Category: Analysis
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Keir Starmer needs to give voters short-term gain to persuade them he can deliver long-term renewal
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew Barnfield, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London And if you look way over there, you can just about see the light at the end of this long tunnel. Flickr/Number10, CC BY-NC-ND Whatever the Labour government is doing,…
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The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and the now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Penelope Jackson, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Social Work and Arts, Charles Sturt University The world’s largest art museum, the Louvre has approximately half a million objects in its collection, with about 30,000 on display, and sees on average 8 million visitors per year. That’s…
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Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology SpaceX Crew-2 flight in 2021. SpaceX, CC BY-NC For roughly 4.5 billion years, the Moon has kept Earth company. In the much shorter span of time that humans have been around,…
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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University A crowd gathered for a “No Kings” protest on October 18, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Hasan Akbas/Anadolu via Getty Images What happens now? That may well be the…
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Do dogs behave differently during an owner’s pregnancy? Many dog owners think so
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Catherine Reeve, Post doctoral fellow, Mount Saint Vincent University From getting extra cuddles to vigilant protection, many expectant parents claim their dogs behave differently during pregnancy — sometimes even before the person knew they were pregnant themselves. Dogs have shared our lives for around 35,000 years,…
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11 years after the Parliament Hill shooting, is Canada doing enough to tackle political violence?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kevin Budning, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Security, Carleton University Wednesday marks the 11th anniversary of the Parliament Hill shooting, when an Islamist-inspired extremist, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, stormed Canada’s War Memorial and Parliament Hill, killing one soldier and injuring three other people. The shooting — the worst attack…
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How alternative teaching models can foster inclusive classrooms
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Cornelia Schneider, Professor, Education, Mount Saint Vincent University The education of children with disabilities is a complex issue more than 30 years after “inclusive education” appeared for the first time in an important 1994 United Nations statement. Children with disabilities too often face varied forms of…
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Marineland’s decline raises questions about the future of zoo tourism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ann-Kathrin McLean, Assistant Professor, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Royal Roads University Thirty beluga whales are at the risk of being euthanized at the now-shuttered Marineland zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls. Marineland said in a letter to Canada’s Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson it…
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Should Boko Haram fighters be given a second chance in society? We asked 2,000 young Nigerians
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Amélie Godefroidt, Assistant Professor in Conflict Management, IÉSEG School of Management; KU Leuven Across the world, the question of how to deal with former fighters remains urgent. From Nigeria and Iraq to Syria and the Sahel, governments are wrestling with how to bring people who…
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Pennsylvania’s budget crisis drags on as fed shutdown adds to residents’ hardships — a political scientist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s first budget, in 2023, was not fully passed until mid-December. AP Photo/Daniel Shanken While Americans across the country deal with the consequences of the federal government shutdown, residents of Pennsylvania…