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What is the Taliban? Something that we have learned to live with. #CompetingPerspectives #ArmedConflict www.worldpoliticsreview.com/central-asia...
Central Asia Has Learned to Live With the Taliban
Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, Central Asian states view engagement with Kabul as not only possible, but necessary.
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August 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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History matters: was it possible to stop the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki? #CompetingPerspectives #ArmedConflict www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'I didn't think of stopping at any time': A US physicist's inside account of Nagasaki's atomic bombing in WW2
Thirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be stopped.
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August 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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History matters: States used to routinely sack cities during wars. Gavin Daly explores how this historic norm changed over time. #CompetingPerspectives #ArmedConflict lieber.westpoint.edu/sack-cities-...
The Sack of Cities: Laws of War and Evolving Attitudes in Historical Perspective - Lieber Institute West Point
The enduring custom of sacking obstinately defended towns and cities can obscure important shifts in both sentiments and practices.
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May 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Does the Gaza peace plan violate the self-determination rights of the Palestinian people?
Nandini Bulchandani argues that the UN Security Council is practicing colonialism. #CompetingPerspectives opiniojuris.org/2026/02/03/r...
Rule of Law or Law of Rule: UNSC Resolution 2803 as Anathema to International Law
[Nandini Bulchandani holds an LLM in international law from UCL and is an incoming foreign law clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa] Introduction On Monday 17 November 2025, the UN Sec…
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February 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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What explains the claim of a Nigerian genocide against Christians? Chris Olaoluwa Ògúnmọ́dẹdé says that a global network of Christians has mobilized political support in the US. #CompetingPerspectives #HumanRights www.worldpoliticsreview.com/nigeria-chri...
The Nigerian Roots of Trump’s ‘Christian Genocide’ Narrative
Attributing the salience of the “Christian genocide” narrative to American actors downplays the claim’s deep roots in Nigeria’s history of religious conflict.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Is the Arctic protected by “collective rights”? Delli Santi wants an Arctic Treaty to “transform the fragility of [the Arctic’s] ice into hope, and the logic of power into the constraint of global justice.” #CompetingPerspectives #MakingIL #EnvironmentalLaw www.justiceinfo.net/en/154707-fa...
Faced with predators, Arctic must be considered a common heritage by law
Donald Trump’s statements on Greenland, reiterated on January 21 in Davos, and strategic competition with Russia and China make the Arctic a target for conquest. Against the law.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Tech matters in war. “Institutions of war are increasingly mediated by corporations.” Is sovereignty being destroyed? Is the “state in retreat”? #CompetingPerspectives opiniojuris.org/2025/11/03/e...
Eroding Sovereignty in the Age of “War as a Service”
[Dr Rupert Barrett-Taylor is a Research Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute focused on the ethical, operational, and epistemological implications of Artificial Intelligence in military operations. …
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November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Putin says he is changing the world order by leading the rise of a “Global Majority.” But he can’t attend APEC or the G20 because of his ICC arrest warrant. I guess it’s hard to lead. #CompetingPerspectives #CriminalLaw on.cfr.org/4qAJG9i
Putin Courts a ‘Global Majority’ From Russia
The Trump-Xi meeting and a string of international summits this fall will show that Putin did not just gamble the Russian economy with his war in Ukraine but also his country’s relevance.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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European governments understand that conflict with Rusia has already begun. But -- Ulrike Franke argues – European firms are utterly unprepared. It’s time for that to change. #CompetingPerspectives #UseOfForce www.worldpoliticsreview.com/europe-hybri...
Europe Is Under Attack. Its Companies Must Act Accordingly
As Europe enters a new era of strategic competition, the private sector is not doing enough to adapt to a dangerous new reality.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The Catholic Church is returning artifacts taken from indigenous communities in Canada. Negotiations are ongoing about how to transfer objects taken from individuals in the 1920s and during the residential schools era. #CompetingPerspectives #BreakingIL #HumanRights www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Repatriating items from the Vatican will take care, say local First Nations | CBC News
Indigenous communities in Canada believe the return of cultural objects from the Vatican Museum is a step towards reconciliation, but some stress that the items must be returned in a manner that refle...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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France & Senegal are awaiting a report on the Thiaroye massacre. During WWII, African troops protested late pay & a massacre ensued. France acknowledges the massacre, & Senegal wants an account of events. #CompetingPerspectives #BreakingIL #HumanRights f24.my/BVBM.X
Senegal awaits report on French colonial-era massacre of Thiaroye
A long-awaited report on the World War II-era Thiaroye massacre will be submitted to the Senegalese presidency on Thursday, aiming to shed light on the colonial killing of dozens of African troops pro...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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States keep recognizing Palestine. Will this push Israel to annex the West Bank? One thing seems clear: most people in the region don’t want a two-state solution. They don’t think it’s possible. #CompetingPerspectives #ArmedConflict www.wsj.com/world/middle...
The World Sees Hope for a Two-State Solution. Israelis and Palestinians See None.
International frustration with Israel is leading to a push to revive the two-state solution. This could be its last chance.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The West Bank is filled w ancient archeological sites. Israel & the PA agree the sites are being looted by Palestinians. But they can’t agree on how to protect the sites so that history is protected. #CompetingPerspectives www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/...
Looting Jewish History
Every story about Israeli archaeology buries the lede, if you’ll excuse the pun. The latest is an ongoing debate over how to protect ancient historical artifacts from Palestinian marauders in
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August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A new Chinese report refers to US “freedom of navigation” exercises as “gunboat diplomacy.” China appears to be challenging UNCLOS. Free beer on offer to any native Chinese speaker (preferably with IL training) who can translate the doc into English. #SeaLaw #CompetingPerspectives sc.mp/2n3xx
China challenges US freedom of navigation operations as having ‘no legal basis’
Beijing accuses Washington of ‘double standards’ in first report of its kind criticising its activities in South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Israelis are changing how they talk about the war in Gaza. Photographs of Gazan children are appearing in the streets of Israel, akin to the photographs of the October 7 hostages. Opinions may be shifting. #CompetingPerspectives #ArmedConflicts www.wsj.com/world/middle...
More Israelis Question Morality of War in Gaza
As the hunger crisis worsens, more people—including prominent public figures—are calling for an end to the almost two-year-old war.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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End of an era: France has completed its military withdrawal from Senegal. France now has no permanent military presence in West or Central Africa. Au revoir, Marianne. #CompetingPerspectives #UseOfForce aje.io/6vsei7
Former colonial ruler France hands over its last military bases in Senegal
About 350 French soldiers are leaving Senegal, marking the end of a departure process that began in March.
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July 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Pity Algeria. Nothing is going its way. Morocco is “winning” in Western Sahara. The Wagner Group is fighting along its southern border. And people are saying its indigenous identity is a “Franco-Zionist construct.” #CompetingPerspectives #UseOfForce www.ft.com/content/f866...
Algeria buffeted by winds of change in north Africa
New tensions with the UAE, France, Russia and Israel have jolted authoritarian regime
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July 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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History matters: In 1975, India forcibly sterilized 8 million men to control its population growth. Security forces raided villages, looking for men to kidnap for vasectomies. Muslim communities were targeted because of their high birth rates. #CompetingPerspectives #HumanRights aje.io/7gn55n
India forcibly sterilised 8m men: One village remembers, 50 years later
The imposition of a state of national emergency on June 25, 1975, was India’s closest brush with dictatorship.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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History matters: During WWII, the French Vichy government stole the possessions of Jews. A new book (in French) traces the history of a program to return stolen pianos to their rightful owners as an attempt at restitution and reconciliation. #CompetingPerspectives #BreakingIL f24.my/BGWP
Tracking down the pianos looted by the Nazis from Jewish families in France
During the Second World War, nearly 8,000 pianos in France were stolen by the Nazis. In her book "Harmonies volées" (Stolen Harmonies), historian Caroline Piketty tells the story of these looted instr...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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History matters: Belgium is attempting to prosecute a former diplomat for the 1961 murder of Congolese leader Lumumba. Lumumba helped lead his country to independence but was then removed from power and executed with assistance from Belgium. #CompetingPerspectives #CriminalLaw f24.my/BFx0.X
Belgium seeks to try ex-diplomat over 1961 killing of Congo independence icon
Over 60 years after the killing of the first Congolese prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, prosecutors in Belgium announced Tuesday they were looking to try the last of 10 Belgians accused of complicity…
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June 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Sea Shepherd, an environmental NGO, is helping Italy to crack down on illegal fishing off the coast of Sicily. #CompetingPerspectives #BreakingIL #SeaLaw #EnvironmentalLaw
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'The sea is like a minefield': The web of illegal fish traps in Italy's Mediterranean
Off the coast of Sicily, Sea Shepherd and its volunteers are hunting down illegal fish traps and working with Italian authorities to crack down on this environmental crime.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Western conservative NGOs want to promote “family values” in Africa. Western liberal NGOs are accusing them of suggesting that “queerness is un-African.” What? Homosexual conduct is illegal throughout Africa. #CompetingPerspectives #HumanRights
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‘A direct attack’: US, European anti-rights groups descend on ‘family values’ events in Africa
Ultra-conservative groups from the US and Europe are attending a “family values” conference in Kenya this week – one of several planned in Africa this year – in what activists are describing as a “dir...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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In Europe, people like green energy but they don’t want a windmill in their backyard. So how do communities build local support for renewable energy projects? #CompetingPerspectives #EnvironmentalLaw www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
YIMBY: Are community benefits the secret to Europe’s green transition?
Most Europeans support the shift to renewable energy, but translating that into support for actual projects on the ground isn’t easy.
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May 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A British man dug up Buddha’s ashes and found precious gems in 1898. Now his descendants are auctioning them. India says the gems don’t belong to the descendants and they belong to India. #CompetingPerspectives #BreakingIL www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Sotheby's postpones Buddhist gems auction that India called 'colonial exploitation' | CBC Radio
A set of Buddhist gems that were once mixed with the cremated remains of the Buddha will not be auctioned off to the highest bidder this week as planned.
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May 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Al-Jazeera blames Jerusalem wildfires on “green colonialism.” It says if Jews hadn’t planted “non-indigenous” trees and “invasive flora”, then there would not have been anything for arsonists to burn. Now that’s just funny. #CompetingPerspectives #EnvironmentalLaw #Antisemitism aje.io/mn7gmy
What’s the connection between Israeli wildfires and ‘green colonialism’?
Researchers say Israel’s worst wildfires were exacerbated by non-native trees that Israel has been planting for decades.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM