By Fazlul Haq, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University
India has said it would suspend crucial treaty governing river flows in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan has said any disruption to water supply would be ‘an act of war.’
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By Sam Edwards, Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
Back in 1998, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was widely acclaimed for the bloody realism of its opening scenes. In Warfare, co-directors Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland have achieved something very similar for the Iraq war (2003-2011).
This time, however, the assault on the senses lasts for almost the entire duration of the film – around 95 mins. The result is an unrelenting depiction of 21st-century battle which both invokes and disrupts the generic…
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By Sabina Lawreniuk, Principal Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
Politicians and economists have been pretty vocal in their response to the ongoing saga of Donald Trump’s tariffs. But much less has been heard from the world’s poorest workers about how they will be affected.
For when the US president first set out his reciprocal tariffs – later paused for 90 days – some of the highest rates were for countries like Vietnam (46%), Bangladesh (37%) and Cambodia (49%).
These are places that make…
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By Eva Marquis, Research Fellow in Critical Minerals and Circular Economy, University of Exeter
Karen Hudson-Edwards, Professor in Sustainable Mining, University of Exeter
On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was poisoned. The drinking water it supplied to half a million residents of the town of Kitwe was suddenly cut off.
Reports suggest that this catastrophe was caused by the failure of the Chambishi tailings…
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By Sam Hampton, Researcher, Environmental Geography, University of Oxford
Tina Fawcett, Associate Professor, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
In a survey covering the UK, China, Sweden and Brazil, a majority of people agreed that we need to drastically change the way we live and how society operates, to address climate change. Another study involving more than 130,000 people across 125 countries found that 69%…
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By Sue Walsh, Lecturer, Department of English Literature, University of Reading
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the first Moomin tale, The Moomins and the Great Flood.
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By Craig Doig, Associate Professor of Metabolic Health, Nottingham Trent University
If you’ve been unfortunate enough to scroll through TikTok lately, the algorithm may have convinced you that cortisol, your body’s main stress hormone, is ruining your life.
Yes, according to social media content creators, stress is giving you a repulsive “cortisol belly” and puffing up your sad “cortisol face.” And, of course, this is what’s holding us all back from achieving the full influencer, ideal dream life. If it weren’t for my raging cortisol levels, I’m sure I’d be knee-deep in Lamborghinis and beating…
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By Daniel Haines, Associate Professor in the History of Risk and Disaster, UCL
Kate Sullivan de Estrada, Associate Professor in the International Relations of South Asia, University of Oxford
India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed at least 26 people.
India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, said…
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By Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, Durham University
The Jordanian authorities have banned the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition movement in the kingdom, in a major new crackdown. On Wednesday April 23, security forces raided Brotherhood offices, confiscating assets and property, and outlawed all of the group’s activities.
One week earlier, 16…
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By Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security, University of Portsmouth
Trump denied knowing much about the Heritage Foundation’s programme for power. But his first 100 days shows he is following its recommendations.
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