Category: Analysis
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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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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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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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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…
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The world on the brink: Why governments must invest in peace, not just arms
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jenna Sapiano, Research Fellow, Peace Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Global security indicators suggest a significant deterioration in peace and stability. By most accounts, the world is now more violent and more dangerous than at any point in recent history. In 2024, the number of state-based…
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Council tax is an unfair mess – here’s a system that could work better
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Cheshire, Professor Emeritus of Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science r.nagy/Shutterstock Economists have argued for years that council tax in the UK was rushed in and badly thought out. After the poll tax fiasco of the early 1990s, a substitute was urgent.…
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Who’s got the power? Studies of male and female primates show it’s not simple
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Nikos Smit, Postdoc in evolutionary/behavioural ecology, University of Turku Our understanding of female-male power relationships in animals has changed over time. Evolutionary biologists once thought that male mammals held clear-cut power over females. Later, species with pronounced female power over males were presented as exceptions…
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Refugee protection in Egypt: what’s behind the return train to Sudan
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Dina Wahba, Senior Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, University of Freiburg A special train left the Egyptian capital of Cairo for Aswan, a town close to the border with southern neighbour Sudan, in July 2025. The train, publicised by the Egyptian government as shiny, air-conditioned and…