May 4, 2025

Terrorists weigh risks to their reputation when deciding which crises to exploit: New research

Terrorist attacks are more common during security and economic crises, but they decrease during humanitarian disasters.

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Opinion: How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability

With US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “proud” cancellation of the military’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program, the “war on woke” has found its latest frontier—war itself.This post was originally published on this site
Q&A: What resources will US gain access to under Ukraine mineral deal?

Ukraine and the US have signed a much-anticipated deal on natural resources. The deal would open up some of the war-torn country’s mineral and energy resources to the United States.This post was originally published on [...]
How do candidates skirt Chinese social media bans on political content? They use influencers

This election, social media has been a major battleground as candidates try to reach younger voters. As Gen Z and Millennials now make up the dominant voter bloc in Australia, securing their support is more [...]
Opinion: Deporting international students may weaken US economic and scientific leadership

In early April 2025, the Trump administration terminated the immigration statuses of thousands of international students listed in a government database, meaning they no longer had legal permission to be in the country. Some students [...]
Is a faith-based charter school a threat to religious freedom, or a necessity to uphold it?

As demonstrators gathered outside, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 30, 2025, about whether Oklahoma can operate the nation’s first faith-based charter school. St. Isidore of Seville would be a virtual K-12 school [...]
People with neoliberal views are less likely to support climate-friendly policies, research finds

Donald Trump won the US election on a campaign that included rolling back environmental laws. In the UK, Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has called the national net zero target “impossible.” And former prime minister [...]
Why Donald Trump’s trade tariffs are a threat to global food security

Donald Trump’s tariffs will make many things more expensive for his fellow US citizens. The price of imported cars, building materials and some tech will go up—and so will the cost of the food on [...]
How ‘consequence neglect’ leads to predictable surprises in policy, leadership and everyday life

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, organizers opted for an eco-friendly cooling system in athlete housing, skipping central air in favor of a low-energy alternative. Countries responded by bringing their own air conditioning units—a move that [...]
Physiology-inspired networks could improve political decision-making

A study led by researchers at the Columbia Butler Aging Center and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health has unveiled a framework for rethinking political decision-making—drawing inspiration from how the human body maintains stability [...]
Why branding plays a big part in politics

With federal elections looming and with global politics in the spotlight, researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have offered political parties some sage advice, warning that broken election promises could damage the party brand and [...]