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What will the UK do in a new nuclear arms race?

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Professor Nishan Canagarajah steps down as Chair of The Conversation UK

Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, is to step down as Chair of The Conversation Trust UK’s Board of Trustees at the end of 2025, after four years in the role.

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Trump-Xi meeting: the key takeaways

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Putin, Zelensky and the art of ‘playing’ the US president

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Putin’s forever war against the west

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Gaza ceasefire and Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’

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Where does Trump’s peace plan leave the Palestinians?

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Donald Trump hints at leaving Europe to defend Ukraine alone

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What will the UN’s Gaza genocide report achieve?

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Xi Jinping showcases his dream of a China-led ‘new world order’

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Israel’s ‘double-tap’ hospital strike probably breached rules of war

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Israel opens new front in Gaza war

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From oil to cod – ISRF event explores what yesterday’s empires reveal about today’s wars

Modern warfare is high-tech, violent and often incomprehensible. It is also widespread with one in eight people globally exposed to conflict last year.

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Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines

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Love in the age of WhatsApp – a philosopher explains how technology reduces the power of a relationship

A sense of distance has always been part of romantic love. The experience of wanting to be with another person often requires separation, if only in the form of days apart for work and travel. Matters become more complicated, however, when that distance is mediated by technology – by dating…

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Will the latest diplomatic moves to end the war in Gaza work?

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Who is Odysseus, hero of Christopher Nolan’s new epic?

Somewhere between hero and hustler, family man and philanderer, king and con artist, Odysseus is one of ancient literature’s most complex figures. In the Iliad, he is the mastermind behind the Trojan horse.

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Gaza is starving – how Israel’s allies can go beyond words and take meaningful action

In the past two months, more than 1,000 people seeking food have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. While the figure has been disputed by Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which was set up to distribute aid, 28 nations this week condemned the “horrifying” killing of…

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Ukraine joins other Russian neighbours in quitting landmines treaty: another deadly legacy in the making

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, recently signed a decree to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning the use of anti-personnel landmines. This move follows the example of Finland, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania, who all quit the treaty in recent months.

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Russia-Ukraine talks: both sides play for time and wait for Donald Trump’s 50 days to run out

Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul on July 23 for a third round of talks since face-to-face negotiations resumed in May. Expectations were low. Two previous rounds have yielded very few concrete results, apart from agreements on prisoner exchanges and the return of the bodies of soldiers killed in action.

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Will Donald Trump get Vladimir Putin (before Maga gets Trump)?

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Israel’s relocation plan for Palestinians and fading hopes for a ceasefire

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Hope for a ceasefire in Gaza (but not much)

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Why flattering Donald Trump could be dangerous

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Trump’s f-bomb: a psychologist explains why the president makes fast and furious statements

Donald Trump’s latest forthright outburst was made as part of his attempts to create a peace deal with Iran and Israel. “I’m not happy with Israel,” he told reporters on June 24. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know…

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