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Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
Science fiction has always been good at predicting distant futures and now governments are turning to them to ward off possible threats.
The deportation of children during war goes to the heart of important and far-reaching human rights conventions. But bringing perpetrators to justice will be a long and complex process.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine illustrates, the use of lethal automated weapons, or LAWS, can always be justified. Their ability to desensitize their users from the act of killing, however, shouldn’t be.
Science fiction does more than entertain – it can also be used to better understand the political forces that shape the societies in which we live.
Urban spaces are a repository of people’s beliefs, memories and collective conscience.
The International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants for Russians allegedly responsible for war crimes in Ukraine.
The Battle of Bakhmut embodies Russia’s ill-planned war in Ukraine. Even if it succeeds in taking the city, the divisions it’s created within its armed forces will erode Russia’s ultimate aims.
We uncovered evidence of a rebellion so significant, that events such as Cleopatra’s affairs and the rise of Christianity may not have come to pass without it.
Trauma can affect how people remember and describe experiences. Many survivors express their pain through objects and physical symptoms, an anthropologist explains.
Vladimir Putin is playing a long game by not formally declaring war. It may be to avoid international escalation.
A new book argues the war against Ukraine is an escalation of an ongoing hybrid war of ‘Russia’ against ‘the West’ – and that only ‘real and credible force’ will make Putin step back from aggression.
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, more and more Ukrainians say that they feel pride for their country.
Calls for peace that suggest Ukraine should give up territory simply to end the war will condemn some Ukrainians to unspeakable horrors and provide a precarious foundation for lasting peace.
Political scientists weigh in the factors that could see a Ukrainian or Russian win. The war could also become protracted.
He failed to understand that the struggle for justice and freedom in southern Africa was changing the world - and diplomacy itself.
A review of Transparency International’s recently released global corruption ranking confirms that corruption fuels war, and vice versa.
A US Air Force professor of philosophy weighs in on Prince Harry’s decision to disclose his ‘body count’ from his service in Afghanistan.
The US tanks could give Ukraine an advantage in pushing back Russia from its territory – but no amount of money alone is enough to win a war.
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, American University
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Maitre de conférences en sciences de la communication, Chercheur au PREFICS (Plurilinguismes, Représentations, Expressions Francophones, Information, Communication, Sociolinguistique), Université Rennes 2
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Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand & Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Otago, Dickinson College
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University; Bond University
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Research Professor in the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University