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Who will pay to rebuild Ukraine? Canada is the first to pass a law allowing Russian state assets to be seized to rebuild Ukraine, but will it discourage Russia from ending the war?
War is often described as long periods of waiting punctuated by short periods of terror – for the environment, the reverse is true.
Urban warfare and the extensive tunnel network in Gaza benefit Hamas and pose a major challenge to the Israeli military.
This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
When people find themselves displaced from their homes, finding or creating beauty can be just as vital as food, water and shelter − and serves as a form of resistance and resilience.
Calls for a cease-fire in Gaza are driven by humanitarian compassion and principles. But cease-fires are also technically complicated military and political ventures.
Wars are multiplying – and the damage these conflicts do isn’t just immediate. They leave long-term environmental damage
An expert on the laws of war argues that the burden is now on Israel to show that the heavy death toll in Gaza is proportionate to the military advantage gained.
The film pays homage to the war generation, revels in forties nostalgia and stakes an assertive British claim to the memory of the Allied invasion.
It’s often the most vulnerable who suffer most in war. That remains true, with children making up around 40% of the casualties in the Israel-Hamas conflict. It’s devastating, now and into the future.
Whatever approach you take to managing your feeds, remain cautious and sceptical.
While Iran is wary of entering into direct war with Israel, Tehran has been lending support to Yemen’s Houthis, Irak’s Shia militias as well as the Lebanese Hezbollah.
Children have constant access to media coverage of armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, mass shootings and other brutal acts. This makes it tough for them to develop a sense of hope for the future.
A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to discuss a way forward in the Middle East.
Ad-hoc crowdsourcing efforts amid the Ukraine war, initially intended as stop-gap measures to support an underfunded Ukrainian military, have since coalesced into major global fundraising campaigns.
The joint Women Wage Peace-Women of the Sun initiative unites Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace. The international community should elevate their voices.
This unleashing of violence, including the initial acts and the response to them, inevitably leads to war crimes.
Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
Politicians and even charities often don’t speak out about the failure to protect children.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Professor of Law, American University
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Professor, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Strategic Studies, Marine Corps University; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University
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Maitre de conférences en sciences de la communication, Chercheur au PREFICS (Plurilinguismes, Représentations, Expressions Francophones, Information, Communication, Sociolinguistique), Université Rennes 2
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Research Professor in the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University
