By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Correspondence between Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad and Britain’s Margaret Thatcher showed how differently the Muslim world and the West viewed the book.
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By Human Rights Watch
Thank you Mr. PresidentAhead of this meeting, Human Rights Watch released a 28-page report, Beyond Burning, detailing how incendiary weapons, including white phosphorus, have been used in four armed conflicts in the past year, endangering civilian lives and livelihoods:Since October 2023, the Israeli military has used airburst, ground-launched white phosphorus munitions in populated areas of Lebanon and Gaza.Syrian government forces continue to use ground-launched incendiary weapons in Syria.Ground-launched and air-dropped incendiary weapons continue to be used in Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukraine…
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By Teodora C. Hasegan
"In the past, we went to work in the United States to support our families, but now we can't go because we are worried about what might happen to our families."
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula on 13 November 2024, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said: “The situation in Mozambique gets worse every day as the death toll spirals, yet the Southern African Development Community remains shockingly silent. Regardless of […] The post Mozambique: SADC must take strong stand against spiralling police killings and assault on peaceful assembly appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jonathan Krasner, Associate Professor of Jewish Education Research, Brandeis University
Universities have an important role in Jewish American history – highlighting both deep-seated prejudice toward Jews and Jewish students’ paths toward acceptance and assimilation.
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By Angguntari Ceria Sari, Lecturer in International Relations, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Idil Syawfi, Assistant Professor of International relations, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Southeast Asia’s most populous nation is seeking a role as a regional leader − it may look more to Beijing than Washington to help that happen.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Fisheries scientist Tyler Eddy explains the history of the North Atlantic cod moratorium, and why it was lifted in 2024. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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By Maja Jakarasi, PhD student, Department of Cultural Anthropology, University of the Western Cape
In Zimbabwe’s Shona language, mental illness is known as chirwere chepfungwa or kupenga. Before British colonial settlers arrived in 1890, traditional healers (n’anga) played an important role in helping people to manage their mental as well as their physical health.
But, from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, the British colonisers, particularly Christian missionaries, cracked down on the work of the n’anga.…
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By Julia Taylor, Researcher in Climate and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Katrina Lehmann-Grube, Associate Researcher in Climate Change and Inequality, University of the Witwatersrand
Sarah Cook, Associate Professor and visiting Researcher at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Somali Cerise, Practice to Research Associate, UNSW Institute for Global Development , UNSW Sydney
The realities of climate change are hitting home for many people living in the global south. Food security, water access and health have been jeopardised by the increased temperatures, extreme weather events and sea level rise.
In many places women are the primary caregivers for children, the sick or the elderly, as well as being responsible for cooking and cleaning in the household. This kind of work can be described as care work, which…
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By José Lingna Nafafé, Associate Professor of African and Atlantic History, University of Bristol
For centuries, it has been held that the ideas and movement for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade came from western abolitionists. No input from Africans has been acknowledged.
As a professor of African and Atlantic history, I challenge this notion in a book titled Lourenço da Silva Mendonça…
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