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Joe Biden has won the US election. So what does that mean for Mongolia?

ewen levick

Nov 13, 2020
2 min

Joe Biden has won the US election. So what does that mean for Mongolia?

US relations with Mongolia will likely continue on their current trajectory, with some key changes.

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ewen levick

Jun 4, 2020
3 min

Democracy isn't immortal

The last week has seen a steady stream of horrifying images coming from the US. First the murder of George Floyd, and then: police rammin...

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ewen levick

Apr 20, 2020
4 min

The price of ignorance

The coronavirus pandemic shows that truth can be buried under a mountain of wilful ignorance, but its consequences exist regardless.

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Australian states are steadily moving to renewable energy

ewen levick

Mar 2, 2020
3 min

Australian states are steadily moving to renewable energy

As my family huddled in a double-brick building, coughing out smoke and listening to firefighters sobbing through the emergency radio, Pr...

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How some guy from Kansas is killing America

ewen levick

Feb 24, 2020
3 min

How some guy from Kansas is killing America

Meet Brad from Kansas. He's tall, bearded, bald, and he's talking America into suicide.

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ewen levick

Feb 10, 2020
3 min

Ants and peace

An unremarkable Swiss hillside is home to a remarkable phenomenon: one of the largest cooperative groups of animals on Earth.

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ewen levick

Feb 3, 2020
5 min

Switzerland’s roads less travelled

Basel’s countryside isn’t particularly renowned for its natural beauty. I think that's a shame.

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ewen levick

Jan 28, 2020
3 min

How democracies commit suicide

Venice tells a tragic tale about how democracies choose to die.

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Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

ewen levick

Jan 20, 2020
5 min

Climate change is committing war crimes in the Arctic

If a government were responsible for what's happening in the Arctic, we'd call it biological warfare. It would be considered a war crime.

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Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

ewen levick

Jan 15, 2020
3 min

Superpower launches direct attack on Australia

It's the headline you never thought you'd read. But we should've seen it coming.

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A story of mercenaries and bottlenecks - Russia's game plan

ewen levick

Jan 7, 2020
7 min

A story of mercenaries and bottlenecks - Russia's game plan

It's dawn in northern Syria. A Russian mercenary is huddled in a blown out basement.

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That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

ewen levick

Dec 24, 2019
9 min

That time I slept on the Great Wall of China

The story an ill-fated trip I made to a remote section of the Great Wall, where I met Chinese Shrek and drank honey from a jar.

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The future of humans – where did everyone go?

ewen levick

Dec 10, 2019
4 min

The future of humans – where did everyone go?

It’s summer, 1950. Four men are having a conversation over lunch at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. They're all nuclear physicists.

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Where you think you're from, and why it matters

ewen levick

Nov 26, 2019
4 min

Where you think you're from, and why it matters

Where are you from? For most people it’s a simple question, usually the first one we ask. So why does it make people kill each other?

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What Xerox can teach us about national security

ewen levick

Nov 18, 2019
3 min

What Xerox can teach us about national security

Forty years ago, Steve Jobs walked into a long concrete office building in Palo Alto, California. Jobs saw a new computer - the Xerox Alto.

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Why inventing the radio was a fatal mistake

ewen levick

Nov 15, 2019
4 min

Why inventing the radio was a fatal mistake

Of all the groundbreaking inventions of the early 20th century, the radio must be one of the most overlooked - but perhaps a big mistake.

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ewen levick

Nov 14, 2019
4 min

Why does Russia assassinate people?

At quarter past nine on a clear Sunday morning, Sergei Skripal left his house with his daughter Yulia. They were going out for lunch.

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