By Keith A. Preble, Teaching Assistant Professor, East Carolina University One way or other, it looks like Russia could soon be slapped with a fresh round of U.S. sanctions. On July 23, 2025, a bipartisan push...

By Geoff Isaac, Research Fellow, Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney What springs to mind when you’re asked to think of plastic chairs? Do you picture the ubiquitous lightweight, stackable polypropylene chair sold...

By Fateme Ejaredar, PhD candidate in Sociology, University of Calgary The recent war waged by Israel and the United States on Iran killed at least 935 people and wounded another 5,332. There’s currently a ceasefire,...

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation For the past few weeks the headlines about Gaza have focused on the hundreds of people who have been killed while queueing for food....

By Yvonne Reddick, Reader in English Literature and Creative Writing, University of Lancashire “Far over the misty mountains cold,” Dad read. Every evening before my light was turned out, he read me a story about...