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It’s now five days since Russia invaded Ukraine and the assault is not proving to be the walkover Putin wanted. All reports from Ukraine are of stiff resistance in urban areas and mounting Russian casualties.
Frank Ledgwidge, a former military intelligence officer who served in the Balkans and is now a lecturer in military capabilities and strategy at Portsmouth University, has assessed the strength of Ukraine’s defence forces and their likely strategy for combating Russian aggression. Meanwhile, an expert in economic affairs writes that a protracted conflict could seriously derail the global economy.
Elsewhere, Amazon’s new Lord of the RIngs prequel has caused a stir for its casting of non-white actors as elves and dwarves, suggesting that fantasy fiction’s issue with race still needs to be addressed.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor, International Affairs Editor
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Frank Ledwidge, University of Portsmouth
Ukraine can call on a highly motivated citizenry to fight a prolonged insurgency against occupying forces.
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Steve Schifferes, City, University of London
The cost of living crisis could get even worse.
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Sofia Nomvete as the dwarven Princess Disa.
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Dimitra Fimi, University of Glasgow; Mariana Rios Maldonado, University of Glasgow
Adaptations are original cultural entities that can imitate, question, re-write, or reinterpret their source material for new audiences.
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Ukraine invasion
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Tracey German, King's College London
International responses to previous Russian military interventions have given the Kremlin understanding of the west’s likely reaction to Ukraine.
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Rob McNeil, University of Oxford; Madeleine Sumption, University of Oxford
The conflict is already driving thousands of Ukrainians to leave their country and seek safety elsewhere.
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Natasha Kuhrt, King's College London; Marcin Kaczmarski, University of Glasgow
China’s rocky relationship with the US may influence the way it reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Vladimir Rauta, University of Reading; Giuseppe Spatafora, University of Oxford
The existing conflict between the Donbas and Ukraine, explained.
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Health
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Gabriella Kountourides, University of Oxford
The coronavirus, vaccines and pandemic stress have all been linked to disruptions to people’s menstrual cycles.
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Sharon Morein, Anglia Ruskin University
Our recent study found that as many as one in five people with ADHD could have significant hoarding symptoms.
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Mark Honigsbaum, City, University of London
A new politics of remembrance emerged during the COVID pandemic.
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Science + Technology
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Ioannis Pisokas, University of Edinburgh; Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University; Ayse Yilmaz-Heusinger, Lund University
Insects such as ants and beetles use ingenious processes in their brains to work out how far they’ve travelled and in what direction - we’ve now discovered how they remember their way home.
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Environment
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Ian Mell, University of Manchester; Meredith Whitten, London School of Economics and Political Science
The promised £39 million is not enough to ‘level up’ park provision in the UK.
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Business + Economy
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Adi Imsirovic, University of Surrey
Most of the emphasis has been on the threat to Europe’s gas needs, but if Russian crude oil is restricted, it will cause even greater problems.
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Politics + Society
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Kevin Guyan, University of Glasgow
Data collection has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ+ communities.
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Education
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Helena Gillespie, University of East Anglia
The government’s proposals may affect the most disadvantaged students.
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