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The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs
Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
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Soaring ticket prices could help FIFA pull in $15B this World Cup cycle — where does the money come from, where does it go?
While FIFA’s revenues have exploded as fans pay higher-than-ever prices, the relative share of money going to support global soccer development has decreased.
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The San Diego Islamic Centre shooting is part of a far-right curriculum of violence
The mass shooting at an Islamic centre in San Diego is the latest in a self-replicating network of far-right violence in which each attack is designed to inspire the next.
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Why corporate leadership in Canada still remains dominated by men
An organizational researcher argues that biases about who leads and who cares are baked into the structures of work itself, which is detrimental to women.
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Why a 1,500-year-old monastic rulebook still challenges what it means to live a meaningful life
Saint Benedict imagined a life of stability, community and measure; one devoted to the care for souls and, ultimately, to spiritual salvation.
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Can engaging in the arts slow ageing, as a recent study suggested?
Visiting galleries might enrich your life, but the evidence that it slows your ageing is less certain than recent headlines suggest.
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How Tree Communities Shape the Underground Functioning of European Forests
The Conversation – By Ludovic Henneron, Lecturer in Ecology, University of Rouen Normandy Better understanding how energy flows through the underground trophic network of forest ecosystems depending on the surrounding...
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Five questions over Nigel Farage’s £5 million donation
Should voters – and Reform UK – be worried about the size of the gift?
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Competition in generative intelligence is not a classic market war
The Conversation – France (in French) – By Mokhtar Bouzouina, Doctor of Management Sciences, University Paris Nanterre Since the media coverage of ChatGPT, announcements regarding artificial intelligence have multiplied, with...
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Where will money for the ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ come from? This man has been warning of Judgment Fund abuse for years
The Judgment Fund’s likely use as a slush fund to pay Trump allies comes after more than a decade of repeated warnings by one scholar that the pot of taxpayer...