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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 … 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”
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 … 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 … 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 … 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. … Continue reading “Technology is transforming the face of modern warfare, but some things never change”