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A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like
Written by John Rennie Short, professor emeritus of public policy, UMBC On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed...
Posted: September 16, 2025, 12:25 PM
How China uses second world war history in its bid to reshape the global order – podcast
The Conversation Weekly Podcast Interview with Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC. With Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un among 26 world...
Posted: September 9, 2025, 2:08 PM
Reverse discrimination? In spite of the MAGA bluster over DEI, data shows white Americans are still advantaged
Written by Fred L. Pincus, emeritus professor of Sociology, UMBC. Two big assumptions underlie President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. The first is...
Posted: September 9, 2025, 1:21 PM
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
Written by Adi Foord, assistant professor of physics, UMBC This article is part of The Conversation‘s “Curious Kids” series. How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and...
Posted: June 30, 2025, 10:51 AM
Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized
Written by James Foulds, associate professor of information systems, UMBC; Phil Feldman, adjunct research assistant professor of information systems, UMBC; and Shimei Pan, associate professor of...
Posted: June 20, 2025, 11:40 AM