Category: Analysis
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How to understand the row between Angela Rayner and Unite – and what it means for Labour’s relationship with the unions
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eric Shaw, Honorary Research Fellow in Politics, University of Stirling At its recent conference in Brighton, the union Unite voted overwhelmingly to expel deputy prime minister Angela Rayner from membership. The successful motion denounced the way Birmingham’s Labour council has handled a pay dispute with the…
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Lions rugby tour: why visual training, including juggling, can be a secret weapon in elite sports
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Zoe Wimshurst, Senior Lecturer of Sport Psychology, Health Sciences University Odua Images/Shutterstock Much of the pre-series attention on the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia has been on injuries, player omissions and personal rivalries. One of those rivalries involves the Australian sensation Joseph-Akuso Suaalii…
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Afghan data leak: how selective state secrecy and cover-ups can harm civilians
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Victoria Canning, Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University In 2022, somebody in the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) mistakenly shared a spreadsheet containing the personal information associated with 18,714 Afghans and their family members. This data breach, and the efforts to cover it up, raises serious questions…
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Going on holiday? Here’s how to make sure your trip is sustainable
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sayed Elhoushy, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Queen Mary University of London Anna Om/Shutterstock With the rise of sustainable tourism (travelling in a way that minimises harm to the environment, and benefits local communities), words such as “sustainable”, “”eco” and “green” appear on countless holiday brochures. From…
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Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis President Donald Trump visits Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s…
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About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Melissa Melough, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science, University of Delaware Higher vitamin D levels in a mother’s blood during pregnancy have been linked to higher IQ scores in early childhood and reduced behavioral problems. gpointstudio/iStock via Getty Images Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D…
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Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to nostalgia and nationalism to attack higher education
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Riyad A. Shahjahan, Professor of Higher, Adult and Life Long Education, Michigan State University Two scholars argue that nostalgia and resentment fuel government attacks on universities. Rick Friedman/AFP Harvard University is under siege by the Trump administration – and the world is watching. But this…
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Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ancient Greek concepts about intelligence can shed light on 21st-century tech they never knew. agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images Plus In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on…
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‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Helena Addison, Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University Black men who have been incarcerated have elevated rates of PTSD, depression and psychological distress. da-kuk/E+ Collection via Getty Images Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown. “I just couldn’t stop…
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EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Mira Manini Tiwari, Research Associate at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute If you choose to buy a sustainable product at the supermarket, or invest in a sustainable portfolio at your bank, how far does that sustainability reach? Does the product’s “sustainable”…