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Flooded houses in the town of Oleshky, Ukraine, June 10, 2023. The floods followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

‘Ecocide’ is being used as a weapon of war in Ukraine. It should be one of the crimes tried in the International Criminal Court

Russia is committing ecocide in Ukraine, an act of war aimed at inflicting serious damage on the environment.
Israelis with photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival in southern Israel, displayed at the site of the event. Ohad Zwigenberg/AAP

‘Dark tourism’ is attracting visitors to war zones and sites of atrocities in Israel and Ukraine. Why?

People have long visited places like Auschwitz-Birkenau and, more recently, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now we’re seeing ‘solidarity tours’ to Israel’s October 7 sites and war tourism in Ukraine.
A British publisher commissioned photographs of the army in the Crimean War to be used as the basis for oil paintings. Cornet Wilkin, 11th Hussars, by Roger Fenton. (Roger Fenton/Library of Congress)

‘Russians at War’ documentary: From the Crimean to the Iraq War, soldier images pose questions about propaganda

A study of images of soldiers from the Crimean to the Iraq War examined how images may be just as significant for what they leave out as for what they reveal about soldiers as individuals.
Satellite image of the aftermath of a large series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Toropets, Russia, on Sept. 18, 2024. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Ukraine drone strikes demonstrate its continuing intent to fight the long war against Russia

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a war of attrition, and most analyses have assumed that plays to Russia’s advantage. But that view disregards the importance of Ukrainian resolve and morale.
President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un make a toast. VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/AAP

Could the world’s autocrats successfully plot to defeat the West?

In Autocracy Inc., Pulitzer winner Anne Applebaum suggests there is a “network” among the world’s autocrats, which they use to further their aims and undermine democracy. But is there?

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