History and Critical Analysis

A global surge in military spending has turned the defence industry into one of the world’s most lucrative—and politically untouchable—asset classes

Who truly profits from war, who foots the bill, and how the ledger reshapes global capitalism

A forensic investigation of Jebel Sahaba, the 13,000-year-old cemetery that changed our understanding of human violence. Four articles deconstruct what the bones actually say.

If this was not the oldest war, what was it? And why the distinction matters.

What the healed injuries reveal about survival, revenge, and daily life in the age of climate chaos.

Inside the forensic investigation that identified the oldest projectiles ever lodged in human bone.

How a 13,000-year-old cemetery fooled archaeologists for decades, and what the bones finally told us.

A monument on Park Lane honours the animals who served and died. But for every sculpted horse, there are millions of unmarked graves that force a deeper question: can a morality built for humans ever do justice to the casualties of another species?

A combat dog is equipment, a dolphin a weapons system, and a zoo animal collateral damage. International humanitarian law was written for humans, and its silence on the sentient victims of war is becoming deafening.

The populations of companion and street animals that wars leave behind—and the informal humanitarian networks that rush in.