WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on June 8, 2026, by senior fellow David M. Cattler: * * * Ukraine and the War for Memory Wars end with agreements about territory but also require a shared understanding of what happened and why. Without that, there is a risk of renewed conflict. - A change in tone is detectable over the Ukraine war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for direct engagement with Vladimir Putin, while  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 8, 2026, by Globsec associate fellows Maksym Beznosiuk and William Dixon: * * * When Russia Loses The war's end will mark the start of a race to secure the peace and make the continent the author of its future. - When G7 leaders gather in Evian on June 17, where they will be joined by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, they will confront a strategic backdrop profoundly different from a year ago  more

DUBLIN, Ireland, June 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Economic and Social Research Institute issued the following journal article on May 17, 2026 by Gretta Mohan entitled "Divergent media engagement in a consensus democracy: media typology, political moderation, and climate change beliefs in Ireland." Here is the abstract: * * * Public perceptions of climate change are pivotal, shaping policy support, individual behavioral changes, and societal response to environmental challenges. However, the role of di  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 8 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Houston was first: Rice historian uncovers origins of Juneteenth celebrations * As the nation marks the Juneteenth celebration June 19, new research from a Rice University historian argues that Houston, not Galveston, was the site of the holiday's earliest known public observance. In an article appearing in the next issue of the Journal of Texas History, Caleb McDaniel, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Huma  more