David Hastings Dunn, University of Birmingham and Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam came just as Ukraine’s much-anticipated counter-offensive seemed poised to begin. The breaching of the dam, apparently caused by a massive explosion or explosions…
Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University At least eight drone strikes hit Moscow in the early morning of May 30, 2023, damaging several buildings and injuring civilians. This follows Russia’s targeting residential buildings in Ukraine with a wave of drone attacks in…
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Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder China’s newest hypersonic missile, the DF-27,…
Donna Weeks, Musashino University Hiroshima, the site of this year’s G7 summit,…
Bill Kovarik, Radford University The detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia on espionage charges marks an unusual throwback to the old Soviet tactics for handling foreign correspondents. Authorities…
Simon J Smith, Staffordshire University In 1948, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was signed between the Soviet Union and Finland, providing a key basis for relations between the two…
Jose Caballero, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) China’s billions of dollars in global investments and infrastructure projects seem to be paying off politically and economically. Just recently, Honduras signalled it is…
Rachel Kyte, Tufts University Over the past two years, a drumbeat of calls for reforming the World Bank has pushed its way onto the front pages of major newspapers and the agenda…
Naomi Schalit, The Conversation Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, after 12 weeks of growing protest against his proposed judicial reforms, said he will order a temporary halt to the changes that…
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University The fact that Saudi Arabia entered a rapprochement deal with Iran and chose China to broker it came as a surprise to many international observers. The agreement,…
Dan Arbell, American University The judicial overhaul plan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, introduced in January, has thrown the country into its most severe domestic crisis since 1973. That crisis…
Dominic Dwyer, University of Sydney Once more, we’re talking about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. First the US Department of Energy’s review gave more emphasis to the laboratory…
Morgiane Noel, Trinity College Dublin Researchers have tried for decades to find a relevant legal status for people forced to flee their homes as a result of floods, droughts and storms –…
Ronald Suny, University of Michigan Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important ally,…
