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Sanctions are sold as a peaceful alternative to war, but their effects often fall hardest on civilians – through poverty, ...
Annie Jacobsen’s new book imagines a laboratory accident unleashing a weaponised plague across the world. Recent events in Siberia make its fictional scenario feel uncomfortably close to reality.
The government's digital duty of care would require online platforms to prevent serious harm, while new safeguards aim to ...
A new film about queer lives erased by the Spanish Civil War feels newly urgent as Spain again debates sexuality, historical ...
Australia is pouring billions into US and UK submarine industries while both countries struggle to meet their own naval needs ...
Frontier AI depends on a highly concentrated supply chain for advanced chips. That creates a practical chokepoint governments could use to slow new model training without giving up the benefits of ...
Pork barrelling is not always corrupt, but discretionary grants create obvious risks of political favouritism and conflicts ...
Donald Trump remains globally consequential, but his ability to bend other governments and institutions to his will is ...
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