Category: Academic Analysis
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Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Thom Reilly, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, Arizona State University Two-party control of U.S. politics runs contrary to the vision of the Constitution’s framers. Douglas Rissing/Getty Images As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the…
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Is western influence over Ukraine colonial meddling or a vital way to prevent corruption?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University Ukraine’s former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko recently called for an end to what she called the western “colonial model” of interference in Ukraine’s domestic politics. In a speech to the Ukrainian parliament in July, she welcomed the…
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How Israel’s self-image changed from self-reliance to aggressive militarism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yaron Peleg, Kennedy-Leigh Professor of Modern Hebrew Studies, University of Cambridge When the Zionist movement began to gather pace a century ago, many Jewish supporters wanted not just to create a political state for themselves, but to initiate a cultural revolution that would forge a new…
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The science of starvation: this is what happens to your body when it’s deprived of food
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Ola Anabtawi, Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, An-Najah National University Hunger exists on a spectrum. On the one end is food insecurity, where people are forced to adjust to fewer meals. As food becomes scarce, the body consumes its own reserves. The…
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Perito Moreno became the world’s first superstar glacier – but now it’s set to disappear
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neil Glasser, Professor of Physical Geography, Aberystwyth University Glaciar Perito Moreno was once considered a rarity: one of Patagonia’s only stable glaciers. But scientists have found the glacier is now in sudden and probably irreversible retreat – and this collapse is a warning for the world’s…
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Jesus chatbots are on the rise. A philosopher puts them to the test
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Anné H. Verhoef, Professor in Philosophy, North-West University Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is getting better at imitating human beings. It can create things that previously only humans could produce, like music, texts and images. AI is now also being used to imitate God, through chatbots that…
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Côte d’Ivoire’s sacred talking drum is coming home: lessons from Kenya on how it could transform lives
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Timothy Gachanga, Lecturer, Kenyatta University The French parliament has unanimously passed a law to return the Djidji Ayôkwé, a sacred talking drum stolen by colonial forces from Côte d’Ivoire in 1916. Once used by the Ebrié people in the coastal south of the country to summon…
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The five best films about women footballers – from Gregory’s Girl to Bend it Like Beckham
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sara Gibbings, Lecturer, Department of Film and Television, University of Bristol As the roar of the Lionesses’ victory at the Euros quietens to a mere purr, there can be little doubt that women’s football is entering a new era for representation on both big and small…
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Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Brian Jansen, Assistant Professor of English and Media Studies, University of Maine Hulk Hogan was arguably WWE’s biggest star in the 1980s. Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images Hulk Hogan’s death by heart attack at age 71 came as a shock to many fans of the…
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RFK Jr is wrong about mRNA vaccines – a scientist explains how they make COVID less deadly
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Deborah Dunn-Walters, Professor of Immunology, University of Surrey Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has announced he is cancelling US$500 million (£374 million) of research into mRNA vaccines, citing unproven concerns about their safety and long-term effects. Kennedy has claimed that mRNA vaccines…