Category: MIL OSI
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Canada’s new drug pricing guidelines are industry friendly
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Joel Lexchin, Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada Drug pricing in Canada just got more industry-friendly. Canadian drug prices are already the fourth highest in the industrialized world. Now, with the release of new guidelines for the staff at the Patented Medicine…
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Dealing with wildfires requires a whole-of-society approach
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kevin Kriese, Senior Wildfire and Land Use Analyst, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria As the summer heat intensifies, people across Canada are facing the full brunt of wildfire season. Communities are being evacuated and properties are being destroyed as fires grow in size. Over…
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The US has sanctioned UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese – here’s why she’s the wrong target
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alvina Hoffmann, Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London The United States has imposed sanctions against the UN’s special rapporteur in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese. It’s an unprecedented situation. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, cited as…
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Ukrainian protests: Zelensky faces biggest threat to his presidency since taking power
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University Protests have erupted in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities against a new law that threatens the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions. The legislation was hastily passed on July 22 by parliament and signed by the Ukrainian president,…
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Gaza is starving – how Israel’s allies can go beyond words and take meaningful action
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Mabon, Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University In the past two months, more than 1,000 people seeking food have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. While the figure has been disputed by Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which was set up…
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Ukraine joins other Russian neighbours in quitting landmines treaty: another deadly legacy in the making
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marcel Vondermassen, Scientific Coordinator and Deputy Executive Manager of the IZEW, University of Tübingen Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, recently signed a decree to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning the use of anti-personnel landmines. This move follows the example of Finland, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania, who…
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Thailand and Cambodia’s escalating conflict has roots in century-old border dispute
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Petra Alderman, Manager of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science There has been a dramatic escalation in a long-running border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. On July 23, five Thai soldiers from a border patrol unit in Ubon…
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Who Will Bury You? Short stories from Zimbabwe about women who refuse to be easily defined
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Gibson Ncube, Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University Zimbabwe-born, Canada-based Chido Muchemwa’s debut short story collection, Who Will Bury You?, was published late in 2024 and immediately attracted the right kind of attention. Here was an unexpected range of themes: queer identity, dislocation in the diaspora, the lingering…
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What makes a person cool? Global study has some answers
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Todd Pezzuti, Associate Professor, Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people.…
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Pelvic floor training can help active women avoid exercise-related symptoms
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Holly Ingram, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University Dudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock Are you a woman who exercises regularly? If so, here’s a vital question: do you train your pelvic floor muscles as part of your routine? If the answer is no, now’s the time to start. It’s…