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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Expert on American presidential election gives lecture at the UFS
2008-05-23
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Prof. John Berg, Fulbright senior specialist and chairperson of the Department of Government at the University of Suffolk in Boston in the United States of America (USA) recently delivered a guest lecture at the University of the Free State (UFS) on the topic: “Is this the way to pick a world leader? Understanding the US presidential election”. Here are, from the left: Prof. Berg, Prof. Constanze Bauer, Acting Chairperson: Department of Political Science at the UFS, and Mr Albert Schoeman, Department of Political Science, UFS Qwaqwa Campus.
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