The Importance of Cultural Competence in Healthcare
Healthcare is, by name and definition, a person-focused, empathy-driven, caring profession.
Politics and Semiotics: A Study of Symbols, Archetypes and Representations in Politics
An outstanding feature of politics in our times is the extensive use of symbolism. Although symbols have always been used throughout human history, they...
Decolonising Intellectual Property in the Post-Colonial World: COVID and the Geopolitics of IP
The outbreak of COVID-19 not only exposed the deep-rooted structural problems of healthcare systems across the world but also exposed the imperial structure of...
The paradox of a Nuclear Arms Race in the Age of the Nonproliferation Regime
A nuclear arms race in an international system that has in effect the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)...
How China and the United States use Special Economic Zones to Advance their Geopolitical...
China and the United States are both using Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as a tool to advance their foreign policy objectives.
SEZs are enclaves that...
Non-State Actors and the End of the Westphalian World?
In 1648, probably the most significant international treaty of the modern world – the Treaty of Westphalia, was signed in the German province of...
Role of Genetic Factors in Limiting COVID-19 Mortality Confirmed
Genetic factors play a key part in determining COVID-19 mortality rates, and, in south-east Asia, provide populations with a degree of protection.
The number of...
COVID-19 Vaccine Programmes Need Review as Natural Immunity Grows
This article refers mainly to the health situation in France but its arguments apply also to the whole of the European Union, which has...
Why Seniors Will Be Impacted the Most Post-Pandemic
The impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the world are far-reaching and have affected nearly everyone in some way or another. While...