By Mahmood Fayazi, Assistant Professor and Head of Disaster and Emergency Management Program, Royal Roads University
History teaches us that Gaza’s reconstruction will only be successful if its people actively participate in shaping a safe, peaceful and prosperous future for themselves.
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By Catherine Heggerud, Associate Professor (Teaching), Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Financial pressures keep business school leaders trapped in a paradox. They know MBA rankings are flawed – but still invest in them.
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
If the Minguzzi case shines a light on general institutional frailty, the prosecutions of prominent figures in the opposition CHP demonstrate how legal tools are being marshalled for political ends..
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By Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel, Lecturer in Environment and Development, University of Manchester
Birhan Mezgbo, Academic Researcher, Tufts University
Famine – the extreme scarcity of food – devastated Ethiopia’s Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the famine’s impact is one of the least documented crises of recent years.
Despite the enormous scale of suffering…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Once again, the Nationals have got out in front of the Liberals on a key issue, this time net zero, announcing on Sunday they were dumping their commitment to it.
This is not unexpected, but more than awkward for their Coalition partner. It makes it trickier for the Liberals to retain the target – which is politically important in city seats – albeit in some watered-down form. It raises the question: if the Liberals stick with net zero what does that mean for the Coalition relationship?
And it puts the Liberals under greater pressure to get a policy out quickly. The party…
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By Kanav Narayan Sahgal
At a time when global backlash against transgender rights is surging, the Supreme Court of India is moving towards the “full realization" of equality for transgender people under the law.
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By Dr. Zach Boakes, Postdoctoral research fellow, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN)
Tries Blandine Razak, Researcher, School of Coral Reef Restoration, IPB University
Most restoration programmes focus their efforts on increasing coral growth, but rarely ask whether the reef is actually functioning as a living ecosystem.
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By Dan Paget, Assistant professor, University of Sussex
In Tanzania, something snapped this year. Protests followed the 29 October 2025 elections. They are unprecedented in their scale, national breadth and political content since the country’s independence in 1961.
But the repression unleashed by newly…
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By Hong Kong Free Press
The self-taught artist draws everyday Hong Kong cuisine to share his passion for food and capture fading flavors, which are often being lost as the city develops and changes.
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Friday, October 31, 2025
The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been a “surge in repression and extraordinary spike in executions” there since Israeli hit the country with airstrikes in June.
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