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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex Political scientists first identified a phenomenon known as the “rally round the flag” effect in the 1970s . This refers … Continue reading “Do the US public support Trump bombing Iran? Here’s what the data shows”
By Julie M. Norman, Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, UCL The US president, Donald Trump, says that Israel has … Continue reading “A new Gaza ceasefire deal is on the table – will this time be different?”
By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a … Continue reading “Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?”
By Michael R. Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literatures, University of Wollongong Our cultural touchstones series examines works that have had a lasting influence In 1967, French literary and cultural … Continue reading “Roland Barthes declared the ‘death of the author’, but postcolonial critics have begged to differ”
By Laurent Borzillo, Chercheur invité au CCEAE de l’Université de Montréal et chercheur associé au CESICE de l’Université de Grenoble, École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) Just six months after Donald … Continue reading “American dominance is not dead, but it is changing — and not for the better”
By Sara Polak, University Lecturer in American Studies, Leiden University There is a strange and worrying parallel between the breakneck speed at which Donald Trump has operated in the first … Continue reading “How Trump plays with new media says a lot about him – as it did with FDR, Kennedy and Obama”
By Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes … Continue reading “Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons”
By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Hopes are rising that Israel and Hamas could be inching closer to a ceasefire in the 20-month war in Gaza. … Continue reading “Trump demands an end to the war in Gaza – could a ceasefire be close?”
By Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva, Lecturer in Government – National Security College, Australian National University Since US President Donald Trump took office this year, one theme has come up time and again: … Continue reading “Trump’s worldview is causing a global shift of alliances – what does this mean for nations in the middle?”
By Andrew Forde, Assistant Professor – European Human Rights Law, Dublin City University A special tribunal has been established by the international human rights organisation the Council of Europe (CoE) … Continue reading “New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion”