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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 Trump’s return to the presidency in the United States, it feels like there has been a sharp break with America’s post-war diplomatic legacy. The Trump … 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 few months of his presidency and the ever-accelerating pace at which information moves on social media platforms. Where in his first term he used Twitter, … 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 in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to build nuclear weapons. Inside of a centrifuge, a rotor spins … 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. US President Donald Trump is urging progress, taking to social media to demand: MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!! Trump further raised … 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: his rule is a threat to the US-led international order. As the US political scientist John Mearsheimer famously argued, the liberal international order was destined … 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) and the Ukrainian government to try crimes of aggression against Ukraine which could be used to hold Vladimir Putin and others to account for the … Continue reading “New special tribunal for Ukraine will pave the way for holding Russian leaders to account for the invasion”
By Damian Tobin, Lecturer in International Business, University College Cork Nato leaders agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2035 at a summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25. US president Donald Trump, who has spent months saying Europe should take more responsibility for its own security, … Continue reading “Nato leaders pledge increased defence spending – is this really the price for peace and prosperity?”
By John Mukum Mbaku, Professor, Weber State University The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has raged since April 2023. It’s turned Sudan into the site of one of the world’s most catastrophic humanitarian and displacement crises. At least 150,000 people have been killed. More than 14 million have been … Continue reading “foreign interests are deepening a devastating war – only regional diplomacy can stop them”
By André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic fears. It’s also a surprisingly common element that … Continue reading “A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons”
By Kevin Foster, Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University Over the past decade or so, the weapons, channels and terrain of conflict have radically changed. Drones, autonomous weapons systems, algorithmic target selection, information offensives, cyberwar and anti-satellite weapons have become the swords, shields and battlefields of modern war, mesmerising the … Continue reading “Technology is transforming the face of modern warfare, but some things never change”