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June 12, 2026
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Home to 25 million people, Shanghai is the most populous and wealthiest city in China. A meeting point between China and the wider world, the city …
June 8, 2026
Explosivity
Offering a novel approach to contemporary landscape studies, Explosivity: Following What Remains (U Minnesota Press, 2025) unearths the hidden leg…
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June 6, 2026
Walmart
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Geostrategy By Design:
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The Meaning of It All
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June 2, 2026
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June 1, 2026
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A Praxis of Persistence
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Today, rats are nearly synonymous with plague, but this association is surprisingly recent. For centuries, plague devastated populations without b…
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