Category: MIL OSI
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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…
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Projecting dissent: China’s new politics of resistance under surveillance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tao Zhang, Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University As China ramped up its security in Bejing ahead of its largest military parade in history, over in Chongqing, a city of 30 million people, slogans mysteriously appeared projected on the walls of a…
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Why France’s government collapsed (again), and what Macron might do next
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Frédéric Sawicki, professeur de science politique, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday failed to win a confidence vote in parliament (194 votes in favour, 364 against) and has submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who will have to appoint a…
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Mass hysteria at Heathrow aiport – how social contagion works
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kit Yates, Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement, University of Bath Heathrow’s Terminal 4 was evacuated on September 8 as fire crews were called in to investigate “possible hazardous materials” at the London airport. After a few hours of halted flights and frustrating inconvenience, emergency…
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Should African countries lower the voting age to 16? Views from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Amanuel Tesfaye, Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki The UK is moving to lower its voting age from 18 to 16. The new legislation takes effect ahead of the country’s next general election in 2029, and is aimed at boosting its democracy. The move has ignited…
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Nigeria’s use of soldiers for civilian tasks comes with serious costs – how to prevent this
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Sallek Yaks Musa, Lecturer, University of Northampton Nigerians have experienced what it means for their government to be controlled by the military. From independence in 1960 until 1999, the country was under democratic rule for only about seven years. Since then, the military has taken…
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How international aid cuts are eroding refugee protections in the Global South
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Tanya Basok, Professor, Sociology, University of Windsor Cuts to humanitarian aid by the United States government under Donald Trump are triggering a global dismantling of humanitarian infrastructure, which is severely undermining asylum systems. These cuts are occurring alongside the current rise of a “post-humanitarian” approach to…
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Gender equality is the goal, but how to get there? Case study of South Africa and Australia shows that context matters
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Professor of Economics, University of Pretoria It will take an estimated 131 years for the world to achieve gender parity, defined as equal access, opportunities and outcomes for women and men across economic, political, educational and health dimensions. That’s according to the World…
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Québec’s school cellphone ban won’t solve the challenges of family tech use
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Alex Baudet, Assistant professor in Marketing, Université Laval This back-to-school season, students across Québec are adjusting to a significant policy change: cellphones are now fully banned in elementary and secondary schools. This conversation, though contentious, is not new, nor is it unique to Québec. With stories…
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The surprising recovery of once-rare birds
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University Sandhill cranes can be spotted in many states, but in the 1930s their populations had crashed to a few dozen breeding pairs in the eastern U.S. Rsocol/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a…