Category: MIL OSI
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Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Shelley Boulianne, Professor in Communication Studies, Mount Royal University Since taking office, United States President Donald Trump has used tariffs to address perceived trade deficits with other countries. He claims that other countries have cheated and pillaged the U.S. via trade deficits. In response, many political…
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We drilled deep under the sea to learn more about mega-earthquakes and tsunamis
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Morgane Brunet, Postdoctoral researcher, Marine geoscience, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) The Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench — seven kilometres below sea level — lie hidden clues…
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Supporting religious diversity on campus is a surprising consensus among faculty across the red-blue divide
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Matthew J. Mayhew, Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University University faculty are the most important people influencing student learning, development, persistence and degree attainment. Maskot/Getty Images Universities, often perceived as bastions of progressive thought, are increasingly reflecting the broader political polarization gripping the nation.…
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South Africa’s service delivery crisis: why protesters are using more militant tactics
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Kenny Chiwarawara, Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg Post-apartheid South Africa is characterised by frequent public protests. On average, between 2007 and 2013, there were over 11 protests daily. Research shows that protests almost doubled in the 20 years after 1997. Service delivery protests – over…
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Mother Vera: beautiful documentary film about a nun’s dilemma – reviewed by a priest
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Helen Hall, Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University Nuns loom large in the European imagination. They are often caricatured to the point of dehumanisation. Either as a grotesque comic creation, like the chocolate-obsessed sister in Father Ted (1995-1998), or a monstrous aberration, like the demon…
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Why personal finance is harder when you’re a migrant
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kumbirai Mabwe, Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance, Cardiff Metropolitan University fizkes/Shutterstock Skilled migrants play an important role in the UK economy. But while the UK celebrates the skills they bring, it doesn’t always make it easy for them to thrive financially. Migrants tend to arrive…
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Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China – but don’t expect their Eurasian bloc summit to agree on anything important
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham The upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, will be the organisation’s largest gathering of heads of state to date. It comes at a time when the…
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Gaza: civilian death toll outpaces other modern wars
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neta Crawford, Montague Burton Chair in International Relations, University of Oxford Hamas killed about 1,200 people in Israel, mostly unarmed civilians, in its surprise attack on southern Israel on October 7 2023. Using Gaza health ministry statistics, the UN says more than 62,000 people have subsequently…
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Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Justin Dunnavant, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles The red square on this 1767 map of St. Croix marks where Danes believed the Maroon settlement was. Paul Kuffner/Royal Danish Library “For a long time now, a large number of [escaped slaves] have established…
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How stripping diversity, equity and inclusion from health care may make Americans sicker
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Abigail Folberg, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha The Trump administration has rescinded more than $1 billion in medical research funding, with one major target being research relating to diversity, equity and inclusion. Alina Kotliar/iStock via Getty Images Plus President Donald Trump’s administration…