By Amin Naeni, PhD Candidate in International Relations, Deakin University; Dublin City University
On February 28, hours after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the Iranian regime imposed a nationwide internet shutdown.
Roughly one week into the conflict, it is estimated only around 1% of normal internet traffic remains accessible across the country.
This represents one of the rare instances in modern history in which a government has almost entirely disconnected its own population from the internet during a major military crisis.
The risks this creates…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People protest at Forsyth Park after the death of teacher Linda Davis, who was killed in a vehicle collision with a man fleeing from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Savannah, Georgia, US, February 17, 2026. © 2026 Erik S Lesser/EPA/Shutterstock On February 16, 2026, a car chase by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ended in a deadly crash in Georgia, killing beloved teacher, Dr. Linda Davis.ICE officers were pursuing Oscar Vasquez Lopez after he fled an initial stop made with the intention of arresting and deporting him. In security…
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By Étienne Sinotte, PhD Student in Political Science, McGill University
Instability has come to define Peru’s political landscape, as successive congresses and presidents have become locked in a power struggle.
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By Troy Potter, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne
Michael Kehler, Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
Canadian and Australian studies are hearing from male teachers who promote gender and social justice while challenging and disrupting patriarchal masculinities in their classrooms.
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By Sam Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
The discovery shines a light on what has, until now, been an underappreciated feature of evolution which suggests life is not so random after all.
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By Sara Meger, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Melbourne
Kate Reynolds, Professor of Educational Psychology & Learning, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne
An Australian study of anti-feminist attitudes shows up to 30% of boys surveyed expressed agreement with various forms of violent extremism.
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By Nicholas Ross Smith, Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury
Anna Christoforou, PhD Candidate, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury
Canada’s Mark Carney is proposing a new alliance of ‘middle powers’ to offset over-reliance on the US and China. New Zealand would have good reason to be involved.
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By Eric Lob, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
Media reports have cast the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a top candidate for supreme leader. A scholar of Iranian politics explains how the succession process has never been free or fair.
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By Lisa Doyle, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Preserved in the margins of ancient literary works are notes that reveal how the Greeks strove to map mythical places onto locations in the known world.
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By Hannah Ainsworth, Senior Lecturer in Primary and Childhood Education, Edge Hill University
Secondary teaching in England currently faces a recruitment and retention crisis. Over 90% of teachers leave before retirement.
Although the government have made efforts to improve recruitment and retention, interventions tend to focus on initial teacher trainees and early career teachers – ignoring the experiences of midlife teachers, including…
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