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Colonialism, capitalism, cooperation: Norway’s complicated legacy of polar research 

  • November 27, 2024
  • Brett Simpson

The Fram Center cements the country’s status as an Arctic powerhouse. But it also inherits old myths.

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Dutch culture’s role in modern drug policy

  • November 9, 2024
  • Rowland Robinson

Musings on why here in the Netherlands?

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The planet has a plastic problem. Norway has a groundbreaking solution 

  • October 29, 2024
  • Brett Simpson

The inaugural World Cleanup Day highlights a historic approach to coastal cleanup.

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A Taiwanese dramedy confronts national trauma

  • October 17, 2024
  • Edric Huang

“Father Mother” explores gender, identity and reconciliation.

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A deal too good to refuse: housing as health care 

  • October 11, 2024
  • Rowland Robinson

A walk through the successes of Dutch policy and its challenges.

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The corroded Silicon Valley of Europe

  • October 10, 2024
  • Aron Ouzilevski

Escaping war, wealthy Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians flock to Cyprus’s gray economy

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Taiwan’s small farmers face land speculators and legal hurdles 

  • October 4, 2024
  • Edric Huang

The second in a two-part series examining farmlands in transition.

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Queer collective farm drives social change in Taiwan

  • September 27, 2024
  • Edric Huang

The first in a two-part series examining farmlands in transition.

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In South Korea, trash balloons prompt a debate over free speech 

  • September 25, 2024
  • Prachi Vidwans

Why some have turned against defector activists.

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A worryingly warm Arctic welcome 

  • September 17, 2024
  • Brett Simpson

In Norway, a historic summer heat wave signifies a trend with global consequences.

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