Tag: Syria
We’re just beginning to grasp the toll of the Islamic State’s...
Fiona Greenland, University of Virginia; James Marrone, Johns Hopkins University; Oya Topçuoğlu, Northwestern University, and Tasha Vorderstrasse, University of Chicago
The Islamic State surrendered its...
The green halo of Damascus: A brief history of Ghouta in...
Karen Pinto, Boise State University
Ghouta, the one-time oasis of Damascus, is being destroyed. Every day brings with it news of renewed bombing, deadly chemical...
Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
At sundown on July 31, Jews around the world will observe Tisha B’av, the most somber of Jewish holidays....
Is it ever a good idea to arm violent nonstate actors?
Patricia Sullivan, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
In May, President Donald Trump authorized a plan to arm the YPG, a Kurdish militia...
Trump’s friendly meeting with Putin further blurs US-Russia relations
Stephen Benedict Dyson, University of Connecticut
It emerged early this morning: a few seconds of grainy footage showing U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with...
Refugees: Is there room for a middle ground?
Juliette Tolay, Pennsylvania State University
The debate over whether or not to bring in more refugees in the U.S. continues. There seems to be a...
Assassination of the Russian ambassador a big loss for Turkey
Sibel Oktay, University of Illinois at Springfield
The latest victim of Turkey’s climate of insecurity is Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey.
Karlov was...
2015, the year that was: politics and society
Emily Costello, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big stories of The Conversation’s politics and society desk over the past...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
