Category: Analysis
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Not enemies, but people: Why the world needs to rethink the language of war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Martin Danahay, Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University The United States military under the Donald Trump administration has sunk three Venezuelan boats that were allegedly ferrying drugs. American officials branded the people on the boats “narcoterrorists.” The term “narcoterrorist” conflates the U.S. internal “war on…
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Why slugs are so hard to control – and how scientists are working to keep them in check
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sergei Petrovskii, Professor of Applied Mathematics , University of Leicester Most people aren’t keen on sharing their salad with a slug. Lisa-S/Shutterstock Almost everyone who has a garden knows what a nuisance slugs can be. They are also one of the most destructive crop pests in…
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A contemporary history of Britain’s far right – and how it helps explain why so many people went to the Unite the Kingdom rally in London
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aaron Edwards, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Leicester The recent “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London shows how easy it is for the radical right to mobilise a mass protest by repackaging a perennial issue as a moral panic. It did so by fusing together fears…
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Blood, bruises and belief: how England’s women’s rugby team embody physical and mental endurance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Helen Owton, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Open University France v England Women’s Rugby World Cup Semi Final 2025 Photo by Alex Davidson – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images As women’s sport surges on the global stage, hosts England have lit up…
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The Biggest Loser: how an aggressive entertainment culture normalised body-shaming
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Freya Gowrley, Lecturer in History of Art and Liberal Arts, University of Bristol The Netflix documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser raises questions around the ethics of one the most popular US reallity TV series of the 2000s. From claims about the…
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The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mehebub Sahana, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Geography, University of Manchester The Ganges flows through ancient Varanasi, a holy city in Hinduism. Yavuz Sariyildiz / shutterstock The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in…
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Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jennifer L. Steele, Professor of Education, American University Amid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal support for university students. iStock/Getty Images Plus As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know…
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Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – and low-income residents decide whether to stay or go
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn The Gordie Howe International Bridge connects Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario. John Coletti/Photodisc via Getty Images Watching the space between two nations shrink became a regular pastime for Detroiters over the past decade as the segments of the…
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NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By John M. Horack, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University The International Space Station will be brought down in 2030. NASA via AP For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a…
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How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charlotte Oliver, Extension Associate Professor, Colorado State University Colorado’s $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9…