Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Indonesia – By Sabhrina Gita Aninta, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Copenhagen ● Small-island populations are thriving in their small numbers. ● Small islands can be natural refugia for endangered megafauna. ● Protecting ecosystems on small islands is crucial for national conservation plans. Animal populations on small islands are…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Alessandro Arduino, Affiliate Lecturer, King’s College London Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other guns-for-hire across the continent. In his latest book, Money for Mayhem, Arduino examines how military privatisation intersects with…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Simphiwe Gongqa, PhD candidate, Rhodes University The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of thought, to call for alternatives to development. The idea of development is a very influential way of explaining inequalities between…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Stephen Herzog, Professor of the Practice, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury The city of Hiroshima was destroyed when the United States dropped atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Aug. 6, 1945. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Eighty years ago – on Aug. 6 and 9,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Yashas Hariprasad, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, California State University, East Bay Quantum physics enables hack-proof video transmission. sakkmesterke/iStock via Getty Images We have developed a new way to secure video transmissions so even quantum computers in the future won’t be able to break into private…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Julie Walsh, Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wellesley College An illustration from ‘The History of Witches and Wizards,’ published in 1720, depicting witches offering wax dolls to the devil. Wellcome Collection/Wikimedia Commons Between 1400 and 1780, an estimated 100,000…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Lauren Gifford, Faculty, Ecosystem Science & Sustainability; Director, Soil Carbon Solutions Center, Colorado State University Ralph Regenvanu, climate change minister of Vanuatu, speaks outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague on July 23, 2025. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images The International Court of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By William E. Watson, Professor of History, Immaculata University Caskets of Irish railroaders whose remains were excavated from a mass grave outside Philadelphia. AP Photo/Matt Rourke When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia approach Malvern station, they might spot a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By William Cornwell, Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Hulk Hogan’s international fame as a wrestling superstar began in the 1980s. This photo is from 2009. Paul Kane via Getty Images Entertainment On July 24, 2025, the American pro wrestling celebrity Hulk…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Jialing Lin, Research fellow in Health Systems, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW Sydney The CDC recommends shingles vaccination for all adults age 50 and older. xavierarnau/E+ via Getty Images Vaccination against shingles increased among adults age 50 and older in the U.S. during…