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How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region
Donald Trump's strongman rhetoric in the face of North Korean provocations is a risk for the whole region, believes Genevieve Hohnen.
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Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
New research in America suggests that characters like Laverne Cox's Sophia Burset in Orange Is The New Black may have more impact on how society reacts to transgender people, than the reported experiences of real people. Erica L Rosensthal and Traci Gillig share some of their findings.
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Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?
Despite over a decade of sanctions, North Korea has pursued an ever-more-successful program aimed at developing nuclear weapons. So, asks Daniel Salisbury, have sanctions failed?
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What does Jacob Zuma's survival of a no-confidence vote mean?
Yesterday, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa survived a no confidence vote. Richard Calland of the University of Cape Town explains why Zuma's victory is bad news for his party.
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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
How can racism and xenophobia undermine democracy and the public finances?
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Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
How might ending free movement - or not - affect the British with lives and homes overseas?
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Information technology: A new era?
Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances made by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to our working lives. This free course, Information technology: A new era?, looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the ...
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How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars
Language is political, as Brexit and Trump demonstrate
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Dive deeper with these extra articles
If the themes and art of Who Are have made you hungry for more, here's some other articles to explore
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Thinking Outside the Box
Lisa Pilgram and Alena Pfoser in conversation with visual artist Laura Sorvala discuss how story-telling techniques can be used to tease out questions of belonging and community and how outputs can challenge simple ideas of ‘us’ and ‘them'.
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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
A conversation between artist Laura Malacart and Open University researcher Sara de Jong on the intersections of identity and citizenship with economic history and language.
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Co-creating and mushing up identity with visitors to the New Union Flag project
Take the opportunity to reflect on aspects of audience participation and co-creation – this time young children.