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Germany: Trump’s Attack on Harvard: A Campaign against Science

Mallory Matsumoto - May 26, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Rundschau

The administration contends the university is not a safe place for Jewish students. That's not credible. Protecting minorities is not exactly part of Trump’s agenda.

France: Trump’s Staggering Offensive against Science

Lalatendu Das - March 19, 2025. Published in Le Monde

Faced with the crusade led by the U.S. president, Europe must take the lead ... for welcoming 'dissident' American scientists.

Germany: Harris or Trump? It Is Also a Critical Juncture For Science

Mallory Matsumoto - November 5, 2024. Published in Die Welt

Facts must be recognized if one is to negotiate consensus in a democracy. That is exactly what Trumpism undermines with its 'alternative facts.'

Taiwan: Biden’s Goals for the 1st 100 Days from the Lens of US Technology Policy

Robin Koerner - April 26, 2021. Published in UDN

Spain: Scientists and Spies

Robin Koerner - March 30, 2021. Published in El País

Spain: Trump Loses to Reason

Stephen Routledge - January 7, 2021. Published in El Pais

Canada: Science Strikes Back against Donald Trump

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 12, 2020. Published in Toronto Star

Australia: My Great Hope for the President Who Denies Science but Whose Life Now Depends on It

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 6, 2020. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

China: American Politicians That Disregard Life Cannot Escape the Eyes of History

Robin Koerner - August 11, 2020. Published in Xinhua

[T]ime and time again officials chose to put political interests above scientific reasoning, all the while ignoring the lives and well being of their citizens.

Denmark: Science Cannot Lead the World

Robin Koerner - July 27, 2020. Published in Information

[I]t is unscientifically prejudicial to say there is only one science that holds the truth for all matters in society and which can be translated into political action.

Switzerland: Science Fiction in the White House

Robin Koerner - July 25, 2020. Published in La Tribune de Genève

While the United States has crossed the mark of 75,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 ... Donald Trump posed in the Oval Office with cans of food from a brand that supports him.

Canada: A President Who Defies Science

Robin Koerner - May 30, 2020. Published in Le Devoir

'Every one of these doctors said: "How do you know so much about this?" Maybe I have a natural ability.'

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