Benjamin Haddad Foreign Policy The last few weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity and disruptive new rhetoric emerging from Paris. In a blunt and wide-ranging interview on the […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Economics of Russian Aggression

22 October 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Shane Hasbrouck Small Wars Journal In the early 1800’s Carl von Clausewitz, the father of modern military theory, wrote, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.”  Simply […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

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