We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend
Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech; John O’Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder U.S. President…
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South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war
Matthew Benson-Strohmayer, London School of Economics and Political Science South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close…
Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread
Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis In the weeks around the 2026 annual meeting of the American Society of…
The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird
Samantha Lawler, University of Regina and Aaron Boley, University of British Columbia A giant mirror to create “sunlight on demand”…
‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs
Zdenka Sokolickova Zdenka Sokolickova, University of Groningen; Christy Hehir, University of Surrey, and Elizabeth Cooper, University of Groningen “You’d see…
DRC has taken Rwanda to the world court over genocide again. A law scholar explains what’s different this time
Kerstin Bree Carlson, Roskilde University The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) filed a lawsuit against Rwanda at the International Court…
Andy Burnham is the Labour leader – third time lucky for the UK’s prime minister‑in‑waiting
Eric Shaw, University of Stirling Andy Burnham has won on his third attempt to be Labour’s leader. In a wide-ranging…
‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within
Joseph J. Gonzalez, Appalachian State University When I first visited Cuba, the island was recovering from a severe economic crisis.…
Trump is rehashing old claims the 2020 election was stolen. His real aim: sowing doubt in the midterms
Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Flinders University US President Donald Trump has used a rare nationwide prime-time address to again claim the 2020…
Backed into a corner by Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, Trump may resort to even more reckless escalation
Greg Barton, Deakin University In a moment of brazen hubris in the Oval Office last year, US President Donald Trump…