Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University The U.S. has dispatched eight Army and Navy vessels from Virginia to build a temporary pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The aim of this work: to supply…
Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture at Ludwig Maximilian University and Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies, American University Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new twist.…
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Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University I…
Alessandro Poletto, Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Arts & Sciences at Washington…
The creative chief of Tokyo Olympics has resigned after commenting that a female comedian could appear as an “Olympig.” Hiroshi Sasaki suggested that plus-size entertainer Naomi Watanabe wear pig ears at the…
Susan Banki, University of Sydney Social media has given us valuable access to the actions of both the military and anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, but a communication blackout may be coming. The…
Eleanor Gordon, Monash University Resources critical to peacebuilding and to countries vulnerable to conflict have been significantly reduced as a result of COVID-19. In conflict zones from Ukraine to Syria, hundreds of…
Bri Lee, University of Sydney; Jonathan Crowe, Bond University, and Rachael Burgin, Swinburne University of Technology On Friday, an anonymous letter was sent to the prime minister’s office alleging a current federal…
Tauel Harper, University of Western Australia The federal government’s News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which passed the Senate today, makes strong points about the need to regulate misinformation. In…
The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo has been killed in Goma. He died of his wounds after suffering an attack on his convoy, with an Italian Carabinieri officer passing…
Joshua Gans, University of Toronto The Conversation is a great news site. But, for the most part, people don’t read it like a newspaper. Instead, articles on specialised topics are shared with…
Susanne Becken, Griffith University With each passing day, the grave future of Earth becomes more stark. The disruption of COVID-19 has not been enough to shift the trajectory, nor has it prompted…
Photo by Twitter user @ss_suryawanshi The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, suffers a fire in a building that was under construction, leading to at least five deaths. This…
World Health Organization Experts are arriving in China during this week in order to conduct an investigation for the Covid-19’s origin. They are expected to arrive this Thursday and then proceed to…
