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A new study suggests the enigmatic Makran region could see a magnitude 9 earthquake.
Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel invites us to consider the value of tourism as a political tool.
The tragedy of Mosul is that while Islamic State’s territorial project in Iraq is coming to an end, it is creating new problems that exacerbate the country’s existing challenges.
Islamic State will change tack after Mosul, but Iraq isn’t ready for what comes next.
Migrants keep going back to the vilified go-betweens that can get them construction jobs or domestic work.
Civil servants stand as forgotten actors of the Lebanon civil war, a historical case that has not been reproduced in more recent conflicts.
What was supposed to be a glorious triumph for Iraq has turned into an exhausting war of attrition.
The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
A Syrian architect reveals what makes her home town so special – and how locals can rebuild it.
While US officials have consistently maintained that American military domination is essential, a resurgent Russia poses challenges.
Since the 1970s, several Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and South Korea, have strongly increased their influence in the Olympic movement.
Each Mardi Gras, 25 million pounds of beads hit the streets of New Orleans. One researcher went to the Chinese factories that make them – and spoke to the workers who believe the beads will be given to royalty.
A victory in its second-biggest city would be a spectacular turnaround, but the country still has years or even decades of rebuilding ahead of it.
Their critiques may be more gentle, their attacks more circumspect – but they are resonant nonetheless. And when filmmakers like Farhadi confront Trump, they’re on familiar turf: They’ve seen his type back home.
What would single and two-state solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian question look like?
Could the Iraqi army’s banner offensive against IS tear it apart?
Labour force data actually shows that, after an initial period of relatively high unemployment, employment rates among migrant communities eventually reach parity with the rest of the population.
Gulf countries have a history of using migrants’ rights as a tool in their geopolitical strategy.
This roundup from our archives explains some of the major conflicts unfolding in the seven countries singled out by Trump’s executive order.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
