The wall in Western Sahara marks the practical frontline of a conflict most of the world has stopped watching.
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Landmines from wars can stay hidden and a threat for decades. Climate change is making the risk even greater.
Using drones makes detecting land mines safer. Using AI to fuse data from multiple types of sensors on the drones makes it more efficient.
According to the world’s largest study of casualties from these hidden weapons, women were much more likely to die from their injuries than men.
Drones are being used with ‘old tech’ mines to make new wartime obstacles, and are proving very effective defensively.
One of the main ways conflict leads to environmental harm is by leaving behind unexploded weapons and ammunition.
Israel’s allies need to take concrete steps to increase pressure on the Netanyahu government.
Spreading landmines across eastern Europe means innocent people will die and be mained for generations to come.
MInes are almost universally reviled as they continue to kill in many parts of the world long after conflicts have ceased. So why is the US sending them to Ukraine?
Wars are multiplying – and the damage these conflicts do isn’t just immediate. They leave long-term environmental damage
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Landmines are killing thousands in Ukraine. Clearing the land and making it safe for people is likely to take decades.
Ideally, Russia would withdraw from Ukraine peacefully. Absent this, cluster munitions represent an effective way for Ukraine to defeat Russia’s invasion.
Claiming the moral high ground in any war isn’t just about justifying a war effort — it’s also about how a war is fought. Both Ukraine and Russia, sadly, have plenty of civilian blood on their hands.
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Senior Lecturer Biostatistics, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Action and Conflict, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of War and Technology, University of Bath
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Ph.D. Student in Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Scientific Coordinator and Deputy Executive Manager of the IZEW, University of Tübingen
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Senior Social Scientist in the Arizona Institute for Resilience, University of Arizona
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Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Defence and Security., King's College London
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Postdoctoral Researcher, War Studies Department, King's College London
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Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW
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Postgraduate researcher, Universidade do Porto
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Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Management and Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Universidade do Porto
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Political Studies, Mount Allison University