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On Germany's national soccer stage, why have East Germans gone missing?

  • Written by Per Urlaub, Associate Dean of the Language Schools and Associate College Professor, Middlebury College
Toni Kroos is the only East German on the German national soccer team.AP Photo/Martin Meissner

Germany is a soccer powerhouse.

Yet only one member of the national team competing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, midfielder Toni Kroos, hails from East Germany.

For a period of over 40 years in the 20th century, Germany was divided into two separate...

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En Venezuela puede que no haya un final feliz

  • Written by Miguel Angel Latouche, Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
El gobierno venezolano ha utilizado las fuerzas militares para reprimir a las voces disidentes en las protestas diarias.Efecto Eco / Wikimedia, CC BY

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En Venezuela se ha roto la lógica de funcionamiento de las instituciones republicanas.

Digo esto sabiendo bien que la semana pasada un número importante de venezolanos se...

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Furia en Argentina despues del juicio que da indulto a un criminal de la Guerra Sucia

  • Written by Rut Diamint, Political Science Profesor, Torcuato di Tella University
Luego de la dictadura, los ciudadanos argentinos han vigilado los derechos humanos y defendido la democracia, siempre con el lema de 'Nunca mas'.Ministerio de Cultura de Argentina/flickr

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En el mes de mayo, las calles de las ciudades argentinas se tiñeron de pañuelos blancos, el símbolo de las Madres y Abuelas de...

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The US nuclear arsenal: A quick overview

  • Written by Jeffrey Fields, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Warhead-containing nose cone of an inert Minuteman 3 missile.AP Photo/Charlie Riede

Meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on June 12, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed to “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

I spent many years working on nuclear nonproliferation at the Department of Defense, the State...

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Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk

  • Written by Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
Rice farmer in Longsheng, China.kevincure, CC BY

Rice is the primary food source for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford a diverse and nutritious diet that includes complete protein, grains, fruits and vegetables. They rely heavily on more affordable cereal crops, including rice, for most of their calories.

My...

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How to choose a World Cup team when the US isn't contending

  • Written by Francisco Javier López Frías, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
Fans hold banners and cheer, as the U.S. team takes the field for a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Panama, Oct. 6, 2017, in Orlando, Fla.AP Photo/John Raoux

After the U.S. men’s soccer team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the question about which team to root for has become commonplace among American soccer fans. To help...

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Some want to get rid of college majors – here's how that could go wrong

  • Written by Matthew J. Mayhew, William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration, The Ohio State University
Though criticized as outdated, college majors still serve a vital function, a scholar argues.Nerthus/www.shutterstock.com

Should college majors be a thing of the past?

That idea received a fresh airing when author Jeffrey Selingo suggested recently that it’s “time to end college majors as we know them.”

As a researcher who studies...

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Do abused women need asylum? 4 essential reads

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on June 11 reversed an appeals court ruling that granted asylum to a Salvadoran woman who had fled sexual, emotional and physical abuse back home, upending nearly a decade of legal precedent about who should qualify as a refugee.

In 2009, the Obama administration determined that foreign women who suffer severe sexual...

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Summit with Kim is boosting Trump's confidence – that might not be a good thing

  • Written by Stephen Benedict Dyson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Moments after President Donald Trump shook North Korean leader Kim Jung Un’s hand for the first time, Trump pronounced: “We will have a terrific relationship.”

Trump’s snap judgment fulfilled his prediction before the June 12...

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