Category: Analysis

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Frances Fowle, Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh 2xSamara.com/Shutterstock Who invented art? – Grace, aged nine, Belfast, UK Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to share…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham And the winner is … not Donald Trump. That the US president didn’t get his much-coveted award is probably going to be the enduring memory of the 2025 Nobel peace prize. This year’s recipient is María Corina…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pia Riggirozzi, Professor of Global Politics, University of Southampton Across Latin America, democracy is coming under severe pressure. Authoritarian leaders across the continent have been entrenching political power through constitutional manipulation, militarised policing and the persecution of dissent. In Venezuela, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Argentina, regimes…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Deborah Fry, Professor of International Child Protection Research and Director of Data at the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, University of Edinburgh Shutterstock/KieferPix Around 5 million children across western Europe report having been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 18, according to the latest…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Thankom Arun, Professor of Global Development and Accountability, University of Essex Keir Starmer’s first visit to India was a chance to talk about trade, technology and a closer relationship. The UK prime minister said he was impressed by the country’s “sheer scale” and impressive economic growth.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath Southworks/Shutterstock Saving energy isn’t just about keeping bills down. A new analysis of 100 existing studies across 42 countries shows that people with positive attitudes to the environment, or who want what they do at home to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University BLACKWHITEPAILYN/Shutterstock.com A major shift is unfolding in the field of skin cancer prevention, ignited by new research showing that an everyday vitamin supplement may prevent many cases of the world’s most frequently diagnosed cancer. The supplement in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dale Pankhurst, PhD Candidate and Tutor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast After two years of war, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the “first phase” of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza. The deal, if it holds, will involve…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gerrit Dusseldorp, Associate Professor of Stone Age Archaeology, Leiden University One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By James Goodwin, Visiting Professor in the Physiology of Ageing, Loughborough University Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com I recently heard Professor Luigi Ferrucci, an expert on ageing, speak at my local university’s medical school. One line really stuck with me: “The next great step in ageing science will be…