Steve Taylor, Leeds Beckett University Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities. Angela had already been in the UK...
Last month, Global Comment published an article by Simin Fadaee, which is about the killing of Mahsa Amini and the widespread protests of Iranians after this incident. The writer has made references...
Jeffrey Bellin, William & Mary Law School When former President Donald Trump turns himself over to authorities in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and is arraigned, the charges on which a...
There is a European country whose leader has been in power since 1990, four years longer than Belarus’ strongman Alexander Lukashenko. This weekend, the game for Montenegro’s President Milo...
In order to avoid, or at least postpone, what appears to be an inevitable defeat in Ukraine, Russia desperately needs China’s help. In the long-term, Moscow is unlikely to be able to continue...
The United States seems to be the only major power that can prevent an escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Although the South Caucasus has traditionally been in Russia’s geopolitical...
Simin Fadaee, University of Manchester Forty-four years after Iranians rose up against their hated monarch in February 1979, a group of 20 organisations engaged in long-term social and economic...
When you're a journalist, days dedicated to causes tend to be spent fending off an influx of irrelevant press releases. So overwhelming is the number that it can actually take the shine off them;...
Mark Satta, Wayne State University On March 2, 2023, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law restricting drag performances. This law is part of a larger push by Republican lawmakers in...
Jane E. Kirtley, University of Minnesota Can Americans be jailed for making fun of the government? Most would respond with a resounding “No, of course not! The First Amendment protects us from...