Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra and Romalani Leofo, University of Canberra You’ve probably heard the saying, “The rich become richer, while the poor become poorer”. It’s about how uneven financial progress can be. One of the reasons behind financial inequality is the gender pay gap, but the wealth gap is even more revealing.
John Calabrese, American University China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region. With no direct role in the conflict and some 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) away from the action, Beijing has a little more breathing room to work out the calculus on how the
Ph. The Ras al-Khair water desalination plant in eastern Saudi Arabia is just one of many along the Persian Gulf coast. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images Michael Christopher Low, University of Utah Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region use the fossil fuels under their desert
Ph. Whether the US and its allies run out of air defences before Iran runs out of airborne projectiles remains to be seen. guruXOX / Shutterstock Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University If Israel and the US hoped their attack on Iran would force the country to capitulate quickly, they were wrong. Despite the death
Ph. Before the crisis began, ports like Jebel Ali in the UAE were seeing millions of containers of goods passing through them every year. Druid007/Shutterstock Gokcay Balci, University of Leeds and Ebru Surucu-Balci, University of Bradford The Iranian regime has announced the closure of the strait of Hormuz and threatened to target ships
Michael Klein, Tufts University The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars as well, especially when they occur in a region that is a chokepoint for the production
Scott Lucas, University College Dublin The conflict in the Middle East is now in its sixth day and is showing no sign of letting up. Israeli and US warplanes have continued to strike targets inside Iran, which has prompted retaliatory attacks throughout the region. An American submarine has also sunk an Iranian navy
by Hanna Duggal for Global Investigative Journalism Network Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war continues, with recent momentum swinging back to Ukraine after several years of grinding Russian advances. To understand the history of the conflict and the unprecedented role that drone warfare has played in both the battlefield and
Tim Vogel, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Zoryana Olekseyuk, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was introduced in 2000 as the cornerstone of US development-oriented trade policy towards sub-Saharan Africa. It was designed to grant eligible countries duty-free access to the US
Ph. Vitaliy Kyrychuk/Shutterstock Fredrik NG Andersson, Lund University Sweden has been part of the European Union for 30 years, yet it is one of the few EU countries that has kept its own currency, the krona. Legally, Sweden is expected to join the euro one day but in reality, that day keeps being