Glass Wings Blog: War

50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine
80 years since the end of World War II, a dangerous legacy lingers in the Pacific
‘A common vision for a world without war’: artists redesign the iconic peace symbol
A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals
A landmark conviction for war crimes in Sudan shows the wheels of global justice do turn – albeit slowly
‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war
A Ukranian writer – her life cut short – and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the ‘people’s war’
After 3 years of war, Ukrainian business leaders share their lessons on survival
Anti-tourism protests are not new. They happened in ancient Rome, 19th-century England and after World War II
The Australian War Memorial’s prize controversy betrays the institution’s purpose: to tell the messy truth about war
The Australians helping to evacuate Ukrainian zoos and caring for animals displaced by war
Australia’s plan to protect its trade in war is flawed. We can’t do it with nuclear submarines
Australia’s small business shipments are caught in the US-China trade war crossfire
‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
Book about cane farming creates joy in Queensland and war-torn Ukraine
Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says
Casualties in Trump’s war on the arts: the small museums keeping local history alive
Cherry blossoms and eucalypts: this Japanese war cemetery remembers fallen Australians
China reportedly orders its airlines to halt Boeing jet deliveries amid US trade war
‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns CEO of Cop30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil
Collateral damage: how the war on ‘woke banking’ could backfire on New Zealand
Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'
Denied citizenship by the country he died for, this Anzac Day Aboriginal war hero Bill Allen is being honoured in France
Donald Trump has declared war on international justice. Australia must speak up
Donald Trump’s war on global governance: lessons from the past on how to fight back
Donald Trump’s war on statistics is an authoritarian attack on democracy and countries like Australia should call it out
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
Erasing Harriet: Donald Trump’s War on History
EU targets food and fast fashion in new war on waste
Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine
Flight bookings between Canada and US down 70% amid Trump tariff war
Forcing Zelensky to hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ in Donetsk will lose it the war
Friday essay: how ASIO spied on Australia’s Greek migrants during the Cold War
Friday essay: my time with ‘Madam War Criminal’, unrepentant at 95
Friday essay: ‘War has made me a pacifist’. Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge Australia’s anti-war veterans?
From war zones to city plots, grassroots growers are transforming land and lives
Gas industry cooks up a “culture war” as the electrification of everything gathers pace
German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war
The global costs of the US-China tariff war are mounting. And the worst may be yet to come
The Hidden War on Your Mind – How Coordinated Disinformation is Poisoning the Information Space
How the US ‘war on woke’ and women risks weakening its own military capability
How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine
How to Achieve Peace in the War of Disinformation
How Trump’s trade war is supercharging the fast fashion industry
‘I dropped a C-bomb into Tolstoy’: one man’s quest to translate War and Peace into ‘bogan Australian’
In the middle of a trade war, this is one tariff the world really needs, and Australia should take the lead
In the trade war, China has moved to curb supply of critical minerals. Can Australia seize the moment?
India and Pakistan are on war footing. Can they be brought back from the brink?
Inside America’s next information war
Inside the ghost museums of Ukraine: exhibits replaced by fragments of war and occupation
Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace
Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war
Is the F-word offensive in Queensland? The tiny record shop that faced down a culture war in court – and won
Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts
Israel’s ‘refuseniks’: a growing number of soldiers are refusing to serve in Netanyahu’s war on Gaza
Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report
Kyiv opens war crime inquiry into head of notorious Russian prison
Largest Russian air attack of war sets fire to Ukrainian cabinet building
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Losing the war on waste
‘Maybe this is the last minutes you are living’: how the war is impacting young Ukrainians
‘Men don’t know why they became unhappy’: the toxic gender war dividing South Korea
Miniature Resistance: Russia's Anti-War Figurines
The next round in the US trade war has the potential to be more damaging for Australia
No Deals with War Criminals on Alaska Soil
No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war – and there will be profound and lasting consequences
Non-Infringing Sites As Collateral Damage In Music Industry’s War On Stream Ripping Sites
Portland’s Mascot March: Protesters Turn ICE ‘War Zone’ Into Spectacle | APT
Putin’s repressive machinery turns inward to target pro-war figures
Remembering Simon Townsend as a conscientious objector and fearless anti-Vietnam War activist
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
The Right’s War on Wikipedia is Just a Repackaging of its War on Journalism
Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?
Russia Is Stepping Up Its Covert War Beyond Ukraine
Russia now has a strategy for a permanent state of hybrid war
Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine shows maximalist war aims remain unchanged
Russia’s ‘permanent test’ is pushing Europe to the brink of war – here’s what Moscow actually wants
Since WWII, it’s been taboo to force nations to cede land after war. Russia wants to normalise conquest again
Six months of Trump’s war on the press: importing and exporting authoritarian tendencies
Smithsonian Goes to War With Trump Over His Attempt to Fire Staff
Solar switch off: Dutton’s nuclear plan amounts to declaration of war against household energy systems
Toronto dumps Tesla from grants program as Canadians react to White House trade war
Trump and Musk pull plug on national EV network as they wage war on other people’s EVs
Trump has declared war on the transgender community, leaving Americans to seek asylum — from America
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
Trump’s tariff threat sets stage for bitter global trade war
Trump’s Trade War Could Turbocharge Deforestation in the Amazon
Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration
Trump’s war on climate science is pushing us into a dystopian future
Trump’s War On Knowledge Requires Re-inventing Academic Publishing
Trump’s War on ‘Woke’ and DEI: Incubated by a Nazi Eugenics Foundation
Two great war leaders united by American isolationism: Charles de Gaulle and Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine condemns US ‘silence’ after Russia’s biggest air raid of war
Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex-Nato chief
Ukraine just built a European-gauge railway during the war
Ukraine war: as 2025 approaches, Kyiv is left with few good options and allies in a Trump 2.0 world
Ukraine war briefing: ‘Human wave’ of North Korean troops being sent to their deaths, says US
Ukraine’s natural resources are at centre stage in the ongoing war, and will likely remain there
US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war
Vladimir Putin’s bombing of Ukrainian civilians won’t end the war any faster. So, why is he doing it?
‘We’ve lost some parts of nature for ever’: Ukraine war’s impact on environment – photo essay
What the spiralling trade war means for relations between the US and China
What’s a trade war?
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: ‘We look like clowns’
Why did the US change its mind on Ukraine firing missiles into Russia? And will it impact the war?
Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war
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