Category: Analysis
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Why industry-standard labels for AI in music could change how we listen
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Gordon A. Gow, Director, Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta Earlier this year, a band called The Velvet Sundown racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify with retro-pop tracks, generating a million monthly listeners on Spotify. But the band wasn’t real. Every song,…
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The disasters we talk about shape our priorities and determine our preparedness
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Fatma Ozdogan, PhD Candidate & Researcher, Université de Montréal In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide. Today, this mission is more urgent than…
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Why Russia’s provocations in Europe actually signal a weakened strategic position
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University There’s recently been a significant uptick in Russian incursions into Europe. They started in mid-September with Russian drones violating Polish airspace, resulting in Poland being forced to deploy its air…
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Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Alexandra A Phillips, Assistant Teaching Professor in Environmental Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could soon reach a tipping point. Maria-José Viñas/NASA As the planet warms, it risks…
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Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University The first steps of the peace plan for Gaza are underway. Now both parties have agreed to terms, Hamas is obligated to release all hostages within 72 hours and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will withdraw…
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Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Matt McDonald, Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland GettyImages Rasid Necati Aslim/Getty In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump described climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. Of course, this…
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Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Tara Djokic, Scientific Officer, Palaeontology, Australian Museum; UNSW Sydney Fossilised fish from McGraths Flat. Salty Dingo Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia’s most extraordinary fossil sites – McGraths Flat. It dates back between 11 million and…
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Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kristian Kongshøj, Associate Professor of Political Science, Aalborg University Bjorn H Stuedal/Shutterstock After centuries of near-extinction, Europe’s wolves have made a remarkable comeback. Over the past decade, wolf populations have surged, increasing by nearly 60%. In 2022, more than 21,500 wolves were recorded across the continent.…
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China and the US are in a race for critical minerals. African countries need to make the rules
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By James Boafo, Lecturer in Sustainability and Fellow of Indo Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging from electronics and telecommunications to renewable…
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Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University In the chilling final scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, The Godfather, the door to Michael Corleone’s office is closed in the face of his wife, Kay. It simultaneously signified the opening of many more doors…