A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.
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In past agreements, there appeared to be a tacit understanding between Hezbollah and Israel that conflict would eventually resume.
The question now is whether Russia’s economic difficulties will lead to mass protests and a split among the elites as happened in late Soviet times.
With the declining power of financial sanctions, many countries are now physically boarding ships to enforce scattershot rules of trade, conflict and commerce.
Ukraine war likely to reinforce transformation to criminal networks that are more professional, militarised and embedded within state structures.
Many relatives have not seen each other for years because travelling around Ukraine is unsafe and trips abroad are expensive and, sometimes, restricted.
Understanding how rural communities use fire is the first step in managing it.
When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
A return to conflict simply would not have been in the interests of the US.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has passed another grim milestone.
Marjane Satrapi will be remembered for her eye-opening film Persepolis which transformed not only Westerners but also exiled Iranians’ understanding of Iran in a simple yet powerful way.
The Middle East risks state of permanent confrontation where violence periodically erupts, diplomacy intervenes and neither changes the underlying reality.
A new peace initiative has put the future of Sudan’s Islamist movement at the centre of post-war politics.
For women in war zones, heritage sites can go beyond worship and history. They are places of gendered socialising.
Global media coverage tends to focus on just one of Ethiopia’s conflicts.
A labour and political ecology expert looks back at imperialistic logic and how chemical fertilisers have repeatedly served as strategic objectives and weapons, particularly in wartime.
Loyalty outranks expertise, and reality bends to the leader’s word. From Nazi Germany to Imperial Japan, fascist war machines collapse on the same contradictions.
Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
Research carried out across 18 European countries takes a closer look at pro-Russian support on the continent.
Pakistan’s relationships with the US and Iran put it in a strong position to intervene – not to mention a need to stabilise its borders and protect its own economy.
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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