Jacob Tuncel explores attitudes among Taiwanese youth about military conscription and their willingess to defend Taiwanese sovereignty.

At first glance, the plan offers something for everyone. Mr Trump would gain a diplomatic trophy to brandish before voters weary of foreign wars. Mr Putin would pocket rewards once thought ...

It proclaims renewal and birth. Spring speaks also of passage and death, For spring and winter resound in mutual implication.

I didn’t choose Milan for some romantic reason. I chose it like you choose a flower from a pavement crack — impulsively, instinctively, because it was there. I was trying to book a train home to ...

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For me, Spring has never seemed a particularly peaceful season. In a house with two students and a teacher, the annual anticipation of exam season breathing down our necks seems to make time virtually ...

Spring, as a season, has long been mystical to me. I’ve sat in those winters yearning – longing – for it to come. For the bare trees to finally bud, the sparse soil to sprout flowers, and life, the ...

The Orca (Orcinus orca) is one of our planet’s most powerful and intelligent species. These apex predators hunt alongside their powerful pod, taking down anything from fish to large marine mammals, ...

In traditional Durham fashion I came out of Epiphany term a burnt out shell of my former self – and 6 books behind on my Goodreads reading goal. With summatives to complete, I told myself I simply ...

Two years into the Sudan Civil War, the rivalry between the Sudanese Army and the RSF has intensified, leading to new political challenges on the horizon for the future of Sudan. The war erupted in ...

Can I tell you about spring? After 3 years of winter, I saw the ice begin to melt this year. It was hard to believe my eyes as it began to thaw and streams began to flow. Of course it’s an awful lot ...