Category: MIL OSI
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How young people have taken climate justice to the world’s international courts
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds Pla2na/Shutterstock, CC BY-NC-ND Youth activist organisations including Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and World Youth for Climate Justice recently coordinated massive online calls across two different time zones. These two global…
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Teenagers aren’t good at spotting misinformation online – research suggests why
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Yvonne Skipper, Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Education), University of Glasgow Body Stock/Shutterstock Misinformation is found in every element of our online lives. It ranges from fake products available to buy, fake lifestyle posts on social media accounts and fake news about health and politics. Misinformation has…
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Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Hanri Mostert, SARChI Chair for Mineral Law in Africa, University of Cape Town A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to…
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Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Marian Selorm Sapah, Senior lecturer, University of Ghana Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the Earth’s surface. It is a basic…
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African media are threatened by governments and big tech – book tracks the latest trends
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Hayes Mabweazara, Senior Lecturer in Sociological & Cultural Studies (Media, Culture & Society), University of Glasgow Media capture happens when media outlets lose their independence and fall under the influence of political or financial interests. This often leads to news content that favours power instead of…
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Johannesburg’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Mariapaola McGurk, Lecturer in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Johannesburg is weathering a storm of crises. Nowhere is its complex tangle of challenges more visible than in the inner city, where crime, overcrowding, and infrastructure collapse – such as roads literally exploding…
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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Timiebi Aganaba, Assistant Professor of Space and Society, Arizona State University A group of people gaze up at the Moon in Germany. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber “India is on the Moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant…
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Why is heart cancer so rare? A biologist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Julie Phillippi, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh When heart cancer does happen, it can be particularly serious. Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert…
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Comparing ICE to the Gestapo reveals people’s fears for the US – a Holocaust scholar explains why Nazi analogies remain common, yet risky
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Daniel H. Magilow, Professor of German, University of Tennessee U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation on Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. Associated Press Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently sparked controversy by comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs…
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Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Derek R. Peterson, Ali Mazrui Professor of History & African Studies, University of Michigan Idi Amin addresses the United Nations General Assembly in 1975. Bettmann/Getty Images Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion:…