Category: Analysis
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Lavender marriages: What queer unions and relationships can teach us about love and safety
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Gio Dolcecore, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University Lavender marriages, traditionally entered into by LGBT+ individuals to conceal their sexual orientation, are on the rise, according to several news sources, with some even calling them a “trend.” Historically, lavender marriages refer to unions — often…
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2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Arash Javanbakht, Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University Greater numbers of people are being exposed to horrific violence than in the past, in large part through the amplification on social media. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images News via Getty Images On Sept. 10, 2025, the nation’s attention…
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Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK: the pageantry, politics and pitfalls
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK provides an opportunity to compare and contrast the visit he made six years ago, while Elizabeth II was on…
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The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Naomi Baker, Senior Lecturer in English Renaissance Literature, Manchester University A Woman Asleep Over a Book by Jan de Bray (1660). British Museum Women have been describing their experiences of male abuse for centuries – we just haven’t always been ready to listen to them. In…
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Businesses have a moral responsibility to stand up to autocrats
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Silver, Chair in Business and Professional Ethics, University of British Columbia Aspiring autocrats are increasingly pressuring businesses to co-operate with their quest for wealth and power, such as by demanding they direct corporate funds towards their personal enrichment or fire personnel who are critical of…
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Israel’s strike on Qatar was a serious blow against diplomacy in the Middle East
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By M. Waqas Haider, PhD Researcher, Lancaster University The recent Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, where they had gathered to discuss a US-brokered peace proposal, has triggered substantial repercussions throughout the Middle East and beyond. Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, characterised it as a “justified”…
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Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Goodman, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Leeds The Caspian Sea is roughly the size of Germany or Japan, but is shrinking fast. Nasa Once a haven for flamingos, sturgeon and thousands of seals, fast-receding waters are turning the northern coast of the Caspian Sea…
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Racism isn’t innate – here are five psychological stages that may lead to it
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University Sadly, there are signs that racism is increasing across the world. Research from Europe and Australia in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from the US and UK have…
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Why have cancer survival rates stopped improving in the UK?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University The ten-year survival rate for many cancers has doubled in the past 50 years — but for others, there has been hardly any change. namtipStudio/ Shutterstock More people are surviving cancer than ever before…
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Big-spending Premier League needs to spread more of its wealth to poorer clubs or everyone loses
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Robert Simmons, Professor of Economics, Lancaster University The 2025 summer football transfer window was a record for the English Premier League with teams spending £3.9 billion on transfer fees for new players. That’s more than the top divisions of France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined. The…