A constitutional law professor provides insight on what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, could mean for how that court works.
Russia’s cyberattack capabilities can be applied to US targets, including regular Americans’ homes and businesses.
The Conversation asked three scholars to briefly explain what this attack means for the people of Ukraine and the world.
As war begins between Ukraine and Russia, a range of stories provides context to help readers understand the conflict.
History has many uses, and not all of them are noble. That’s very much the case as the public gets a crash course from politicians about Ukrainian history.
Existing alliances arose in the wake of World War II, when global politics were very different and today’s challenges were yet unimagined.
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine began with Russian objections to potential Ukrainian membership in NATO. Now it’s clear that Vladimir Putin really wants something else.
Many Ukrainian Americans feel connected to Ukraine’s history and independence, including scholar Katja Kolcio. She writes about her family’s work preserving Ukrainian culture as immigrants in the US.
Russia sent troops to two Moscow-allied breakaway regions in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin recognized the regions’ independence. Five stories provide background to the growing conflict.
The death of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 2021 has triggered renewed frustrations over the elusiveness of a “new” South Africa.
Nine agencies, most of them faith-based, are resettling Afghan evacuees in the US. But the system is under strain.
A scholar of Russian history breaks down what Putin’s aim might be in threatening military invasion, and why that might backfire.
A political philosopher argues that while all American presidents may lie, those who appear to lie for the public good are often celebrated.
National security professionals and armchair sleuths alike are taking advantage of vast amounts of publicly available information and software tools to monitor geopolitical events around the world.
The Biden administration hopes the threat of harsh sanctions from a united West will deter Putin from invading Ukraine. But Russia has a long history of using energy to divide the US and Europe.
For the NFL, playing the national anthem started as a patriotic marketing ploy. It’s now played before every game alongside ‘Lift Every Voice,’ the Black national anthem, and ‘America the Beautiful.’
