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How Turkey Defines “Safety” on Its Border with Syria
We spoke with SIS professor Doga Eralp about his new research article, “The Safe Zone for Undesirables on the Turkey-Syria Border.”
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Students Attend "Journey into a Lost World" Event
Russian Film Week documentary teaches students about life in Soviet Jewish communities
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Female Genital Mutilation during COVID-19
A Q&A with SIS Professor Susan Shepler on the effects of COVID-19 on rates of female genital mutilation and forced marriage in Sierra Leone and across Africa
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The Military Coup in Myanmar Presents Opportunities to Buddhist Nationalists
The roots of Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar go back to colonial days. Those behind the military coup aim to use it to legitimize the seizure of power.
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Biden Faces the World: 5 Foreign Policy Experts Explain US Priorities – and Problems – after Trump
Biden wants to restore US global leadership after four years of Trump's isolationism and antagonism. These are some of the challenges and opportunities he'll face, from China to Latin America.
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Michael Brenner Wins First Baron Award for Scholarly Excellence
Described as a "Nobel Prize" in the study of the Jewish experience
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Who Is Rural America, Really?
SIS professor Garrett Graddy-Lovelace and several colleagues shine a bright light on a misunderstood place: rural America.
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How Two AU Faculty Called Out Racist Advertising
Michael Brenner and Michelle Engert pressured European coffee company to drop offensive ads
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Foreign Policy Is Biden’s Best Bet for Bipartisan Action, Experts Say
A survey of 800 foreign policy experts identified four international issues where Republicans and Democrats may actually cooperate to get something done – and one area of severe disagreement.
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2020 Made History
SIS faculty list the year's events that they believe will make it into future history books.
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