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About Emily Tamkin
NBN Episodes hosted by Emily:
May 6, 2020
What Laws Lie in the Shadow of the Acquittal?
In German law, a person strongly suspected of having committed a crime can be placed in pretrial detention; but a certain percentage of such people …
April 22, 2020
Justice to Man’s Best Friend
Selective breeding of dogs currently helps meet the high demand for purebred dogs, but there are concerns about the ethicality of this practice. In…
April 8, 2020
Emotions of a Defence Lawyer
Defence lawyers in adversarial legal systems are obligated to remain loyal to their clients, irrespective of the client or the crime. In such cases,…
March 11, 2020
How the Yoruba Live
Over decades, the Yoruba community of southwest Nigeria has thrived as an inter-religious community, balancing Christianity, Islam, and the ways of …
February 26, 2020
Intractable Syria
The most intractable conflict in recent times is the Syrian Civil War: it has caused prolonged tensions, severe destruction, and devastating consequ…
February 12, 2020
Using Discretion in Response to Political Crises
The 2011 uprisings in Arab countries put their diplomats under scrutiny: they faced unprecedented political situations that could not be resolved th…
February 5, 2020
Misguided Bias
Revisionism, a form of literary criticism, is an integral part of scholarly research, and revisionists often find themselves challenging the orthodo…
January 31, 2020
In the Aftermath of the Rohingya Genocide
Despite the post-Holocaust UN convention to ensure the protection of minority communities globally, the International community has failed to notice t…
January 21, 2020
Global Governance “As It Was, Is and Ought to Be”
Governing the world—A critical look at the current state of global governance. We live in a time of profound global crises. So, who exactly is respon…
January 10, 2020
Identity Crisis
The person in the photograph of a thirteen-year-old Vincent Van Gogh What did the influential Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh actually look like? Po…
January 10, 2020
Girls Are Also People of the Holy Qur’an
Jun Akiba, Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, discusses Muslim girls’ education in Ottoman Istanbul during the late …
January 10, 2020
Diplomacy in Brexit
The new political sciences journal Diplomatica, published by Brill, explores the theme of diplomacy in international relations with special focus on …
January 10, 2020
Diplomacy in Brexit (Part 1)
The new political sciences journal Diplomatica, published by Brill, explores the theme of diplomacy in international relations with special focus on …