#International

Hasaan Khawar

hasaankhawar

1/ @anticorruption announced its Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2020 today.Pakistan's ranking fell by 4 points. It came down from 120 to 124 out of 180 countries.Our score fell from

Turlough Downes

TurloughDownes

A thread on #research policy - maybe not good New Year fare, but #COVID19 has demonstrated how important it is to have it right. Really interested in a conversation around

Michael Clemens

m_clem

The US Administration will revoke student visas for a large share of the foreign students at US universities starting next month.This will substantially harm innovation, competitiveness, and job creation by

Dr Louise Hansen 🌷🕊

drlouisehansen

Australia appeared before the UN Human Rights Council for its Universal Periodic Review in Geneva on January 20, 2021. The UN review made it clear that the Australian government hasn’t

Meaza Gidey

meazaG_

Thread on dictator @AbiyAhmedAli’s latest diplomatic attempts to label the people & gov’t of #Tigray as terrorists: #Ethiopia #SayNoToWarEthiopia #IStandWithTigray @BBCAfrica @CNN @BBGAfrica @ReutersAfrica @aljazeeraprdcr 1. We’ve

Saskia Brechenmacher

SaskiaBrech

As a part of its commitment to bolstering democracy, the Biden admin wants to renew US support for #civilsociety around the world. This is a welcome move. Some thoughts &

nassie

sheevpaIps

I hate to have to repeat this, but ethnostates are bad seen a rather disingenuous tweet by a leftie saying that calling for the abolition of israel will inevitably lead

Andrew McKinley

aw_mckinley

School Subjects And How They Have Been Useful To Me In My Career: A Thread.I’m a scientcian, so let’s take it as read that A-level Physics/Chemistry/Maths have been useful. Let’s

Hanna Liubakova

HannaLiubakova

#Belarus. It won't be a comforting thread. At the funeral of Kanstantsin Shyshmakou,who was found dead,his family mostly refused to talk. The investigators assumed that his death is not of

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Everyone must read this article. If you know anything about Trump's cybersecurity collusion with the Israelis or his collusion with Maduro, you now know what the "Kraken" is: a Pete

balajis.com

balajis

India will not be #1 in the currency game. But it could be #1 in the cryptocurrency game. That is, given competition from the dollar and the digital yuan, the

Latitude Law - Activist Lawyers Since 2007

LatitudeLaw

As you may have seen, on 10 Dec the Home Office quietly published a new Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules. This isn't big news (the rules are amended

Nic Maclellan

MaclellanNic

In his speech to FLNKS meeting on Saturday in #New Caledonia, FLNKS spokesperson Daniel Goa throws down the gauntlet to France’s Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who has suggested that a

Suren

zeneraalstuff

As usual, @by2kaafi has it. This is the real reason behind the agrarian unrest and the real factor behind international interest. Due to food security, crop insurance policies, if just

Taylor O’Higgins

TaylorOnSport

I’ve been busy with the holidays and what not so haven’t had time to tweet about this yet, but last week the Cuban national selection tournament took place in Havana.

Richard Goldberg

rich_goldberg

THREAD. This is an important issue to tackle because I see variations of this argument out there. It basically concedes that the US *does* have the legal right to snapback

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