Access to the Logbook: How Autonomous Ships Complicate the Flag State’s Ability to Fulfill its Article 94 UNCLOS Obligation
On 1 July 2026, the IMO’s non-mandatory International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships took effect.
Keeping to 1.5C of warming is no longer possible – but we must still limit the overshoot
We need a strategy for navigating the huge risks to ecosystems and societies
The Quota of One
Dolly Parton, Wendell Berry, Cassandra Wilson, Gloria Steinem. The rat-a-tat-tat of death doesn’t stop. My inbox has become a memory mosaic in which diverse remembrances and celebrations mix. While it feels like a lot, it also feels like life. Mosaics are the opposite of obituaries.
Now it’s China’s experts who are gig workers training AI
Squeezed by a stagnant economy and state directives, China’s underemployed lawyers, architects, and engineers are taking cheap gig work to teach AI their exact trades — just to pay this month’s mortgage.
Trump Renews Post-9/11 National Emergency for 25th Year in a Row
The US’s post-9/11 wars have cost the country at least $8 trillion in military costs, research recently found.
Wahlfieber und Schuldenlast: Frankreich als Stresstest für den Euro
Tiefe politische Krise, instabile Staatsfinanzen, wirtschaftliche Schwäche und steigende Schuldendienstkosten: Frankreich wird zunehmend anfällig für einen Vertrauensverlust an den Finanzmärkten, mit potenziell weitreichenden Folgen für die gesamte Eurozone, schreibtPaweł Tokarski.
Subsidiary Protection: Is It the Silver Bullet to Addressing the Plight of Climate Refugees?
Over the last few decades, unsustainable human activities have led to alterations in the biosphere, oceans, atmosphere , and cryosphere , and, in such a reality, the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly more visible, causing irreversible changes in the environment that affect the livelihood and survival of communities
Ethics Complaint Filed Over Trump’s Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp, 3 Other Staffers
The complaint alleges that there is a “legitimate question” whether Trump is paying staffers for their loyalty.
Lines of Flight: Doves, Migrants, and the Mediterranean Without Sanctuary
Turtle doves and migrants cross the Mediterranean seeking sanctuary. Europe protects one species while hunting it; lets the other drown. Both ask the same thousand-year question: where is home when borders and climate have made it impossible?
White House pick to run Venezuela oil deal under investigation in two countries
ICIJ’s 2020 FinCEN Files revealed that major banks flagged suspicious payments involving one of the Venezuelan tycoon's companies, which remains at the heart of embezzlement investigations in Europe.
Iran Is Producing Ballistic Missiles Again
Intelligence findings say Tehran is assembling stockpiled components into weapons in underground facilities.
“China is being idealised”
From TikTok to AI: China expert Katja Drinhausen on how Beijing is shaping its country’s image and expanding its global influence
Sovereign Immunity in the UK: Two Conventions, Two Answers
The International Court of Justice in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy) noted that rules of state immunity reflect the principle of sovereign equality of states. In little under a year, English courts have thrice dealt with the question of state immunity vis-à-vis recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Digital Kōgai: Dissecting Systemic Entanglements and Structural Injustices in the AI Polycrisis
As of January 2026, the stocks of seven of the world's most well-known technology companies had reached market capitalizations of about $1 trillion or more. Dubbed the ‘Magnificent Seven,’ their public image hardly lives up to the name. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Companies like Tesla and Meta are known for causing harm to the public good in many ways.
Settler Violence: A State-Sponsered Land and Space Domination
In addition to the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israel since October 2023, Israeli settlers and military have been escalating their deadly attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
What remains after Nepal’s Gen Z protests? Survivors reflect one year later
Many young people left the September 2025 protests in Nepal with scars — both physical, emotional, and financial
How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealth
After the end of its wealth tax came a newfound ‘wealth porn’.
Tunisia
Authorities must immediately release Rached Ghannouchi amid severe fair trial violations and serious health concerns
