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Germany: HE should take “rule-based” approach to China collaboration

The PIE News

German institutions, like many others in the Global South, have been grappling with how to approach partnerships with China, amid fears of espionage and national security risks. The organisation recommends a realpolitik approach that allows access to “world-leading” Chinese research, but also “ensures national sovereignty and security”.

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Australia to curb foreign interference at universities

The PIE News

Universities Australia welcomed the government’s response, describing UFIT’s work as “world-leading”. “It It also backed calls for UFIT to consider introducing anonymous assignments, which could enable international students to criticise their own governments in academic work without fear of reprisal.

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President of National U of Singapore discusses global tensions

Inside Higher Ed

Tan Eng Chye, president of the National University of Singapore (NUS), cautioned that geopolitical rivalry between the world’s two global superpowers could have negative repercussions for researchers in both countries—as well as those caught in the fray, including Singaporean academics. intelligence services.

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Norway arrests ‘Brazilian researcher’ accused of spying for Russia

The Guardian - Higher Education

Investigators believe man posing as academic at University of Tromsø, in sensitive far north, was using false identity Norway’s domestic security agency has arrested a man claiming to be a Brazilian academic whom it suspects of being a Russian spy. “We

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‘Spymania’ sees Russia accuse US of plan to meddle in its election

The Guardian - Higher Education

Head of foreign intelligence service says US may mobilise ‘fifth column’ of exchange programme graduates The head of the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service, has claimed that the US is planning to interfere in the re-election campaign of Vladimir Putin, saying that the country’s graduates of US education programmes could be mobilised to serve (..)

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Report proposes waiver criteria for Confucius Institutes

Inside Higher Ed

colleges and universities among the finest in the world,” the report says. Reichman said the National Academies report raises the right questions about CIs, which had been accused of playing a role in espionage or intellectual property theft. higher education and the U.S. The proposed waiver criteria could be used starting Oct.

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Review of "A Century of Repression" (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman play a significant variation on that theme with A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press , published by University of Illinois Press. Each was prosecuted under the Espionage Act of 1917, which remains in force now in amended form. Trump might be in order.