Category: MIL OSI
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The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter William Walsh, Researcher, The Migration Observatory, University of Oxford Speaking to the press in an airport hangar near Oxford on August 26, the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, unveiled his party’s new policy on mass deportations. There are many elements to the policy, but…
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Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Harsh Trivedi, Teaching Associate French, School of Languages, Arts and Societies., University of Sheffield Daguerrotype of Honoré de Balzac by Louis-Auguste Bisson (1842). Wiki Commons/Canva., CC BY-SA The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of…
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How Sweden’s ‘secondhand only’ shopping mall is changing retail
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mary-Ann Ball, Senior Lecturer, Fashion Sustainability and Marketing, Nottingham Trent University Second-hand books for sale at ReTuna, Sweden’s shopping centre dedicated to only selling preloved items. Mary-Anna Ball, CC BY-NC-ND As a fashion sustainability researcher, finding the ReTuna shopping mall in Eskilstuna was a delightful surprise.…
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Can vitamin D supplements really slow ageing, as a recent study suggests?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dervla Kelly, Associate Professor, Pharmacology, University of Limerick NataschaS/Shutterstock.com Vitamin D supplements could help protect the caps on our chromosomes that slow ageing, sparking hopes the sunshine vitamin might keep us healthier for longer, a recent study suggests. The researchers discovered that taking 2,000 IU (international…
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Why Donald Trump’s plans to prosecute flag burning divides his supporters
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Clodagh Harrington, Lecturer in American Politics, University College Cork “If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail. No early exits. No nothing.” This is what US president Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office in the last week in August. Ever the master…
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Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ailsa Henderson, Head of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh One apparent constant in contemporary UK politics is Nigel Farage’s ability to mobilise a sense of grievance among those who regard themselves as English. By doing so, Farage has, on successive occasions, managed to shift…
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Senegal’s rating downgrade: credit agencies are punishing countries that don’t check their numbers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Daniel Cash, Reader in Law, Aston University Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s downgrade in July. Moody’s decision marked a three-notch deterioration in Senegal’s rating in four months. The scale…
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How does your body make poop?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brian Robert Boulay, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago Your small intestine is lined with tiny protrusions called villi that play a big role in digestion. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.…
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Israel’s ‘double-tap’ hospital strike probably breached rules of war
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sam Phelps, Commissioning Editor, International Affairs, The Conversation This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. A video broadcast earlier this week captured…
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Like Reagan, Trump is slashing environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice in Energy Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University When the Trump administration announced it was moving to eliminate dozens of U.S. climate policies, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said he was sending “a dagger straight into the heart of…