Category: Academic Analysis
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These 4 aeroplane failures are more common than you think – and not as scary as they sound
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Guido Carim Junior, Senior Lecturer in Aviation, Griffith University redcharlie/Unsplash “It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash,” a Qantas flight QF1889’s passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and…
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Today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the ‘Great Crash’ of October 1929. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, US Library of Congress The electrification boom of…
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The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Qiang Tang, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Sydney Joan Gammell/Unsplash Nowadays data breaches aren’t rare shocks – they’re a weekly drumbeat. From leaked customer records to stolen source code, our digital lives keep spilling into the open. Git services are especially vulnerable to cybersecurity…
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Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Richard Forno, Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The federal cybersecurity agency is crippled by layoffs and shutdown furloughs. The Conversation, CC BY-ND As the United States experiences its latest government shutdown, most…
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AI tools promise efficiency at work, but they can erode trust, creativity and agency
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jordan Loewen-Colón, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Ontario What if your biggest competitive asset is not how fast AI helps you work, but how well you question what it produces? Business leaders tend to prioritize efficiency and compliance in the workplace. It’s…
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How land restoration could address malnutrition among India’s Indigenous families
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ipshita Basu, Associate professor (Reader) in Global Development and Politics, University of Westminster When asked how she was doing during her second pregnancy, Neethu, 24, told us she felt worried and cautious. “The doctor said the baby is in a sensitive state,” said Neethu who is…
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Can Labour’s plan to fund deprived communities see off Reform? What the evidence shows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Abigail Taylor, Research Fellow, City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI), University of Birmingham Sonicpuss/Shutterstock More than a year after the UK government abandoned the phrase “levelling up”, it has now launched a fresh strategy to distribute funding to disadvantaged communities. The promise to these deprived areas is…
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Caught in Nepal’s protests, I witnessed how sport can bring people hope during times of crisis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ross Walker, Lecturer in Sports Management, University of Stirling On September 8, the day before my holiday in Nepal was scheduled to end, police in the capital, Kathmandu, and other cities opened fire on young members of the public who were protesting against government corruption. At…
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October 7 two years on: Israelis and Palestinians caught between two conflicting ideas of peace
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yuval Katz, Lecturer in Communication and Media, Loughborough University Bartolomiej Pietrzyk/Shutterstock When US president Donald Trump recently announced his 20-point peace plan for Israel and Hamas, he claimed the moment was: “Potentially, one of the great days ever in civilisation … and I’m not just talking…
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Reform and Green party members the most ideologically removed from the average voter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex Against the backdrop of a fragmenting political system, the 2025 party conference season in the UK has been an unusual one. The Greens and Reform, having secured strong results in the 2024 election, enjoyed an unprecedented level…