By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
If you’re feeling fed up with the way things are in the world, then, no matter your politics, you are experiencing an emotion people have felt for millennia.
Perhaps you feel helpless. Maybe you feel like the character in the Roman dramatist Terence’s play The Brothers (160 BCE), who exclaims:
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By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
By resurrecting statues toppled in protests during his first term, Donald Trump wants to reverse attempts to ‘erase history’. But history is never that simple.
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By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
On February 28, the US and Israel launched a war against Iran following weeks of US military build-up in the region and threats from US President Donald Trump.
In the ensuing weeks, Iran has retaliated by striking US assets in the Persian Gulf states and targets across Israel. Israel has launched a ground invasion into southern Lebanon in response to attacks from Hezbollah.
Oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have come to a virtual standstill, threatening a global energy…
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By Spyros A. Sofos, Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
Discussions about Israel’s role in the Middle East still revolve around threats and responses. Yet recent developments suggest that Israel isn’t only reacting to events, but is increasingly shaping the conditions in which they occur.
This involves both direct interventions that affect the security and cohesion of neighbouring states — as seen in its policies on Syria and…
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By Sandy Hershcovis, Associate Dean and Future Fund Professor in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Calgary
Ivana Vranjes, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, Tilburg University
Lilia M. Cortina, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, Women's & Gender Studies, and Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
Zhanna Lyubykh, Assistant Professor, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University
Employees often recognize workplace harassment but choose not to report it. New research explores the social dynamics behind that silence and what can change it.
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By John P. Hayes, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary
While automobile manufacturing and steel steal the headlines, the critical minerals and energy sector is now coming centre stage in the CUSMA review.
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By Christina Dinh Nguyen, PhD student, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Book science helps decipher and preserve fragile manuscripts, at a moment when climate change and mass digitization are reshaping cultural heritage work.
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By Jasmin Lilian Diab, Assistant Professor of Migration Studies; Director of the Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University
With the return of Israeli forces, the Lebanese parliament scrapped elections scheduled for May. The move is a recurring theme in the country’s fractured politics.
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By Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
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By Olivier Moreillon, Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
There’s a line in Cape Fever, the new book by award-winning South African novelist and playwright Nadia Davids, that doesn’t just establish the story, it also makes a haunting promise:
But small house, big house, smells or no smells, this is much the same: that in the city you will come to know a person by two things: what’s inside their house, and the house’s way with the wind.
The remark gestures towards the invisible forces moving through…
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