“The legitimacy of free will thus seems apparent, but there are other factors at play—social conditioning, ethnicity, race, politics, and more.” — Brett Borthwick
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“This year, COP26, set to take place in the Roosevelt Group’s home of Scotland, is consumed by public rhetoric which prompts further discussions of a carbon neutral future—how will energy geopolitics be affected?” — Dain Rohtla — President Emeritus
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“China and the United States have heavily invested in technologies that will shape the next era of problem-solving and warfare.” — Gabriel Flouret
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“…museums should see Germany's decision as a signal for what may be inevitable as they face social and political pressures.” – Helen Jorgensen
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“Heavy financial burden and indifference for safe workplace measures make it difficult to justify the costs of the industry against the relatively small returns.” – Gigi Glover
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“Historical racial segregation policies like redlining… can be traced as a direct factor to Covid-19’s impact and communities’ quality of healthcare.” - Makenna Hartwich
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“Essential for enabling growth, consistent renewable energy production is necessary for North Africa to compete and become, as scholars predict, an economic hub.” – Oliver Evison
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“with the average nominal house-price growth reaching its fastest rate since 1990 in almost 40 countries, economists worry that such trends are concealed red flags that indicate a housing bubble caused by house-price led inflation.” – Emily Dow
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“This is not populism but a phenomenon born out of social discord and democratic exhaustion…” – Catherine Barrie
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“…the waves of protests for social justice come out of a deep history of oppression linked to the colonial identity of the United States.” - Cosima Allen
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The benefits of potentially eradicating illness and disease do not outweigh the social consequences. The use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology will exacerbate income inequality, further dividing social classes, and inherently create a more rigid social hierarchy. As a result, a new resulting genetic ruling class will emerge.
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“The revenue earned from ghost ships selling weaponry undermines the increased sanctions on North Korea. Therefore, the rise of ghost ships represents a failure by the global community to curtail the Kim Jong-un regime.” – Alexander Brunner
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Both the lifting of the United States’ sanctions on Iran and the closing of the Iran-China deal will potentially bring great changes to power dynamics in the Middle East and the global order. As none of these changes are final at the time of this article’s publication, it will be interesting to watch how the events surrounding the deal unfolds in the upcoming months.
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Ali Tabrizi’s recent documentary, Seaspiracy, quickly made waves and inspired people to rethink their consumption practices. Tabrizi explores the Japanese dolphin and tuna industry, proposes a pragmatic view on ocean plastic, and provides significant insight into human rights violations in the industry. Despite the time limitations of a documentary, fear-mongering issues were overemphasized and solutions were cursory which induced unnecessary despair towards the industry.
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North Korea has never reported any confirmed cases of Covid-19. Whilst restrictions in most of the world have not, for the most part prevented the spread of pandemic, it seems North Korea’s extreme and rapid response to the threat, along with its isolationism, has helped prevent the cases, hospitalisations, and deaths experienced by the majority of countries.
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The modern world revolves around people’s often overlooked reliance on satellites. Healthcare information, credit card purchase authorizations, imagery systems, and more rely on satellites for their day-to-day functions. For those who live in developed nations, security is hyper-reliant on satellites and space has become an increasingly accessible free-for-all theater.
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“No one wished for this pandemic’s destruction, but it would be a grave mistake not to seize its few environmental silver linings.” – Saskia Braden and Caitlin Monsky
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Data rights have presented themselves as one of the main issues Generation Z will face. In order to protect digital creations and proceed in an increasingly digitized world, people must stake their claim in their own media. NFTs and their applications lend themselves perfectly to the world’s transition to Web 3.0.
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