Essay: Nagorno-Karabakh - longest war in post-Soviet space flares yet again as Russia distracted in Ukraine
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- STEFAN WOLFF
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at the background to the latest upsurge in violence...
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- CHARLES CAMOSY and JOE VUKOV
Catholic theologian CHARLES CAMOSY and Catholic philosopher JOE VUKOV, in an article first published on Religion News Service, sound a "moral alarm" after news that scientists have swapped human reproduction for a different process entirely...

Essay: Genocide fears in Darfur are attracting little attention - have nations abandoned their responsibility to protect civilians?
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- MIKE BRAND
In an article first published on The Conversation, MIKE BRAND, adjunct professor of genocide studies and human rights at the University of Connecticut, asks whether, with genocide and crimes against humanity garnering little international attention, the international community has completely turned its back its commitment to protect civilians...

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- DAVID BECKMANN
DAVID BECKMANN, coordinator of US church and ministry advocacy coalition Circle of Protection, says - in an article first published on Religion News Service - that he success of COVID-era programs followed by an immediate reversal after they ended makes clear that the persistence of poverty is a political choice...

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- KNOX THAMES
Whether world leaders grapple with interconnecting issues of religion and global affairs remains to be seen, but, KNOX THAMES, a former special envoy for religious minorities at the US State Department and senior fellow at Pepperdine University, says they cannot afford to ignore them...

Essay: How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, 50 years on from Chile’s US-backed coup
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- BRAD EVANS
In an in-depth article, BRAD EVANS, co-director of the co-directed the State of Disappearance project, says, in an article first published on The Conversation, that Pinochet’s rise to power marked the start of the modern era of disappearance as a political and organised crime technique...

Essay: Colombia - former FARC fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations
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- CHRISTOPH SPONSEL
Oxford University researcher CHRISTOPH SPONSEL, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the challenges obstructing the reintegration of former FARC members into society...

Essay: Ukraine war - two good reasons the world should worry about Russia’s arms purchases from North Korea
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- DANIEL SALISBURY
DANIEL SALISBURY, of Kings College London, explains - in an article first published on The Conversation - why the global community should be concerned over arms transfer negotiations between Russian and North Korea...
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