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  • 25 Jun 2026
    David Mayers

    Seekers and Partisans: Americans Abroad

    At a moment when many Americans fear the rise of a zealous, sometimes racist, form of populism, when the “bonds of affection” between citizens have demonstrably frayed, and a version of authoritarianism has emerged in Washington, an unsettling question has arisen: should a reasonable person leave the United States? Interestingly, the question is not a […]

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  • 25 Jun 2026
    Agnes Mueller

    The Future of Holocaust Memory: Migration and Literature in Germany

    In the wake of the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and the war in Gaza that followed, political conversations in the United States, Germany, and elsewhere have grown more tense and divisive. Accusations of antisemitism circulate with fresh urgency, but often in ways that generate confusion or anger. At the same time, we’re moving […]

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  • 24 Jun 2026
    Jack McNally, Kate Purcell, Natalie Klein

    Submarines Cannot Escape the Reach of International Law

    Among the many different ways that humans interact with the ocean, submarine operations are instrumental in furthering those activities. Submarines are deployed in scientific exploration, seabed exploitation, the development of critical infrastructure and criminal activities. Above all, submarines hold military and strategic significance for States and their navies. Yet the regulation of submarines under international […]

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  • 24 Jun 2026
    Paul Eggert

    How D. H. Lawrence Wrote: Performance on the Page by Paul Eggert

    For many years I tried, without success, to crack the code of a literary critical puzzle concerning D. H. Lawrence. The tradition of post-World War II Lawrence criticism, remarkable though it was in remaking successive Lawrences sensitive to the discourses of the day (existentialism, feminism, postcolonialism, eco-criticism), hadn’t got me there. But then, amidst the […]

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  • 23 Jun 2026
    Alan E. Rubin

    Ordinary Chondrites: The Most Common Meteorites

    Meteorites pelt our planet at a rate of 80,000 tons per year. About 70% of this material falls into the oceans, but much of the rest is potentially recoverable. And recovery is essential – meteorites are the most important rocks on Earth. They are the number-one source of extraterrestrial material, and they come to Earth […]

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  • 23 Jun 2026
    Deborah Mayersen

    Genocide Prevention: An Evidence-Based Approach

    How do we prevent genocide? The modern world has been plagued with this ‘crimes of crimes’, that has claimed many millions of lives over the past century or more. In 1948, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, the international community committed to preventing genocide through the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of […]

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  • 23 Jun 2026
    Shahla F. Ali

    Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure? Assessing the Development of Dispute Prevention Mechanisms in Infrastructure Financing

    While infrastructure development has long been associated with social progress, economic development and advanced living standards, it has likewise given rise to challenges including disruption, environmental harm and inequity. On the one hand, infrastructure development has been described as presenting both ‘immaterial ideals and material notions necessary to change the world’.[1] It speaks to both […]

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  • 19 Jun 2026
    Maartje Abbenhuis

    When is a bullet too deadly to use?

    When is a bullet too deadly to use? When it is banned in the law of war. But why, in a world of deeply violent weapons, would a bullet be considered too violent when these others are not? Entitled The Dum-Dum Bullet: A Lethal History, my new book narrates the history of small arms ammunitions […]

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