Category: Academic Analysis
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Beyond recognition: the challenges of creating a new Palestinian state are so formidable, is it even possible?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Martin Kear, Sessional Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly meeting in September, joining the United Kingdom, Canada and France in taking the historic step. Recognising a Palestinian state is at…
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Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Heather Ford, Professor, Communications, University of Technology Sydney Franckreporter / Getty Images Last month, the American non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia issued draft guidelines for researchers studying how neutral Wikipedia really is. But instead of supporting open inquiry, the guidelines reveal just how unaware the Wikimedia…
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56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our agriculture. But climate change can cause a mismatch between plants and their pollinators, affecting where they live and…
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Often parents and schools disagree about whether something is ‘bullying’: what happens next?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Karyn Healy, Honorary Principal Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Bullying in schools can can have a devastating impact on victims. Research shows it can lead to reduced academic performance depression, anxiety and even suicidal behaviour. So, preventing and…
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Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Kris Inman, Professor of African Studies and Security Studies, Georgetown University Ghanaian special forces take part in U.S. military-led counterterrorism training near Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, on Feb. 16, 2022. AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui Staff at the State Department’s Office of Countering Violent Extremism and Bureau of Conflict…
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The bacteria killing sea stars in the Pacific: How our team uncovered a decade-long mystery
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Melanie Prentice, Research Associate, University of British Columbia A sunflower sea star in Knight Inlet on the British Columbia coast. (Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute) In 2013, a mysterious epidemic swept across the Pacific Coast of North America, rapidly turning billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska…
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As the status quo shifts, we’re becoming more forgiving when algorithms mess up
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Hamza Tariq, PhD Student, Cognitive Psychology, University of Waterloo New inventions — like the printing press, magnetic compasses, steam engines, calculators and the internet — can create radical shifts in our everyday lives. Many of these new technologies were met with some degree of skepticism by…
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‘Better Than Chocolate’ highlights lost 90s decade of lesbian Canadian cinema
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Tamara de Szegheo Lang, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Film and Media, Queen’s University, Ontario “If coming out of the closet was really as much fun as it is for the sexually adventurous youths in Better Than Chocolate, then everybody would be doing it, even straight…
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Eddington ends with a dark joke about disability – but its punchline is centuries old
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Billie Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Media Studies, Western University Joaquin Phoenix, left, who plays small-town sheriff Joe Cross, and Pedro Pascal, who plays the town’s mayor, Ted Garcia, in a scene from Ari Aster’s film ‘Eddington.’ (A24) This story contains spoilers about ‘Eddington,’ ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Hereditary.’ Ari…
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South Sudan’s new chief justice has a chance to reform the judiciary – if he’s allowed to do his job
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Mark Deng, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne South Sudan’s chief justice, Chan Reec Madut, was sacked in late May 2025 after more than 13 years on the bench. Madut leaves behind a legacy of inefficiency and accusations of judicial graft. But the…