By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Inderjeet Parmar, Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
Israel and the US have maintained a close alliance for decades. Their recent joint air campaign in Iran has once again underscored the depth of this partnership. Yet while the strength of their relationship is widely acknowledged, the reasons behind it remain contested.
At the centre of this debate lies the question of whether US support for Israel is driven primarily by domestic political forces, particularly lobbying organisations such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), or whether it reflects broader strategic imperatives within US foreign policy.
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By Erwei (David) Xiang, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Accounting, Newcastle University
When the UK’s biggest private car park company went into administration last month, some motorists might have been surprised. How could National Car Parks (NCP), a company that charged so much for parking, at so many prime sites across the country, run out of road?
Maybe it was down to a drop in commuters and high street shoppers after COVID? Or perhaps the firm suffered from too many long leases and the rise of new parking apps?
All of these reasons will have featured, but the deeper cause…
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By Frederick Oliver Beeby Maglaque, Exhibition Researcher, Pacific Museum of Earth and Masters student in Art History, University of British Columbia
Kirsten F. Hodge, Director of the Pacific Museum of Earth and Lecturer in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia
Life on Earth, according to ‘The Dinosaurs,’ is a story of conquest. And that is a cultural story as much as a scientific one.
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By Neil Reid, Reader (Associate Professor) in Conservation Biology, Queen's University Belfast
At Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, sand has been dredged commercially for decades. Large vessels remove sand from the lakebed and transport it to the shore. Because this happens underwater, the scale of the activity is largely invisible. Regulation has focused on where dredging is allowed and how much sand is removed.
Sand is used by the construction industry to make concrete. Demand…
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By Evren Altinkas, Adjunct Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph
Christina Clark-Kazak, Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Canada should redress age biases in the ranking system that serves as the primary mechanism for skilled workers to attain permanent residence in the country.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the Italian government’s long-overdue decision to suspend the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Israel on defence cooperation, Riccardo Noury, spokesperson for Amnesty International Italy, said: “Israel continues to act in defiance of international law and human rights: the genocide in the Gaza Strip is ongoing, the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank proceeds alongside an unprecedented escalation of violence, and attacks and mass displacement in Lebanon continue. […] The post Italy: Suspension of defence cooperation with Israel long overdue appeared…
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By Christopher R. Hill, Professor of History, Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
Jonathan Hogg, Senior Lecturer in Twentieth Century History, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures, University of Liverpool
Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK government has always denied this.
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By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
New research suggests drought-parched soil turbocharges antibiotic resistance in nature, and with UK summers getting drier, that’s a growing problem.
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By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University
If you live with a pet, you might feel like you can almost read each other’s minds.
You might even have experienced your pet responding to your emotional state. Animals seem to have impressive skills at detecting our state of health too.
However, new…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will increase defence spending to about 3% of GDP by 2033 in its 2026 National Defence Strategy to be unveiled on Thursday.
But it is using a revised definition that, in effect, makes the defence spend appear larger than it is.
The Trump administration has repeatedly made it clear Australia should boost its defence spending. Last year, a top Pentagon official, Elbridge Colby, cited…
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