- Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
Wars can start due to a disagreement, fear, or a desire for more power.
Has the UK’s dependence on the US become a Faustian pact?
Russia has a history of using its huge population to build a massive army that is able to overwhelm most enemies through sheer weight of numbers.
Over the centuries Chess has become a proxy for geopolitical conflict where rivalries are played out over a board game.
Nuclear proliferation is gathering pace as global tensions rise.
The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders.
Migration offers a fix for the islands ‘drowning’ as a consequence of the climate crisis – but are there better alternatives?
Approximately 10,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer due to 9/11. What support is available to this community, and is it working?
Nuclear bunkers are familiar Cold War artefacts, but many have been re-purposed or lie derelict.
This year saw nuclear weapons tested, stockpiles renewed, and disasters remembered.
Those communities affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident are having their resilience tested once again.
What’s the worst that could happen after the US election? As ever, “preppers” are ready for the total collapse of society.
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