In Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, on February 26, 2019: a man holds the body of his daughter, killed in a bombardment by pro-Assad forces.
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Giving up means giving the Assad regime and Russia both a strategic and intellectual victory with incalculable consequences for global security.
A contractor walks between trucks returning from Iraq to Camp Arafjan in Kuwait, Dec. 16, 2011.
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A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant military experience.
An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over southern Afghanistan.
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Civilian casualty counts are a powerful tool for propaganda – and for establishing peace.
Biafran refugees flee federal Nigerian troops on a road near Ogbaku, Nigeria in this 1968 photo. Between one and three million people are estimated to have died.
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Nigerian poets and novelists have compared the Igbo massacres in the 60s to the Holocaust as a way to drive international attention to the atrocities.
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Human conflict can bring isolation to environments, which helps the local ecology thrive. After the war has ended, the return of nature is a poignant memorial and symbol of peace.
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A podcast on World War I – from a meeting between the three great war poets, to what happened to conscientious objectors in both Britain and Germany.
William Kentridge.
Goodman Gallery
For William Kentridge, searching and erasure serves as a model for understanding our place in the world.
Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzea.
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By standing in the way of the UN, Russia has chosen a shameful path.
This 1904 photograph showing the massacre of villagers by Dutch KNIL forces in the Indonesian village of Koetö Réh was used by the Dutch to argue for the paternalistic colonial state as protector. We now see it as evidence of imperial atrocity.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
From depictions of slavery to colonial massacres to contemporary portraits of refugees, photography is a powerful tool in evoking ideas of shared humanity.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Madrid on bilateral business, April 2018.
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When it comes to preventing air strikes on civilians, the law of the arms trade is clear. Why is it so hard for countries to observe it?
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Approximately 10,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer due to 9/11. What support is available to this community, and is it working?
The World Trade Center burns after being hit by planes in New York Sept. 11, 2001.
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An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn’t destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
A tank on its way to port for the Normandy landings in 1944.
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Both before, during and after conflict, wars have shaped the creation of welfare states.
Understanding the first world war is an exercise in comprehending the depth of human commitment to destruction, violence and resilience at a scale never experienced before 1914.
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More than 16 million people lost their lives in world war one. Over a century later, we are still asking – for what?
The obituary of Jihadi John in Dabiq magazine.
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An analysis of obituaries for Islamic State and Australian soldiers shows some alarming similarities, not the least of which is the idea that their deaths should be given meaning by further conflict.
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Seasoned readers of US science fiction will have the uncanny feeling of having seen this all before.
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Men have come to dominate military combat but new evidence suggests this might be more an accident than an inevitability of evolution.
The US wants a ‘Space Force’ to be the sixth branch of the US military.
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Those who speak of the inevitability of war in space will fuel a race to the bottom, and see even more energy towards an arms race in space.
Australian special forces are under investigation for alleged illegal conduct during the Afghanistan war.
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Public authorities, and especially our armed forces, should be held accountable for their actions to the limits imposed by law.
Millennials are not into the ‘We are the greatest country’ idea.
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Millennials are less inclined than older Americans to intervene abroad, maintain superior military power or believe the US is an exceptional nation. What does that mean for the country’s future?