Category: Analysis
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Is Benjamin Netanyahu on a mission to realise a Greater Israel?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Amin Saikal, Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Victoria University, Australian National University Much of the world is focused on a two-state solution in resolving the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears devoted to realising his vision…
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UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona Pro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely…
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UK and other Western states recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona Pro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely…
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UK and other Western states recognize Palestinian state ahead of U.N. meeting – but symbolic action alone won’t make statehood happen
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona Pro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely…
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‘We want to be offensive too’ — Trump’s Department of War move shows his flimsy grasp of history
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ronald W. Pruessen, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto Explaining his move to rename the United States Department of Defense the Department of War, as it was known prior to 1949, President Donald Trump explained it had “a stronger sound.” It offered better messaging too.…
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What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieve
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Daniel Skerritt, Affiliated Researcher, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia After nearly 25 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) finally has its first legally binding agreement to tackle government fisheries subsidies. After two-thirds of WTO members ratified the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies,…
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How Indigenous-led health education in remote communities can make reconciliation real
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jamaica Cass, Director, Queen’s-Weeneebayko Health Education Partnership, Queen’s University, Ontario If Canada is serious about reconciliation, it must change how it trains health professionals. Right now, too few Indigenous doctors, nurses and other providers are working in communities that need them most. And too often, students…
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Trump renews push to end quarterly reporting — here’s what that would mean
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Douglas A. Stuart, Assistant Teaching Professor of Accounting, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria United States President Donald Trump is, once again, suggesting eliminating quarterly reporting for American public companies in favour of just two earnings reports per year. Trump made a similar proposal during…
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Deepfakes and South African law: remedies on paper, gaps in practice
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Nomalanga Mashinini, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand Deepfakes are forgeries of people’s faces, voices and likeness generated through artificial intelligence (AI). They create a serious digital deception. Deepfakes undermine constitutional rights, reduce trust in media and distort fairness in elections. While many countries have…
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Ethiopia’s two bids at democracy have failed: what it will take to succeed
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Terefe Gebreyesus, Lecturer, Griffith University Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial military regime. Second in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister after protests against a repressive government. In both attempts,…