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International December 12, 2025

Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue

by Francisco J. Monaldi, Rice University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to…

Outline of the map of Iran with an Irani flag superimposed on it

International December 3, 2025

Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

by Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine; Kaveh Madani, United Nations University, and Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; United Nations University, [This article first appeared…

International December 1, 2025

Peace plan presented by the US to Ukraine reflects inexperienced, unrealistic handling of a delicate situation

by Donald Heflin, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As Russian bombs continued to pound Ukraine, a different conflict has blown up over plans…

International November 28, 2025

The Hong Kong high-rise fire shows how difficult it is to evacuate in an emergency

by Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne; Erica Kuligowski, RMIT University, and Ruggiero Lovreglio, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

International October 30, 2025

US leaders view China as a ‘pacing threat’ − has Washington enough stamina to last the race?

by Andrew Latham, Macalester College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Donald Trump meets with Xi Jinping on Oct. 30, 2025, he won’t just be…

International September 30, 2025

Trump’s Gaza peace plan: A bit of the old, a bit of the new – and the same stumbling blocks

by Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The latest U.S.-sponsored peace plan for the Middle East was unveiled at the…

International September 25, 2025

Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war

by Kerry Whigham, Binghamton University, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Three and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, there…

International September 23, 2025

US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border

by Aileen Teague, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A new plan to dismantle cartel-run drug-smuggling corridors along the U.S. southern border was…

International September 2, 2025

Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences

by Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Israel’s conduct in Gaza increasingly risks turning the state into a pariah. Whereas…

International August 25, 2025

The ‘security guarantee’ paradox: Too weak and it won’t protect Ukraine; too robust and Russia won’t accept it

by Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Back-to-back summits in Alaska and Washington with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, respectively, have done…

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