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A historian of the late Roman world, who visited earthquake-devastated Antakya several times, writes about the city’s rich history and recovery after being devastated in the past.
While some world leaders and foreign policy experts expected IS to increase its attacks during COVID-19’s early days, travel bans and curfews helped slow violence.
We might expect that accounts of earthquakes from the medieval period have been lost to history, but some have survived.
Politics stood in the way of a humanitarian response that could have saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives.
The focus of efforts to save the lives of earthquake victims needs to shift to the emerging threats from disease and lack of clean water and shelter.
Turkey has repeatedly attempted to improve its earthquake preparedness. So what went wrong?
The devastating outcomes of earthquakes is worsened when buildings cannot withstand the impact. Also, increased urban density and new construction materials are complicating search-and-rescue efforts.
Lucian’s work provides insight into the second-century Roman world, which fostered multilingualism and multiculturalism.
A cholera outbreak, a harsh winter, ten years of civil war and obstruction from the Syrian government are some of the difficulties faced by aid agencies.
Damascus is putting politics above its people as it hinders the international aid response.
In a domino effect, earthquakes can cause others to strike: replicas, but also more distant ones.
Rescuers are at risk from aftershocks and collapsing buildings, but scientists are working on systems that will minimise ths danger.
The window of survival after an earthquake is narrow and there are three top priorities for aid workers.
A review of Transparency International’s recently released global corruption ranking confirms that corruption fuels war, and vice versa.
An earthquake expert explains why the death and devastation have been so terrible in Turkey and Syria
Disasters such as the earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria are always worse when there is bad blood between the countries involved.
When Monday’s earthquake struck, many poorly constructed buildings suffered a ‘pancake mode’ collapse.
At least 1,700 people are thought to have died.
Using space imagery can help guide relief efforts to critical areas during a natural disaster.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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British Academy Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
