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International June 6, 2025

Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore apart the old idea that bases far behind the front lines are safe

by Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June…

International May 26, 2025

Gun trafficking from the US to Mexico: The drug connection

by Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Illegal firearm trafficking is inseparable from the…

International May 26, 2025

US gun trafficking to Mexico: Independent gun shops supply the most dangerous weapons

by Sean Campbell, The Conversation and Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A gunsmith from a rural town, a…

Outline of Canada with a Canadian maple leaf flag above it

International April 30, 2025

Game change Canadian election: Mark Carney leads Liberals to their fourth consecutive win

by Fiona MacDonald, University of Northern British Columbia and Jeanette Ashe, King’s College London, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Canada’s 2025 federal election will be…

International April 25, 2025

Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war

by Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University – Newark, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of…

International April 3, 2025

Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasion

by Colin Flint, Utah State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Is China intent on a D-Day style invasion of Taiwan? Certainly that has been…

A map of Myanmar in its flag colors (yellow green and red)

International March 31, 2025

Thousands are feared dead in Myanmar’s quake. Trump’s USAID cuts will cause even more unnecessary deaths

by Adam Simpson, University of South Australia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In early 2021, after a decade of political and economic reforms, Myanmar looked…

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International March 18, 2025

What is the rules-based order? How this global system has shifted from ‘liberal’ origins − and where it could be heading next

by Andrew Latham, Macalester College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The phrase “international rules-based order” has long been a fixture in global politics. Western leaders…

International March 4, 2025

USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security

by Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President…

International February 26, 2025

Scam Factories: the inside story of Southeast Asia’s brutal fraud compounds

by Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Justin Bergman, The Conversation, and Matt Garrow, The Conversation, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Scam Factories is a special multimedia…

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