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- RAVINDRA JAYARATNE
In an article first published on The Conversation, RAVINDRA JAYARATNE, a researcher in coastal defences, outlines how vulnerable nations can mitigate the impacts of tsunamis...
Essay: Australia and Norway were once tied in global anti-corruption rankings. Now, we’re heading in opposite directions
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- AJ BROWN
In an article published on The Conversation, AJ BROWN, a board member of Transparency International, says Australia has missed a "huge chance to correct our failing anti-corruption reputation" and that this in unlikely to change unless integrity policies are turned around...

Essay: Russia’s recent invasions of Ukraine and Georgia offer clues to what Putin might be thinking now
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- LIAM COLLINS
In an article first published on The Conversation, LIAM COLLINS, founding director of the Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point, looks what previous events may reveal about what a Russian invasion of Ukraine would look like...

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- BETH KISSILEFF and ROSALINA C HUGHES
In an article published on Religion News Service, editor and author BETH KISSILEFF and Episcopalian rector and author ROSALINA C HUGHES look at the challenge for houses of worship of maintaining humaneness and treating others with compassion, while keeping ourselves and others safe...

Essay: "In the name of God, go" - the history of a speech that has brought down parliament and a prime minister
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- MARTYN BENNETT
Historian MARTYN BENNETT looks - in an article from The Conversation - at the history behind UK MP David Davis' recent call for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign...

Essay: How long to midnight? The Doomsday Clock measures more than nuclear risk – and it’s about to be reset again
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- JACK HEINEMANN
In an article first published on The Conversation, JACK HEINEMANN, professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, looks at the history of the Doomsday Clock...

Essay: The Tonga volcanic eruption has revealed the vulnerabilities in our global telecommunication system
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- DALE DOMINEY-HOWES
In an article published on The Conversation, DALE DOMINEY-HOWES, professor of hazards and disaster risk science at the University of Sydney, looks at what events on Tonga reveal about the risks to global communication systems...
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