By Luisa Sotomayor, Associate professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
Ewan Kerr, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
Maryam Lashkari, Research Fellow, Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ross Beveridge, Senior Research Fellow in Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
Crises seem to be everywhere. We live through a moment of generalized crisis — called poly– or perma-crisis by some. In this context, the nation-state often appears as the default institution and ideological framework for addressing challenges. But the nation-state is not always the best placed entity to respond to crises.
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By Amanda Bisong, Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute
Franzisca Zanker, Senior researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
Leonie Felicitas Jegen, PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.
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By Clement Sefa-Nyarko, Lecturer in Security, Development and Leadership in Africa, King's College London
Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40% of the world’s manganese is mined in South Africa. Substantial deposits of lithium are found in Zimbabwe. Ghana is emerging as a miner of that mineral of lithium too.
What’s less well understood is how the supply chains of these minerals are assessed and managed.…
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By Genevieve Sekumbo, PhD Candidate- Anthropology and Sociology, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Tanzania’s October 29 protests were framed as an electoral dispute. Research links them to a deeper crisis of blocked adulthood among young people.
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By Amnesty International
A new Amnesty International investigation has established that Predator spyware was used in 2024 to target Teixeira Cândido, a prominent Angolan journalist, press freedom activist, jurist and former Secretary General of the Syndicate of Angolan Journalists (SJA). Predator is a highly invasive mobile phone spyware, developed and sold by Intellexa – a mercenary spyware company – for use by governments in surveillance operations. This is the first forensic confirmation of its use in Angola. “I feel […] The post Angola: Prominent journalist hacked with Predator spyware appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Timor-Leste embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, February 16, 2026. © 2026 Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images On February 13, Myanmar’s military junta ordered the head of Timor-Leste’s embassy in Yangon to leave the country within seven days. The expulsion comes after Timorese authorities opened legal proceedings against Myanmar junta officials earlier this month for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.The case, filed by the Chin Human Rights Organisation in January, accuses 10 members of Myanmar’s junta, including commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min…
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By José Miguel Soriano del Castillo, Catedrático de Nutrición y Bromatología del Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universitat de València
For many years, sports nutrition was rooted in a simple metaphor: the body is an engine, glycogen (the body’s quick-release carbohydrate reserve) is its fuel, and fatigue occurs when the tank runs low.
Under this logic, nutrition strategy seemed quite obvious: eat lots of carbohydrates, fill the tank, and if possible, keep topping it up while exercising. More carbs = better performance.
But the physiology of exercise isn’t really this simple. A review published in January 2026 looked at over 160 studies…
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By Troy McEwan, Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
Benjamin L Spivak, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
James Ogloff, University Distinguished Professor of Forensic Behavioural Science & Dean, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
Michael Trood, Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioral Science and Forensicare, Swinburne University of Technology
A new study of nearly 40,000 family violence reports shows more than 99% of people with risk factors for killing a family member don’t go on to do so.
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By Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Hala M.E. Abushama, Research Analyst, CGIAR
Khalid Siddig, Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Militaries play a major role in the politics of many countries. They determine whether elections can occur and who can compete. From Egypt to Pakistan and Myanmar to Uganda, the military is often the most important powerholder.
In parallel, violent non-state actors – including criminal networks, terrorist groups…
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By Terence C. Cheng, Associate Professor, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
The government has allowed private health insurers to raise premiums by an average of 4.41% from April. How are these set? And why is it higher than inflation?
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