Category: Analysis
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Israel’s opposition: against Benjamin Netanyahu but not yet for peace with the Palestinians
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Strawson, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London Sunday is the first day of the working week in Israel – but the upcoming Sunday August 17 promises to be a day of strikes and demonstrations. There’s a groundswell of public opposition to prime minister…
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Fossils are scientific evidence, and shouldn’t be auctioned for millions to private buyers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jessica M. Theodor, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Last year, a Stegosaurus nicknamed “Apex” sold at auction for US$40.5 million. A juvenile Ceratosaurus fetched US$30.5 million just last month. Supporters of these sales argue that they’re harmless, or even good for science. Others compare…
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How a global plastic treaty could cut down pollution – if the world can agree one
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation Pol Sole/Shutterstock The “Paris agreement for plastic” was set to be finalised at the end of this week. But after a week and a half of intense discussions in Geneva, Switzerland, where negotiators from 180 countries are…
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US presidents have always used transactional foreign policy – but Trump does it differently
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Patrick E. Shea, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Global Governance, University of Glasgow The US president, Donald Trump, watched on recently as the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands in the White House. They had just signed what Trump called a “peace deal” to…
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Israel’s opposition: against Benjamin Netanyahu but not yet for peace with the Palestnians
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Strawson, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London Sunday is the first day of the working week in Israel – but the upcoming Sunday August 17 promises to be a day of strikes and demonstrations. There’s a groundswell of public opposition to prime minister…
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How cutting waiting lists for mental healthcare would save money – and people’s jobs
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Roger Prudon, Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University There are more than 1 million people on NHS waiting lists for mental healthcare in the UK. Many of them have to wait weeks or months before treatment can begin for conditions such as depression and anxiety. And according…
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Premier League: from red success to grey failure – how kit colours appear to impact performance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Zoe Wimshurst, Senior Lecturer of Sport Psychology, Health Sciences University As the Premier League season kicks off, fans will debate their new kits almost as much as new signings. But could shirt colour actually give teams a performance edge? Science suggests they can. One of the…
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Cutting waiting lists for mental healthcare would save money – and people’s jobs
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Roger Prudon, Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University There are more than 1 million people on NHS waiting lists for mental healthcare in the UK. Many of them have to wait weeks or months before treatment can begin for conditions such as depression and anxiety. And according…
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A new way of thinking about empathy could cool Britain’s migration rows
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Georgios Karyotis, Professor of Security Politics, University of Glasgow Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests,…
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Do food additives cause symptoms of ADHD? It’s more complicated than you think
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Benton, Professor Emeritus (Human & Health Sciences), Medicine Health and Life Science, Swansea University shutterstock Abramov Michael/Shutterstock Robert F. Kennedy Jr has spent years railing against food additives, framing them as part of a broader threat to public health. Now, as the US health secretary,…