Posts Tagged ‘war’

Is US drone policy illegal and ill-advised?

WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Targeted killing by unmanned planes may violate international humanitarian law, a legal expert argues in a recent report. Continue…

Friday, May 24, 2013 13:16 - 1 Comment

Society & Culture - May 22, 2013 14:51 - 0 Comments

Tool gives hi-def origin of Syrian artifacts

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Magnetic analysis lets archaeologists match obsidian artifacts from Syria to the specific quarry—not just the volcano—of origin. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 15, 2013 10:09 - 6 Comments

Iraq War: 10 years, 190,000 lives, $2.2 trillion

BROWN / BOSTON U. (US) — The Iraq War has killed more than 190,000 people and will cost the US $2.2 trillion, far exceeding initial 2002 estimates of $50 to $60 billion, according to a new analysis. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments

Political strife can breed drug-resistant HIV

BROWN (US) — Political violence can have the long-term consequence of increasing viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure. (more…)

Society & Culture - Mar 8, 2013 17:51 - 0 Comments

For Afghans, war isn’t top mental health risk

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — In Afghanistan, poverty and vulnerability have a bigger impact on mental health than war does, a new study finds. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jan 22, 2013 12:51 - 3 Comments

Report: Prohibition fails in Mexico’s drug war

RICE (US) — Aggressive efforts to control violent drug cartels have clearly failed in Mexico’s war on drugs, according to an analysis by a public policy expert. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 20, 2012 13:15 - 1 Comment

Crisis in Syria mirrors collapse 4,000 years ago

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Ancient tools found in Syria suggest parallels between the country’s current crisis and a period of urban decline, government collapse, and drought in the region during the Bronze Age. (more…)

Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2012 15:59 - 3 Comments

How the US Civil War changed journalism

PENN STATE (US) — New technologies and a growing demand for information during the US Civil War forever changed the nation’s press, according to a book by journalism professor Ford Risley. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 11:43 - 1 Comment

US-Mexico conflict fueled anti-war movement

PENN STATE (US) — The Mexican-American War sparked the first truly national anti-war movement in the US, says historian Amy Greenberg. (more…)

Society & Culture - Aug 23, 2012 15:49 - 1 Comment

Mideast unrest spills into kids’ daily lives

RUTGERS (US) — Ethnic and political violence in the Middle East can increase violence in families, schools, and communities, boosting aggressiveness in children, especially among 8-year-olds, new research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 21, 2012 12:18 - 0 Comments

120,000 Libyans may suffer from severe PTSD

U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — While the physical casualties of the violence of the 2011 conflict in Libya have been well documented, the mental health of the Libyan people deserves more consideration, say researchers. (more…)

Wikileaks war logs predict Afghanistan conflict

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — With 2004-09 data from the Wikileaks Afghan War Diary, scientists were able to accurately predict 2010 armed opposition group activity. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 27, 2012 11:46 - 1 Comment

Survey ties poverty and violence among veterans

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A survey of US military veterans finds that those who didn’t have enough money to cover basic needs were more likely to report aggressive behavior than veterans with PTSD. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 26, 2012 13:25 - 1 Comment

Union’s strategy trouble prolonged Civil War

PENN STATE (US) — Northern military leaders struggled to find a viable strategy in the Civil War, which added to the conflict’s length and cost, according to a historian’s new book. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 12, 2012 14:22 - 6 Comments

Why US chooses to forget the War of 1812

U. VIRGINIA (US) — While the United States marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812 will pass largely unnoticed. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 6, 2012 17:13 - 1 Comment

Combat brain injury may spark PTSD

U. ROCHESTER (US) — Even subtle brain injuries suffered in combat may predispose soldiers to post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study finds. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 6, 2012 13:06 - 3 Comments

Normandy sand holds relics of D-Day

U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Sand from a 1988 visit to Omaha Beach—site of the ferocious D-Day invasion—reveals that traces of the battle remain there long after June 6, 1944. (more…)