Category: Analysis
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‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Heffron, PhD Candidate in Geography, Lancaster University Sean Matthews, the Reform UK leader of Lincolnshire County Council, has said he’ll “lie down in front of bulldozers” to stop Britain’s largest solar farm being built in the county. He’s taking sides in a new rural culture…
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Bamako under siege: why Mali’s army is struggling to break the jihadist blockade of the capital
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Oluwole Ojewale, Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies When the military overthrew the democratically elected government in Mali in 2020, coup leader General Assimi Goita promised to root out jihadists in the north of the country. Mali had been struggling…
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Peace in Sudan? 3 reasons why mediation hasn’t worked so far
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Samir Ramzy, Researcher, Helwan University Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle between the two parties. The war has displaced more than 14 million people. Over half…
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Jihadists have blockaded Mali’s capital. What’s at stake
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Olivier Walther, Associate Professor in Geography, University of Florida A coalition of jihadist groups affiliated with al-Qaida have laid siege to landlocked Mali’s capital. For over a month, they have attacked convoys supplying Bamako with fuel, putting considerable pressure on the military junta that has…
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Why was it ‘necessary’ for King Charles to take action on Andrew – and why now?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Francesca Jackson, PhD candidate, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University The man formerly known as Prince Andrew will now simply be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor after he was stripped of all his official titles. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said the king has “initiated a formal…
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Trump-Xi meeting: the key takeaways
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. It was “12 out of ten”,…
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‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became Britain’s latest culture war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Heffron, PhD Candidate in Geography, Lancaster University Sean Matthews, the Reform UK leader of Lincolnshire County Council, has said he’ll “lie down in front of bulldozers” to stop Britain’s largest solar farm being built in the county. He’s taking sides in a new rural culture…
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Girlbands Forever: BBC documentary charts the highs and lows of British girl groups – with one glaring ommission
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Joel Gray, Associate Dean, Sheffield Hallam University There can be no doubt that any conversation about British girlbands of the last 30 years would be dominated by Spice Girls. In whichever corner of the globe you are, they were the defacto pop force of the late…
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Why is it so difficult for the UK to deport foreign criminals?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Singer, Professor of Refugee Law, School of Advanced Study, University of London macondofotografcisi/Shutterstock A convicted sex offender has been deported from Britain to Ethiopia after being accidentally released from prison. Following a national manhunt, home secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed that Hadush Kebatu – an asylum…
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Benedict Cumberbatch, John Grisham and Ursula K. Le Guin’s fantasy maps: what to watch, read and see this week
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jane Wright, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Culture, The Conversation The more I see Benedict Cumberbatch on screen the more I marvel at his talent as an actor. Recently I have watched him in Eric on Netflix, as an unravelling Sesame Street-style puppeteer looking for his abducted…