Category: Analysis
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Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Kristina Mani, Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory U.S. Marines guard the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 22, 2025. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic…
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Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tammi Walker, Associate Professor of Law and Psychology, University of Arizona Students, parents and others gather outside the White House to press the Biden administration to release updated Title IX rules on Dec. 5, 2023. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for National Women’s Law Center Most Americans…
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Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhood
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Chunrong Jia, Professor of Environmental Health, University of Memphis Gas turbines outside the xAI data center in Memphis. AP Photo/George Walker IV Even before an Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence company opened a data center in southwest Memphis, Tennessee, air pollution was so bad that residents…
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The Conversation sponsors Vitae’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition – register to vote for your winner
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jo Adetunji, Executive Editor – Partnerships, The Conversation The 2025 Vitae 3MT finalists, clockwise L-R: Miranda Qianyu Wang, Yuxuan Wu, Abubakar Yunusa, Caitlin Campbell, Vic Pickup, Cesar Portillo. CC BY You have three minutes to present your big research idea which will be viewed by thousands…
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Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Scott Saleska, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony…
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What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Debra Lam, Founding Director of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology A researcher works in a cotton field in Jenkins County, Georgia, as part of a project on AI and pesticide use. Dorothy Seybold Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies…
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Russian incursions into Nato airspace show Ukraine’s allied coalition needs to be ready as well as willing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham While the air and ground war in Ukraine grinds on, Moscow is increasing pressure on Kyiv’s western allies. Russian drone incursions into Poland in the early hours of September 10, and Romania a few days later, were…
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Your age shouldn’t put you off learning a new language – what the research says
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Karen Roehr-Brackin, Reader, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, don’t let age put you off. People aged over 60 can be independent and flexible in how they learn a language – and successful, too. There…
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Deadly drug-resistant fungus spreading rapidly through European hospitals
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Joni Wildman, PhD Candidate in Mycology, University of Bath TommyStockProject/Shutterstock.com A new European health survey shows that Candidozyma auris – a dangerous drug-resistant fungus – is spreading rapidly in hospitals across the continent. Cases and outbreaks are increasing, with some countries now seeing ongoing local transmission.…
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The UK, France, Canada and Australia have recognised Palestine – what does that mean? Expert Q+A
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By George Kyris, Associate Professor in International Politics, University of Birmingham The UK, France, Canada and Australia are among a group of nations that are moving to formally recognise the state of Palestine like most other states have done over the years. This move is a major…