Vladimir Putin is leagues ahead of the rest in opinion polls. But he’s more worried about turnout.
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Even if they do eventually wake up, Sergei and Julia Skripal could suffer permanent damage as a result of their exposure to a Novichok nerve agent.
Russia isn’t the only suspect when it comes to the practice known as ‘wetwork’.
Doping controversy around British cycling and athletics is the latest sign that sports authorities need to do something drastic.
Even if Syria’s armed conflict is somehow resolved, new proxy conflicts between regional actors are emerging on the country’s soil.
Despite a devastating toll in the seven-year conflict, which has seen 400,000 people killed and six million displaced, there is no end in sight for the people of Syria.
In 2005, almost 46,000 children were adopted across borders. Ten years later, just 12,000 were. The foreign adoption system is imploding, potentially putting children’s lives in danger.
With all eyes on China’s intentions in the Arctic, Singapore is flying under the radar. But the tiny Asian nation is also pursuing its own interests in the Arctic.
Athletes have, on occasion, mounted successful defences of sabotage in doping cases.
Four peace agreements have been struck to try and keep Ukraine on an even keel, but none of them has resolved the conflict’s fundamental problems.
A country with a questionable stance on LGBTI+ rights is again hosting the Winter Olympics.
Russia is a major global power in outlook and reach, locked in a values-based confrontation with the West. But it still lacks all elements of a developed superpower.
Mounting evidence suggests we are so mesmerised by the theatre around Donald Trump that we have lost sight of how the US security establishment wields power.
The politics of Russia’s Olympic doping ban.
In these Olympics more than most, there is less global attention on the medal count than on who will win the politics.
Doping scandals have dominated the build-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
History shows Olympic Games have only very limited ability to promote peace between warring nations.
South Africa’s obsession with nuclear energy under the leadership of President Zuma, is dangerous.
As tensions between the US and Russia escalate, both sides are developing technological capabilities, including artificial intelligence that could be used in conflict.
Policies encouraging lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of cancer could have positive effects on the economies of BRICS countries.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Professor of Intelligence and National Security, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Staffordshire University
