Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’: How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with USAmy McAuliffe, University of Notre Dame
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explainsSylvain Barbot, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
From Belfast to Washington, a familiar script of the ‘dangerous migrant’ has emergedDonathan L. Brown, Northeastern University
Western troops have been expelled from Africa’s Sahel – so why are Italy’s Carabinieri still there?Kaitlyn Rabe, The Ohio State University
Does the World Cup favor democratic or autocratic nations? I did some number crunching to find outJohn A. Tures, LaGrange College
40 years on, Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal is still celebrated. But should it be?Cesar R. Torres, Penn State
The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area aloneKirsten Grorud-Colvert, Oregon State University and Ana K. Spalding, Smithsonian Institution
How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communitiesSanggay Tashi, University of Colorado Boulder
The US and Europe are diverging on how to deal with Belarus — and that could benefit Putin’s loyal allyTatsiana Kulakevich, University of South Florida
US-Iran deal leaves the future of Lebanon uncertain – and subject to Israel playing the spoilerMireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College
Refugee numbers dropped in 2025 – but aid cuts and others trends suggest little to celebrateKelsey Norman, Rice University and Nicholas R. Micinski, American University School of International Service
Trump’s ‘narco-terrorism’ war in Latin America evokes Reagan – then as now, it’s more about fighting leftists than drug runnersMichelle D. Paranzino, US Naval War College
What is ‘strategic autonomy’ – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it?Andrew Latham, Macalester College
The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairsBrian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW Sydney; Holly Seale, UNSW Sydney, and Md Saiful Islam, UNSW Sydney
A mass killing in the Philippines sparks rare scrutiny over counterinsurgency violence – but no wider reckoningPatrick Peralta, University of Michigan
The method in Iran’s madness? Closure of Strait of Hormuz echoes a centuries-old Danish play − and is a tragedy for the world orderVivek Krishnamurthy, University of Colorado Boulder
Gulf state cooperation has long been shaped by the threat of Iran − but shows of unity belie divisionFirmesk Rahim, UMass Boston
Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional securityAmira Jadoon, Clemson University and Saif Tahir, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Meloni and Trump’s cooling relationship marks the failure of an EU-MAGA middle groundJulia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Colorado State University
Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distillGeoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis
Foreign aid’s hidden benefit: Recipients are more likely to pay the generosity forwardJB Bae, Colorado State University
Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal watersElizabeth Mendenhall, University of Rhode Island
How debate about gender identity could undermine global efforts to protect victims of violenceJenna Norosky, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among menVladimir Chlouba, University of Richmond
Donkeys are a symbol of endurance for Palestinians – they are also a target of settler violence and careIrus Braverman, University at Buffalo
The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declinedCharmaine N. Willis, Old Dominion University and Keith A. Preble, East Carolina University
What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant marketRui Du, Oklahoma State University
Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policyAndrew Latham, Macalester College
Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflictAndrew Latham, Macalester College
Regime change means different things to different people. Either way, it hasn’t happened in Venezuela … yetAndrew Latham, Macalester College
What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communitiesGeoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis
Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away?Frédéric Dimanche, Toronto Metropolitan University and Kelley A. McClinchey, Wilfrid Laurier University
How tourism, a booming wellness culture and social media are transforming the age-old Japanese tea ceremonyMałgorzata (Gosia) K. Citko-DuPlantis, University of Tennessee
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflictChristopher Tounsel, University of Washington
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacyJonas Gamso, Arizona State University and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq, Arizona State University
Can a pro-federation win in Northern Cyprus revive the island’s stalled reunification?Spyros A. Sofos, Simon Fraser University
A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks likeJohn Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studiedTed Powers, University of California, Davis
The rise and fall of globalisation: the battle to be top dogSteve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London
Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questionsMireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College and Josiane Yazbeck, Université La Sagesse
Gaza’s once-growing economy is nearing total collapseDalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex
What charges does Benjamin Netanyahu face, and what’s at stake if he is granted a pardon?Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, La Trobe University
Why are the ICJ and ICC cases on Israel and Gaza taking so long?Melanie O'Brien, The University of Western Australia
Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it backPeter Harris, Colorado State University
Lasting peace in Ukraine may hinge on independent monitors – yet Trump’s 28-point plan barely mentions themPeter J. Quaranto, University of Notre Dame; Josefina Echavarria Alvarez, University of Notre Dame; Pavlo Smytsnyuk, New York University, and Tyler Jess Thompson, University of California, Berkeley
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuildingAili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policyDavid Lindsey, Baruch College, CUNY
US force has been used against drug traffickers before – but Trump’s plan is a dangerous escalationLuca Trenta, Swansea University
US presidents have always used transactional foreign policy – but Trump does it differentlyPatrick E. Shea, University of Glasgow
Trump’s Middle East pivot aims to counter China’s rising influenceMaria Papageorgiou, Newcastle University
China’s new 5-year plan: A high-stakes bet on self-reliance that won’t fix an unbalanced economyShaoyu Yuan, New York University; Rutgers University
The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over BosniaGerard Toal, Virginia Tech and Adis Maksić, International Burch University
Ethiopia’s 2026 elections: without reforms, the vote may not be free or fairBizuneh Yimenu, Queen's University Belfast
‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ – rape and terror sparks mass migrationSabine Lee, University of Birmingham; Heather Tasker, Dalhousie University, and Susan Bartels, Queen's University, Ontario
China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroadMing Gao, Lund University
Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasionColin Flint, Utah State University
Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulationYasmin Curzi de Mendonça, University of Virginia and Camille Grenier, Sciences Po
China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cablesJohn Calabrese, American University
DeepSeek is now a global force. But it’s just one player in China’s booming AI industryMimi Zou, UNSW Sydney
