Category: Analysis
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How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Riot police fire tear gas into crowds of demonstrators in Kathmandu on Sept. 8, 2025. Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of a deeply unpopular…
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Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kerry Whigham, Associate Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York Three and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, there are few immediate signs of a cessation to the ongoing hostilities. Yet amid the steady toll of front-line…
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Can Charlie Kirk really be considered a ‘martyr’? A Christianity historian explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jonathan L. Zecher, Associate Professor, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University Charlie Kirk: white nationalist, conservative Christian, right-wing social media personality, shooting victim, and now, a “martyr”. That is, according to his supporters. Since Kirk’s death last week, a number of his…
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Deinfluencing shapes how we think about shopping, and our economy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Aidan Moir, Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor Valued at more than US$250 billion, the influencer industry is the centre of the digital economy. Popular haul videos, where influencers display and discuss a recent collection of purchases, and unboxings — videos where content makers open, showcase and…
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Canada’s tariff wall on Chinese electric vehicles is deepening dependence on the U.S.
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Addisu Lashitew, Assistant Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University In October 2024, Canada imposed a 100 per cent tariff on all electric vehicle (EV) imports from China, effectively barring consumers from accessing some of the world’s most innovative, affordable models. These tariffs are deepening the…
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Enhanced Games athletes can dope to compete for US$1 million prizes. But at what cost to sport?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alexandra Consterdine, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Exercise and Health, Liverpool John Moores University Olympic swimmer Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games – a controversial new event that allows athletes from all over the world to compete using…
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Richard Burbage: the Elizabethan De Niro to Shakespeare’s Scorsese
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Siobhan Keenan, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, De Montfort University How did Shakespeare become the world’s greatest playwright? It’s a question that has long fascinated scholars and fans alike. My latest research suggests that one answer lies in the Bard’s close collaboration with his leading…
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Middle Eastern countries are among the most exposed to climate change – so why is media coverage so low there?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marianna Poberezhskaya, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent University A worker looking out to sea as a sandstorm hits Kuwait. Sebastian Castelier / Shutterstock The Middle East is experiencing a period of intense political and economic turbulence, with several countries in the region…
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Israeli doctors reveal their conflicted stories of treating Palestinian prisoners held in notorious ‘black site’ Sde Teiman
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Merav Amir, Reader of Human Geography, Queen’s University Belfast Israeli military personnel outside the secretive Sde Teiman detention centre in the Negev desert, southern Israel. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images At the end of our conversation, Nathan (a pseudonym) kept repeating, almost to himself: “Perhaps we…
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Canadian cities can prepare for climate change by building with nature
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Adam Skoyles, PhD Candidate, School of Planning, University of Waterloo A tree-lined street in downtown Vancouver providing shade to pedestrians. (Adam Skoyles), CC BY The housing affordability crisis is top of mind for many around the world, including Canadians. Between 2019 and 2024, house prices in…