Category: MIL OSI
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‘Pay us what you owe us:’ What the WNBA’s collective bargaining talks reveal about negotiation psychology
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ryan Clutterbuck, Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Brock University WNBA all-star players, led by Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Minnesota Lynx’s Naphessa Collier, recently made headlines by wearing “Pay Us What You Owe Us” T-shirts during the pregame warm-up. The T-shirts, which are now available…
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Starmer’s move on Palestinian statehood is clever politics
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Brian Brivati, Visiting Professor of Contemporary History and Human Rights, Kingston University Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will recognise Palestinian statehood by September 2025 unless Israel meets certain conditions, marking a significant shift in UK policy. For decades, successive UK governments withheld recognition, insisting…
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Why the Pacific tsunami was smaller than expected – a geologist explains
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alan Dykes, Associate Professor in Engineering Geology, Kingston University The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia on July 30 2025 generated tsunami waves that have reached Hawaii and coastal areas of the US mainland. The earthquake’s magnitude of 8.8 is significant,…
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As climate change hits, what might the British garden of the future look like?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adele Julier, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Portsmouth Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock Hosepipe bans in summer 2025 will mean many gardeners having to choose which of their plants to keep going with the watering can, and which to abandon. Are these temporary restrictions actually a sign we…
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How the UK’s cold weather payments need to change to help prevent people freezing in winter
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Thomas Longden, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University DimaBerlin/Shutterstock The UK government recently expanded the warm home discount by removing restrictions that had previously excluded many people who can’t always afford to heat their homes. Now, the payment of £150 will be received…
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Many tongues, one people: the debate over linguistic diversity in India
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sudhansu Bala Das, Postdoctoral researcher in Linguistics, University of Galway India is a home to numerous ancient and linguistically rich languages across its many regions. In a single home, a young person may speak, for example, Odia (the language spoken in the eastern state of Odisha)…
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Hormone-free male contraceptive pill passes first safety test
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Susan Walker, Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University The male contraceptive pill just completed phase 1 trials. Pixel-Shot/ Shutterstock A potential new male contraceptive drug has just undergone its first tests in human volunteers. The results give the first indication that…
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Kemi Badenoch says she wants to be Britain’s Javier Milei – but is the Argentinian president a model to follow?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sam Halvorsen, Reader in Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London When UK Conservative party head Kemi Badenoch recently declared that she aspires to be Britain’s Milei, she aligned herself with one of the world’s most radical and controversial leaders. Javier Milei, Argentina’s self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president,…
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Ancient India, Living Traditions: an earnest effort to show how the art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is sacred and personal
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ram Prasad, Fellow of the British Academy and Distinguished Professor in the Department Politics, Philosophy and Religion, University of Leicester The British Museum’s Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition brings together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It also encompasses the spread of…
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Windrush scandal: those left to apply for compensation without legal help missed out on tens of thousands of pounds
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jo Wilding, Lecturer in law, University of Sussex The Windrush scandal has been one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Britain, affecting tens of thousands of people. The government set up a scheme in 2019 to award compensation to those who had been wronged by…