Category: MIL OSI
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Israel’s attack in Doha underscores a stark reality for Gulf states looking for stability and growth: They remain hostage to events
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By David Mednicoff, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst Footage from an Israeli strike in Qatar on Sept. 9, 2025. Photo by Security Camera/Anadolu via Getty Images The oil-rich states of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have a…
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Middle East leaders condemn Israel’s attack on Qatar as Netanyahu ends all talk of Gaza ceasefire – expert Q&A
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin Israel launched an unprecedented airstrike on the Qatari capital of Doha on September 9, the first time it has directly attacked a Gulf state. The “precision strike”, as Israel has called it, targeted a…
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Why painting your home white could help you survive a heatwave
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rosa Schiano-Phan, Reader in Architecture and Environmental Design, University of Westminster At a seminar on building cooling strategies in the late 1990s, I vividly remember hearing that “in 30 years time, the climate of London will feel like Marseille’s today”. That warning stuck with me. Back…
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Political tensions and border anxiety pushed Canadians away from the U.S. this summer
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Moira A. McDonald, Associate Professor, Director, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Royal Roads University Global attitudes towards the United States as a tourism destination are plunging. Travel pressures, exchange rate shifts and increasing economic uncertainty have all damaged the reputation of the American travel sector.…
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Middle East holds its breath after Israel launches attack on Qatar: expert Q&A
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin Israel launched an unprecedented airstrike on the Qatari capital of Doha on September 9, the first time it has directly attacked a Gulf state. The “precision strike” as Israel has called it, targeted a…
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New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University The top 5 ‘asthma capitals’ in the U.S. are Detroit, Rochester, Allentown, Philadelphia and Cleveland, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s 2025 report. Terry Vine/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images Philadelphia has once again been…
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Curses, whispers and a demon fly: this is the story of the first Welshwoman executed for witchcraft
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mari Ellis Dunning, Associate Lecturer at the School of Languages and Literature and PhD Candidate, Aberystwyth University On an October’s day in 1594, Gwen ferch Ellis was led to the gallows in the middle of Denbigh town square in north Wales, and hanged. She was the…
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How our minds trick us into thinking we are being greener than we really are
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Everett Marsh, Reader in Cognitive Psychology, University of Lancashire non c/Shutterstock You’re in the supermarket. Imported beef mince, shrink-wrapped vegetables and cleaning spray are already in your basket. Then you toss in some organic apples and feel a flicker of moral relief. Surely that small…
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As pine martens are reintroduced to south-west England, a new study shows why local people need to be involved
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Roger Auster, Lecturer in Environmental Social Science, Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste, University of Exeter Fifteen pine martens have been reintroduced to the south west of England as part of the Two Moors project. Terry Whittaker 2020Vision, CC BY-NC-ND Fifteen pine martens were…
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Why people displaced by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate risks
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kerrie Holloway, Research Fellow in the Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI Global After heavy rains, a landslide “completely levelled” a remote village in western Sudan in early September. It was the temporary home of hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled the conflict between the…