Category: Global Issues
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Hamas: The Efficacy of Terrorism?
It is responses to non-state terrorism, rather than the brutal violence itself, which has tended to change history and politics the most, says Professor Richard English.
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US election: how populists encourage blind mistrust – and how to push back
The following Article by Dr John Shayegh originally appeared on The Conversation blog.
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Bridging the Atlantic 5th Annual Conference – Agenda and Speakers’ Biographies
This year’s Bridging the Atlantic conference will take place on Monday 13 November 2023.
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Countering the normalization of the violent German Far Right: Heinrich XIII and the threat by anti-democratic Reichsbürger (Reich Citizens)
The recent arrest of leading Reichsbürger Heinrich XIII gives some indication of how far the normalization of irrational points of view and extremist perspectives might have come in 21st century Germany says Dr Ulrike M Vieten.
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Changed Lives: Voices from 9/11 in the Classroom
In the second of our 9/11 anniversary commemoration articles, Professor Joe Duffy shares his experience of working with some of the survivors of that tragic day.
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And Burnt the Topless Towers of Manhattan: Reflecting upon 9/11 at 20
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, guest contributor and Queen’s Alumnus Dr Tim Wilson, Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews, reflects on what has been called the world’s most outrageous terrorist attack.
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“I Didn’t Know If I Was Going To Be Seen Again.”
Guest contributor Dr James Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College looks at the escalating risk of mass violence in the United States.
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How South African wineland workers used global networks to fight for their rights
Echoes of apartheid-style exploitation of workers have resurfaced in recent years in South Africa. But, as Dr Thomas Hastings explains, workers have been able to create pressure to reform laws, regulation, and strategies for policing labour standards.
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‘Getting Russia Off Its Knees:’ How Putin Ensures His Legacy Far Beyond 2024
A major watershed is coming in 2024, when Putin is required to step down as president. Dr Alexander Titov analyses new proposals put forward by Putin that will divide political authority between the president and other collective institutions.
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As protests continue, Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing stalemate must end
With Lebanon more than two months into a wave of mass protests, Dr Allison McCulloch of Brandon University and Dr Drew Mikhael discuss whether the current power-sharing arrangements can accommodate the protesters’ demands for reform.