Why have protests erupted in Kazakhstan? 🔊

Why have protests erupted in Kazakhstan? 🔊

On January 2nd, protests erupted throughout the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. The proximate cause was a drastic increase in fuel prices and a popular discontent against the three-decade rule of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. His handpicked successor to...
How can we use art to understand war?

How can we use art to understand war?

By Catriona May Two former official war artists are using art to research how we respond to and cope with, conflict. Throughout history, humans have turned to art to help remember and make sense of war. In Australia, the role of artists as eyewitnesses to conflict was...
Why are Yemenis being starved?

Why are Yemenis being starved?

By Felicity Mulford & Kate Vigneswaran Throughout Yemen’s brutal war, parties to the conflict have deprived civilians of the food and water they need to survive, starving them to death.  In ‘Starvation Makers’, a joint report released last week, Mwatana for Human...
What are the true costs of the war in Afghanistan?

What are the true costs of the war in Afghanistan?

By Neta C. Crawford Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years.  The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed a pullout of...
Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go?

Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go?

By Tazreena Sajjad Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty U.S. withdrawal have provoked an international outcry. As of Aug. 22, 2021, some 6,000 U.S. troops were working to evacuate U.S. military, American citizens...