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An ANU @ouranu academic co-authored a paper with none other than Mohammad Javad Zarif urging Western governments to “reduce their sanctions pressures” on Tehran and revive the 2015 nuclear deal (which Zarif himself negotiated). This paper was put out under an ANU byline and indexed in ANU's own “research output” portal. This seems to be an example of soft power foreign influence par excellence. Both ANU and the Australian security agencies must investigate the academic concerned. How does he have access to the former Iranian foreign minister? How was it that they came to co-author an article together which, not coincidentally, advances Tehran's agenda on sanctions under the guise of scholarly 'research'? As any academic who touches on Iran will tell you, this sort of thing is just the tip of the iceberg. Universities are the soft underbelly, and continuing to do nothing about foreign interference and transnational repression is no longer an option. theaustralian.com.au/nation%2Fanu-l…







David Reich on how much ancient DNA evidence has overturned so much consensus thinking how ancient cultures spread. "It wasn't peaceful, it wasn't friendly, it wasn't nice. Some of our archaeologist co-authors were just really distressed."

David Reich on how much ancient DNA evidence has overturned so much consensus thinking how ancient cultures spread. "It wasn't peaceful, it wasn't friendly, it wasn't nice. Some of our archaeologist co-authors were just really distressed."

I still genuinely dont understand why the idea that neolithic peoples engaged in violent conquests would be “a political problem.”






This is the way. Get them to be specific and they fall apart.




抱歉,在这一点上,我的立场很明确,因为我是日本国民。一个外国人要证明“自己是一个好的移民”,客观标准无非就是资产水平、学历与工作经历,以及无犯罪记录。当然我也知道,没有钱的人当中也有很多善良的人。但如果由政府机构逐一判断个人的“善良心情”,必然会掺杂执行者的主观因素,难以做到公平。 因此,对于可能对日本社会治安或国家安全构成风险的人,筛选机制就应该建立在透明、客观的指标之上。 不符合这些标准的人,除其直接的人际关系之外,并不属于日本国家以及大多数日本国民需要特别欢迎的对象。