Gabi Laske, University of California, San Diego Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began sending up fountains of glowing rock and spilling lava from fissures as its first eruption in nearly four decades began on Nov. 27, 2022. Where does…
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with Xi Jinping, in a year when the Chinese president has cemented…
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Jocelyn Hutton, University of Oxford; Carolyn Hoyle, University of Oxford, and Lucy…
David S G Goodman, University of Sydney Public protests in China related…
Anja du Plessis, University of South Africa South Africa’s major cities in the Gauteng Province – the country’s economic heartland – are experiencing major water shortages. In Johannesburg and Tshwane taps have…
Patrick Lecomte, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) When Facebook reinvented itself into Meta in October 2021, it was widely reported that Meta would be focusing on virtual reality (VR) by being…
Parveen Akhtar, Aston University Following his uncontested run at the top job, Rishi Sunak acquires the less-than-coveted title of second successive un-elected British prime minister to take office in 2022. However, coming…
Professor Johanna Weaver, Australian National University When Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan in August, it made front page news around the world and raised the spectre of all-out war between the US…
Ben Wellings, Monash University When Rishi Sunak was elected by Conservative MPs as their new leader and hence prime minister of the United Kingdom, the British nation breathed a sigh of relief:…
Neil Entwistle, University of Salford Finally, after what was arguably the worst summer on record for glaciers, snow has begun to fall in the European Alps. It is much needed. Over the…
Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time…
Richard A. Devine, DePaul University and R. Michael Holmes Jr., Florida State University Political spending by corporations is big business. As one corporate executive with experience in business-government relations says, “A company…
Garret Martin, American University School of International Service The U.K. government is in tatters after Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Oct. 20, 2022 – the second leader to be forced out…
Garret Martin, American University School of International Service The U.K. government – and its leader, Prime Minister Liz Truss – appears to be in a spot of trouble, to use a typically…
