Category: Analysis
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Will Donald Trump get Vladimir Putin (before Maga gets Trump)?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. You know when the Kremlin is worried…
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When public money is tight, how do governments put a price on culture?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Nolan, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Liverpool John Moores University It’s no secret that public finances are tight in the UK. This spells trouble for many sectors, not least culture. After all, this is an area that often relies on public funding – with many projects…
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Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Willow Neal, Postgraduate Researcher in Conservation Ecology, The Open University Biodiversity is in rapid decline, across the UK and globally. Butterflies are excellent for helping us understand these changes. Where butterfly communities are rich and diverse, so too is the ecosystem. But the opposite is also…
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We detected deep pulses beneath Africa – what we learned could help us understand volcanic activity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emma Watts, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geography, Swansea University Earth’s continents may look fixed on a globe, but they’ve been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years – and they still are. Our new study reveals fresh evidence of rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath…
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Why male corporate leaders and billionaires may need financial therapy more than anyone
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Prince Sarpong, Associate professor, University of the Free State Corporate leaders and billionaires are often viewed as visionaries and wealth creators. But beneath the surface, many are trapped in an invisible financial “crisis” – one rooted not in market volatility or poor investments but in…
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Elbows down? Why Mark Carney seems to keep caving to Donald Trump
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sam Routley, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Western University Prime Minister Mark Carney has suggested a new trade deal with the United States is now most likely to include tariffs. There is, in his own words, “not a lot of evidence right now” that the Donald Trump…
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a big threat to women’s health, but it’s still under-recognized, under-diagnosed and under-treated
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jamie Benham, Endocrinologist & Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal imbalance that affects ovaries, periods and fertility in about one in 10 Canadian women. Different from ovarian cysts, PCOS…
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Trump’s changing stance on Epstein files is testing the loyalty of his Maga base
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Dover, Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull During his 2024 US presidential election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said he would declassify and release the files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina in crisis as Bosnian-Serb president rallies for secession
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Birte Julia Gippert, Reader in International Relations, University of Liverpool The country of Bosnia and Herzegovina is embroiled in a crisis that may affect its political future and the stability of the western Balkans. Recent events in the bitterly divided country read a little like a…
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Colonization devastated biodiversity, habitats and human life in the Pacific Northwest
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Meaghan Efford, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia Burrard Inlet, known traditionally as səl̓ilwəɬ (Tsleil-Wat) in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language, has been the heart of the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) since time immemorial. An…