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Less than a year after ratifying an historic peace deal, Colombia is struggling to issue the post-conflict justice its people were promised. In particular, there’s been little progress in confronting the scandal of thousands of murders apparently committed by military personnel under a botched “cash-for-kills” policy. Sebastian Eskauriatza details how a gap in the post-conflict process might let the perpetrators go free.
When the Islamic State withdrew from Mosul earlier this year it packed the historic Al Nuri Grand Mosque with explosives. It’s hard to imagine that the distinctive mosque with its leaning minaret was for centuries associated with intellectual and religious tolerance. Stephennie Mulder explores the legacy left by its rich and diverse history.
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Colombian soliders on parade in Bogota.
EPA/Mauricio Duenas Castaneda
Seb Eskauriatza, University of Birmingham
It seems the culprits in a "cash-for-kills" scheme that claimed thousands of lives might find a way to wriggle out of the peace process.
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Politics + Society
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Stephennie Mulder, University of Texas at Austin
As Mosul rebuilds, its history is a reminder that Islam is not a rigid rulebook of regulations and prohibitions, but a complex religion that has often embraced many traditions.
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Alex Reilly, University of Adelaide; Kevin Johnson, University of California, Davis; Mireille Paquet, Concordia University
As Congress takes up the issue of immigration, we turned to our global network of scholars to get their perspective on how points systems work.
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Education
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Inaya Rakhmani, Universitas Indonesia
Indonesia should cultivate a culture of peer-review to support academics produce basic social research, essential in creating good policies in the world's fourth most populous country.
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Science + Technology
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Luis Quintanar Robles, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
The Tehuantepec gap in southeastern Mexico, where this month's massive earthquake originated, was long thought to be 'aseismic.' On September 7, scientists learned otherwise.
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Thomas Holt, Michigan State University; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York; Steven Chermak, Michigan State University
Efforts to kick extremists off the internet can't succeed and might even have the unintended side effect of bolstering support for radical groups.
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Environment + Energy
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John Vogler, Keele University; Marit Hammond, Keele University
To deliver climate justice we must focus on vulnerable people not countries.
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Health + Medicine
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Barry Godfrey, University of Liverpool; Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, University of Tasmania
A new study highlights the stark difference in living conditions experienced by old- and new-world working-class adults in the Victorian era.
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Business + Economy
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Courtney Hughes, University of Alberta; Lindsey Dewart, University of Alberta
A bitter debate has erupted over the British Columbia government's recent decision to end grizzly bear trophy hunting. Here are the pros and cons of stopping the hunt.
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