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How the Coronavirus Infects Cells – and Why Delta is So Dangerous (www.nature.com)

Scientists are unpicking the life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus uses tricks to evade detection. Source link

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Three Americans Create Enough Carbon Emissions to Kill One Person, Study Finds (www.theguardian.com)

The analysis draws on public health studies that conclude that for every 4,434 metric tons of CO2 produced, one person globally will die. Source link

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Pandemic Aid Programs Spur a Record Drop in Poverty (www.nytimes.com)

The most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor – and helps frame a larger debate over the role of government. Source link

by Open Access July 30, 2021, 10:28 am

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Interview – Jessica Cheung

Written by E-International Relations This interview is part of a series of interviews with academics and practitioners at an early stage of their career. The interviews discuss current research and projects, as well as advice for other early career scholars. Jessica Cheung is a PhD candidate at the Freie Universität in Berlin. Prior to commencing her […] More

by Global Governance July 30, 2021, 2:10 am

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The End of the Transatlantic Relationship?

Written by Roberta N. Haar Europe and America: The End of the Transatlantic Relationship?Edited by Federiga Bindi Brookings Institution Press, 2019 I regularly listen to BBC Radio 4 in the morning, and NPR before I go to bed. The way the media on opposite sides of the Atlantic described the recent G-7 summit of world […] More

by Global Governance July 29, 2021, 4:37 pm

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Unthinkable and Invisible International Relations

Written by Zeynep Gülşah Çapan The colonial underpinnings of International Relations (IR) have been receiving increasing attention (Grovogui 2006, Krishna 2006, Sabaratnam 2011, Çapan 2017a, Shilliam 2021). The discipline has addressed its own Eurocentrism in a myriad of ways such as non-Western IR and Global IR. (Acharya and Buzan 2009, Acharya 2014). One of the […] More

by Global Governance July 29, 2021, 12:03 pm

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