In February 2021, a coup by Myanmar’s military triggered nationwide protests. Conflict followed, with hundreds of civilian armed groups forming. Many fought the military alongside ethnic armies, while ...

It’s rare, these days, to find myself in the windowless basement of a pub in central London. I used to be a regular at parties in pubs when I was a young dreamer (boozer) on the comedy club circuit ...

When you picture a crowd, you may think of a jostling, unruly mass. It’s an image often painted by politicians, news outlets and the police, who warn us of the dangers of mass panic, crime and ...

As the Church pushes for harsher drug laws in Italy, a series of cases suggest that the priesthood is hiding a problem of its own "If you knew the right people, you would know it’s very common,” wrote ...

It's been a big year, with transformative elections – for better or worse – in the US, UK and across Europe, not to mention the other events reshaping our society, from ongoing conflicts to scientific ...

Dr Laura Piacentini is lecturer in Criminology at the University of Stirling. Surviving Russian Prisons: Punishment, Economy and Politics in Transition is published by Willan, UK ...

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Mia Bloom is Associate Professor of International Studies and Women's Studies at Penn State University, and author of Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists (Hurst).

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