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Agina, Anulika and Hediger, Vinzenz (2020) Nollywood and Netflix’s burgeoning relationship. The Nation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Abraham, Rosa, Basole, Amit, Kesar, Surbhi, Lahoti, Rahul and Nath, Paaritosh (2020) Pandemic as a Lens: Identifying and Addressing Livelihood Vulnerabilities. Ideas for India [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Adamson, Fiona and Fröhlich, Christiane (2020) As Lockdown Restrictions Start to East, It's Time to Think About Mobility Justice. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Adamson, Fiona and Tsourapas, Gerasimos (2020) Understanding Migration Diplomacy. The Global [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Amodu, Nojeem (2020) Free Zones, COVID-19 Lockdown, and ‘the Morning After’. Blog Post [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Aaley, Uday Raj and Bodt, Tim (2020) New Kusunda Data: A List of 250 Concepts. Computer-Assisted Language Comparison in Practice [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Amoah, Michael (2020) How African presidents rig elections to stay in office. OUP Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Adib-Moghaddam, Arshin (2020) Bani Adam: the 13th-century Persian poem that shows why humanity needs a global response to coronavirus. The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Amoah, Michael (2020) The New Pan-Africanism and presidential term limits; a hard nut to crack. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Amoah, Michael (2020) French Troops in Africa. French Troops in Africa [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Aaley, Uday Raj and Bodt, Tim (2020) Meet the Professionals: Uday Raj Aaley: Language teacher. Babel, The Language Magazine 30: 44-45 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Aaley, Uday Raj and Bodt, Tim (2020) Languages of the World – Kusunda. Babel, The Language Magazine 30: 40-42. [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Bruce-Jones, Eddie (2020) Our Favourite CRT: Kimberlé Crenshaw and Patricia J Williams. Critical Legal Thinking [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Bruce-Jones, Eddie (2020) Black Lives and German Exceptionalism. Verfassungsblog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Bodt, Tim and List, Johann-Mattis (2020) The multiple benefits of making predictions in linguistics. Babel, The Language Magazine. No.31 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Charney, Michael W., Ibrahim, Azeem and Ahmed, Tarek Ali (2020) Western pressure is needed to stop Rohingya genocide say experts. Arab News [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cervelli, Filippo (2020) The 1000 faces of hikikomori. MHiC-Lab (Medical Humanities in Context) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Crawley, Eileen (2020) Predatory Publishers : Blacklists, Whitelists and Nice Neighbourhoods. Scholarly Communications at SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Kyed, Helene, Steinmüller, Hans, Sarkar, Nilanjan, Aguirre, Daniel and Sorn, Thang (2020) Everyday Justice in Myanmar. LSE South Asia Centre [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Chan, Pedith (2020) ‘香江入畫—香港名勝與實景山水畫’ (Picturing Hong Kong: Scenic Attractions and Site-Specific Landscape Painting). National Palace Museum Monthly, no 449 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Charney, Michael W., Southwick, Katherine, Zarni, Maung, Thein Twan, Aung, Shakirah, Sharifa, Abrar, Chowdhury Rafiqul and San Lwin, Nay (2020) The Future of Crisis-Torn Rakhine State in Myanmar. FORSEA [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cullet, Philippe (2020) Learning from Coronavirus to Tackle Climate Change: The imperative of Solidarity and Equity. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Cullet, Philippe (2020) World Water Day – Time to Think Beyond the State Water Policy 2019. The Shillong Times [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Driver, Ciaran (2020) A real stake for workers. Fabian News and Insight Long Read [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Driver, Ciaran, Grosman, Anna and Scaramozzino, Pasquale (2020) How investor pressure leads to higher dividend payouts. LSE Business Review [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Dovey, Lindiwe and Thomas, Michael W. (2020) Reflections on Creating Film Toolkits to Decolonise Academia and the Film Industry. Viewfinder Magazine [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Errichiello, Mariano (2020) Restless souls: the impact of COVID-19 on the Parsi community in Mumbai. CoronAsur: Religion and COVID-19 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Errichiello, Mariano (2020) Restless souls: The impact of COVID-19 on the funerary ceremonies of the Parsis in Mumbai. Asia Research Institute blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Fell, Dafydd, Cheng, Isabelle and Rawnsley, Ming-yeh (2020) 倫敦大學亞非學院臺灣研究中心與《臺灣研究國 際學刊》及歐洲臺灣研究協會的現況介紹 = Introduction of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies, European Association of Taiwan Studies, and the Centre of Taiwan Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 漢學研究通訊 = Han xue yan jiu tong xun = Newsletter for research in Chinese studies. [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Franz, Tobias (2020) Covid-19 and economic development in Latin America. LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Fiaz, Hassan and Wood, Jiyeon (2020) The Korean Wave: Soft Power, Cultural Ascendancy, and the Growth of Korean Studies. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Franz, Tobias and Gómez Suárez, Andrei (2020) ¿Por qué protesta Colombia? The Conversation [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Franz, Tobias and Gómez Suárez, Andrei (2020) ¿Por qué Colombia está marchando? LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Gallagher, Julia, Gebrie, Daniel Mulugeta, Tomkinson, Jo and Melake-Selam, Atnatewos (2020) State-building in Ethiopia: tracing the state through architectural continuity and disruption. ASA website [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Grewal, Kiran, Hemmings, Clare, Sabsay, Leticia and Tudor, Alyosxa (2020) Confronting ‘The Household’. Feminist Review Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gebrselassie, Elias and Istratii, Romina (2020) Restricting religious practice in the era of COVID-19: The case of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahәdo community. Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries (Amharic) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gallagher, Kevin P., Ocampo, José Antonio and Volz, Ulrich (2020) IMF Special Drawing Rights: A Key Tool for Attacking a COVID-19 Financial Fallout in Developing Countries. Future Development, Brookings Institution [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gallagher, Kevin P., Ocampo, José Antonio and Volz, Ulrich (2020) It’s time for a major issuance of the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights. Financial Times [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Harrison, Rachel (2020) Railway Sleepers: Travelling in Siamese Time and Space. Docalogue [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Heathcote, Gina (2020) Protesting the preamble: the UN Security Council and the dilution of feminist activism. Open Global Rights [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Huland, Gabriel (2020) A Internet e o capital monopolista. PSTU [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Hijjas, Mulaika (2020) Where are all the Malay royal libraries? Malay Heritage Centre [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Heubaum, Harald (2020) Greening the post-Covid-19 recovery. SIS Insights Briefing [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Huland, Gabriel (2020) Bolsonaro is not fit to lead Brazil through the Coronavirus pandemic. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Hijjas, Mulaika (2020) Politics of the archive: Colonial collections of Malay manuscripts in comparative perspective. FutureLearn MOOC "Learning from the Past" [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Istratii, Romina (2020) Gender and Orthodoxy (Series) : A decolonial critique of western feminist hermeneutics in theology/religious studies in relation to Orthodox communities. Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries (English) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2020) Μια από-αποικιοκρατική αξιολόγηση των φεμινιστικών ερμηνευτικών προσεγγίσεων στις θεολογικές / θρησκευτικές σπουδές σε συνάρτηση με τις Ορθόδοξες κοινωνίες. Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries (Greek) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2020) Contemplating the impact of restrictions on the religious life of ethnic minority and migrant communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Refugee Hosts [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2020) Restricting religious practice in the era of COVID-19: A de-westernised perspective on religious freedom with reference to the case of Greece. Political Theology Network [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2020) The LONG READ on DECOLONISING KNOWLEDGE: How western Euro-centrism is systemically preserved and what we can do to subvert it. Convivial Thinking [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Istratii, Romina (2020) Μια σύντομη γενεαλογική ανάλυση της έννοιας του «κοινωνικού φύλου» στην δυτική φεμινιστική θεωρία: Η πορεία προς την διχοτόμηση του ανθρώπου σε κοινωνικό και βιολογικό, τα αναπάντητα μεταφυσικά ερωτήματα κι οι αποικιοκρατικές τάσεις διεθνώς. Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries (Greek) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Kesar, Surbhi (2020) Identity in economics or identity of economics? Miami Institute for the Social Sciences Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

King, Jim and Harumi, Seiko (2020) How Should Educators Interpret and Respond to Silence in the English Classroom? Channel View Publications and Multilingual Matters (Blog) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Khan, Mushtaq and Roy, Pallavi (2020) Rethinking anti-corruption for COVID-19. From poverty to power [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Lwabukuna, Olivia (2020) Hapa Kazi Tu! Democratic, Political and Legal Contestations in Tanzania’s 2020 Elections. African Legal Studies [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Lindley, Anna (2020) Detention, risk and Covid-19. Detention Forum Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Levy, Orly (2020) Why world leaders have a global blindset when it comes to Covid-19. SOAS Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Mezzadri, Alessandra (2020) The Time and Gender of GVCs: 3 Critical Points on the GVC and Development Report 2019. In Online Symposium on Global Value Chains, Trade and Development, edited by Donatella Alessandrini, Clair Gammage, and Jeremmy Okonjo. Afronomics Law [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mormina, Maru, Istratii, Romina and Lewis, Alex (2020) Genuine North-South collaboration depends on a new reward system. Times Higher Education (THE) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mou, Yu (2020) Another Miscarriage of Justice in China: Is it the Tip of the Iceberg? SOAS China Institute Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mezzadri, Alessandra and Ruwanpura, Kanchana N. (2020) How Asia’s clothing factories switched to making PPE – but sweatshop problems live on. The Conversation UK [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Macnaughtan, Helen (2020) Japan, the Olympics and the COVID-19 pandemic. East Asia Forum [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mezzadri, Alessandra (2020) A crisis like no other: social reproduction and the regeneration of capitalist life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Developing Economics [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Monasterolo, Irene and Volz, Ulrich (2020) A Covid-19 Recovery Plan that Supports the EU’s Green Deal. The Banker [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Monasterolo, Irene and Volz, Ulrich (2020) EU Virus Response to Shape Climate Action. OMFIF [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Monasterolo, Irene and Volz, Ulrich (2020) How to Finance Virus Response in a Sustainable Way? Scale Up Synergies with the Green Deal. Euroactive [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marzagora, Sara and Stevano, Sara (2020) 'We are the University!' Reflections on the 2020 strike of UK university workers. Global Labour Column [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Marriage, Zoe (2020) Cultural Resistance and Security from Below. Power and escape through capoeira (vlog). [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Mosse, David and Kravel-Tovi, Michal (2020) Anti-Caste Activism and Dwindling Numbers: David Mosse and Michal Kravel-Tovi discuss Diasporic Anxieties among British South Asians and American Jews. Comparative Studies in Society and History [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Nelson, Matthew J. (2020) U.S. Senate Elections: Lessons from South Asia. Election Watch [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Nelson, Matthew J. (2020) The Taliban’s (Islamic) Isolation. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Nelson, Matthew J. (2020) Who Decides Who’s a Muslim in Modern Islamic States? Ear to Asia Podcasts, episode 78 [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Newman, Susan and Stevano, Sara (2020) The latest significant step in the UK’s development agenda. Developing Economics : a Critical Perspective on Developing Economics [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Nenadovic, Ana (2020) Von der ideología de género bis zum Feminizid. Wissenschaftlerinnenrundbrief [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Olonisakin, 'Funmi and Okech, Awino (2020) Twenty Years of UNSC Resolution 1325 call for a Frank Forward Look. Accord [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Okech, Awino (2020) Why #EndSARS Matters in an Era of Increasing Militarisation and Repression. The Elephant [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ohdedar, Birsha (2020) To rebuild the Sundarbans, India needs to rethink its laws. The Third Pole [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Owen, Miller (2020) Uncovering the Hidden History of the Korean War. Jacobin [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Okech, Awino (2020) Humour in a Time of Coronavirus. EIephant [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Ouyang, Wen-chin (2020) Wen and the art of lockdown maintenance. British Comparative Literature Association Webpage [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Rudge, Alice (2020) Don’t make me laugh: How getting it wrong shapes interspecies entanglements in the Batek’s forest. Allegra Lab [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rao, Rahul (2020) Abusing Mandela to Absolve Rhodes. Verso blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Rao, Rahul (2020) Test Of Faith. The Caravan [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Salam, Dara (2020) It is time for a system overhaul in Iraq’s Kurdish region. AlJazeera English [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Suresh, Mayur (2020) आपराधिक लापरवाही. आज तक = Aaj Tak [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Suresh, Mayur (2020) Criminal neglect. India Today online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Shah, Alpa and Lerche, Jens (2020) Five issues hidden behind the exodus of India’s migrant labour under the Covid-19 lockdown. Geography Directions [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Shah, Alpa and Lerche, Jens (2020) The five truths about the migrant workers’ crisis: Opinion. Hindustan Times [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Stevano, Sara (2020) 'Gig economies' in Africa: Continuity or Change? Futures of Work [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Salam, Dara (2020) Turkey’s Invasion of Northeast Syria and the Failure of US Foreign Policy. Inside Arabia [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Tanner, Thomas and Volz, Ulrich (2020) COVID-19 – Five lessons for improving future economic and social resilience. Global Dashboard [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Tudor, Alyosxa (2020) Terfism is White Distraction: On BLM, Decolonising the Curriculum, Anti-Gender Attacks and Feminist Transphobia. Engenderings [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Tudor, Alyosxa (2020) Racism, Migratism, Covid. The Feminist Review Blog [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Venkat, Vidya (2020) Right to information and the shrinking space for dissent in India. South Asia Notes (SOAS South Asia Institute) [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2020) The next US president will have to choose his words carefully to unite a divided nation. The Daily Telegraph [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Venkat, Vidya (2020) India: why secrecy over Narendra Modi’s coronavirus relief fund damages democracy. The Conversation UK [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2020) When Donald Trump spoke, a sense of delusion hovered over the White House. The Daily Telegraph [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2020) Presidential Tactics Pose Grave Threat to America's Democracy. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie and Niblett, Robin (2020) Why Democracies Do Better at Surviving Pandemics. Los Angeles Times [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Volz, Ulrich (2020) Wie eine Finanzkrise in Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern verhindert werden kann. Makronom [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2020) In Search of the American State. Chatham House [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Volz, Ulrich (2020) Das wird über Leben und Tod vieler Menschen entscheiden. DIE ZEIT [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Vinjamuri, Leslie (2020) America’s Coronavirus Response is Shaped by its Federal Structure. Chatham House online [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Wuttke, Nora (2020) Infrastructure, Maintenance, and Waste in a Myanmar Hospital. Somatosphere [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2020) Dismantling the Empire. New Humanist [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wuttke, Nora (2020) Doing Ethnographic Research during Covid-19 at Myanmar’s Main Public Hospital. SOAS University of London South Asia Notes [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2020) The imperialist murals in Britain's Foreign Office represent a legacy that must be dismantled. The Guardian [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Wearing, David (2020) Black Gold, Blue Waters. Tribune [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

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Ziadah, Rafeef and Al'Sanah, Riya (2020) Palestinian Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of the Pandemic. Jacobin [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]