Author: Leslie Ader
In the first stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stories of Russian soldiers turning themselves in and becoming prisoners of war surfaced. What motivated these Russian soldiers to surrender to the Ukrainian army, even initially, when there was still limited fighting between the two parties? And how could their
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The COVID-19 pandemic has made a large impact on global society, but one group has been affected by it substantially – that is, university students and junior scholars. Prospective academics around the world are having to deal with numerous obstacles from physical limitations to mental ones. A wave of students
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“Enough is enough” and “We are too tight!”- are two of the slogans illustrating the type of political discourse that has emerged out of the current political campaign to limit migration in Switzerland. This call to limit migration is not a new phenomenon, it is just a repetition of the
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In this time of pandemic, there have been heated debates surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), from its high infection rate to the measures mitigating it and the availability of tests. Among these fiercely debated topics, the virus’ origin has prevailed as one of the most contested ones, provoking frustration and assertion
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