South Sudan’s laws provide a 48-hour window to name a successor to guarantee continuity with minimal friction.

Digital identification is supposed to provide identity to all people. But sometimes it blocks access to essential services.

Bad Bunny’s naming of ‘Canadá’ at the Super Bowl exposed Canada’s tendency to imagine itself as peripheral to Latin America, ...

Several artists have turned in‑game photography into a serious artistic practice, with radically different approaches.

The Conversation UK is delighted to announce that Professor Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University, will be the ...

Daily compliance of international law remains the norm. Violations do occur – sometimes brazenly – but they are exceptions.

In the leadup to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks on Iran, the US Department of Defense was locked in tense negotiations ...

Silence from the US side after a third round of indirect talks and frustration expressed by President Donald Trump set the ...

Mark Carney’s visit to India suggests both Canada and India are willing to compartmentalize disputes and focus on areas of ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

At least 20 million Americans have served time. Most of them can’t or don’t vote, and that may distort some election outcomes, a political scientist argues.

Many cities are considering involuntary substance use treatment as a solution to drug use among the homeless. But research doesn’t support this strategy.