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Palantir next door?

  • June 9, 2026
  • Brett Simpson

In northern Norway, a tech billionaire’s new property raises questions that hit close to home.

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When a far-off war comes knocking at your door

  • June 2, 2026
  • Sabrina Ochoa

The Iran conflict pushes the Philippines toward energy precarity.

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Up the Amazon River

  • May 19, 2026
  • Rowland Robinson

The bustling jungle region is virgin only in the imagination.

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Structural dominance in Brazilian politics

  • May 10, 2026
  • Rowland Robinson

An anatomy of issues and power in Ceará state

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The ‘Barcelona of the north’

  • May 5, 2026
  • Brett Simpson

In Norway, Arctic tourism is reaching a breaking point.

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A heavy cross to bear

  • April 29, 2026
  • Sabrina Ochoa

In the Philippines, clergy helped lead opposition to former President Duterte’s war on drugs. They’re now central to his trial in The Hague.

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‘Cold response’ seeks warm coverage 

  • April 10, 2026
  • Brett Simpson

A NATO exercise in Norway is both military practice and propaganda—with significant environmental costs.

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The people’s proceedings

  • April 7, 2026
  • Sabrina Ochoa

At the trial of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague, his victims take center stage.

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Justifying murder

  • March 11, 2026
  • Sabrina Ochoa

In the Philippines, fictions color perceptions about the country's war on drugs.

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The road to Carnival

  • March 6, 2026
  • Rowland Robinson

In Brazil, the celebration is about forgetting problems in a country full of them.

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