Category: MIL OSI
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Why Indonesia’s parliament struggles to maintain independence and trust
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Indonesia – By Jefferson Ng, PhD student, Australian National University The iconic building of the Indonesian Parliament complex in Jakarta on July 20, 2023 ahead of the Independence Day celebration preparation. Disto De Niro/Shutterstock Large demonstrations hit Jakarta over the past week as angry protesters demanded the dissolution of…
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China’s WWII anniversary parade rekindles cross-strait battle over war narrative − and fears in Taiwan of future conflict
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate…
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Donald Trump’s penchant for bullshit explains MAGA anger about the Epstein files
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Tim Kenyon, Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University In July 2025, the connection between United States President Donald Trump and his base of supporters was fractured by the announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI that no “Epstein list” exists. That is, they…
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Reform v the Nottingham Post: why local media is crucial to democracy
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Richard Jones, Director of Journalism, Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock The proposed reorganisation of council boundaries was probably not the issue which prompted British voters to elect hundreds of Reform councillors at May’s local elections. Nigel Farage’s surging party won 677 seats…
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Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Duncan Depledge, Senior Lecturer in Geopolitics and Security, Loughborough University Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock Earth’s average temperature rose more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in 2024 for the first time – a critical threshold in the climate crisis. At the same time, major armed conflicts continue to…
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Our survey of Green party members suggests Zack Polanski has the mandate to take his party in a more radical direction
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London Thanks to the media interest in his election as leader of the Green party of England and Wales, there’s now plenty of information available about Zack Polanski, the so-called “eco-populist” who won a landslide victory over…
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Cats can get dementia too – here are the eight signs to look out for
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Blackwell, Senior Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, University of Bristol Behavioural changes can be a sign of dementia in cats. larisa Stefanjuk/ Shutterstock Many cat owners don’t realise that just like humans, cats can suffer from dementia. A recent paper has even found many…
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Indonesia violence: state response to protests echoes darker times in country’s history
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Soe Tjen Marching, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS, University of London Indonesians have taken to the streets over the past week to protest against elite corruption. The demonstrations began peacefully on August 25 with protests outside parliament in the capital,…
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How do bodies decompose? Cape Town forensic scientists are pushing frontiers of new detection methods
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Victoria Gibbon, Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the highest murder rates. It has more than double the national average, and is…
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We decoded the oldest genetic data from an Egyptian, a man buried around 4,500 years ago – what it told us
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Adeline Morez Jacobs, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Padova (Italy); visiting lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University (UK), University of Padua A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare insight into…