By Yongkang Xue, Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US coast. The results could mean better forecasts.
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By Brian O'Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
A CIA veteran explains that a polygraph campaign is not likely to eliminate leaks, but it may divert investigative energy from essential security priorities.
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By Jared Ahmad, Lecturer in Journalism, Politics and Communication , University of Sheffield
Twenty-five years on, the legacy of the September 11 attacks continues beyond the initial physical and economic effects. The events of 9/11 and the subsequent “war on terror” severely undermined trust in mainstream news media in the US and around the world, laying the groundwork for today’s fractured, hyperpartisan information environment.
In the days and weeks after the attacks, American journalists…
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By Sarah Schiffling, Deputy Director of the HUMLOG (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research) Institute, Hanken School of Economics
Claire Hannibal, Professor of Operations Management and Associate Dean, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
Rosanna Cole, Reader in Sustainable Supply Chain Management, University of Surrey
The key question about the UK’s decision to ban trade in goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is whether – and how – such a ban can be enforced. To answer this question, it’s worth looking at how such sanctions are already enforced in similar situations.
Blood diamonds, the precious stones whose proceeds are used to finance war, are often cited as an example of the way countries can avoid trading in commodities that can contribute to harm. But the goods and services involved in the…
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By Tova Bennet, Associate Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law, Lund University
Sigrid Nikka, Doctoral student in criminal law, Lund University
Sweden’s criminal justice system was once held up as an example of moderation – focusing on rehabilitation and minimising the use of imprisonment. But the Scandinavian nation could soon join countries such as Russia, Belarus and Nicaragua as a world leader in punitiveness.
Throughout 1990s and up to the mid-2010s, Sweden had a total prison population of 4,000-6,000…
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By Patricia Kennedy, Lecturer in Social Policy, University College Cork
Anita Rayegani, PhD Candidate in Public International Law, University of Hamburg
Eka Siradze, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Tbilisi State University
Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.
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By Ben Soodavar, Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London
Donald Trump now has a new proposed timetable for his war with Iran, albeit without a clear purpose. Heading to the Republicans’ midterm convention in Texas this week, the US president told reporters the war would end “immediately after the election”. This is coming from a president seven months into a conflict that he predicted would last only weeks.
For all that time, the US has been jostling with Iran for military and strategic control over the Strait of Hormuz while seeking to further degrade the Islamic…
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By Andreas Hougaard Laustsen, Professor & Center Director at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
Anne Ljungars, Senior Scientist in the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
Kartik Sunagar, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Indian Institute of Science
Horses have been used to make antivenom for more than a century. Could our new research offer a better way?
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By Nick Jennings, Vice-Chancellor and President, Loughborough University
There is a temptation to divide the future of AI into two possibilities: utopia or catastrophe. Neither extreme is particularly helpful.
The more interesting possibility is messier – and requires a step-shift in our thinking, from artificial intelligence to AI…
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By Marika Jeziorek, PhD Candidate in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Roman Slepcsik’s plight shows how people become embedded in families, communities and workplaces in ways immigration categories alone cannot capture.
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