Category: Analysis
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The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne We’ve all seen the alarming images. Smoke belching from the thick forests of the Amazon. Spanish firefighters battling flames across farmland. Blackened celebrity homes in Los Angeles and smoked out regional towns in Australia. If you…
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Should I take a magnesium supplement? Will it help me sleep or prevent muscle cramps?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Magnesium supplements are everywhere – lined up on pharmacy shelves and promoted on wellness blogs and social media. Maybe you have a friend or family member who swears a daily tablet will help everything, from better…
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Friday essay: the Nuremberg Trials at 80 – could such a reckoning ever happen again?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jan Lanicek, Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW Sydney In November 2025, cinemas worldwide will release Nuremberg, a courtroom drama directed by James Vanderbilt. The film focuses on the International Military Tribunal against 24 major Nazi war criminals (though two were…
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New Pentagon policy is an unprecedented attempt to undermine press freedom
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Amy Kristin Sanders, John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies, Penn State An American flag is unfurled on the side of the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2025, in Arlington, Va. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Throughout modern American history, reporters who cover the Pentagon…
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Marriage is hard, but it’s even harder when you immigrate together
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jingyi Zhang, Doctoral Student, Psychology, University of Alberta Canadian immigration policy has long emphasized family reunification. In fact, most of Canada’s 200,000 yearly newcomers migrate as a couple or a family unit. For these families, migration means more than just starting over — it means that…
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Putin’s forever war against the west
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. There’s an organisation in Russia called…
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Ibuprofen: how an everyday drug might offer protection against cancer
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University Ibuprofen is a household name – the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain. But recent research suggests this everyday drug might be doing more than easing discomfort. It could also have anti-cancer properties. As…
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The BBC is a partisan battleground – why does Japan’s public broadcaster escape the same fate?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steven David Pickering, Honorary Professor, International Relations, Brunel University of London William Barton/Shutterstock Public service broadcasters are supposed to be the most trusted news outlets in democratic societies. Funded through models like licence fees and free from advertising, they are meant to stand apart from commercial…
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Can Netanyahu survive peace?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Strawson, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London Now a ceasefire has come into effect in Gaza, Israel’s long-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces the dilemma of how to campaign ahead of the next national elections. These elections must be held, at the latest,…
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Russia now has a strategy for a permanent state of hybrid war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Drone incursions into Poland, fighter jets in Nato airspace, election interference in Romania and Moldova and “little green men” (soldiers of unconfirmed origin) in Estonia. These are just a few examples of the tactics Russia has been…