Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Rex Wholster via Shutterstock France, the UK and Canada are expected to become the first G7 countries to recognise the state of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in late September, where Australia will also announce its…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, Durham University As the Israeli military advances its ground invasion of Gaza City, Egypt is coming under mounting pressure to accept a mass expulsion of Palestinians. The Israeli military has already confined Gaza’s 2.2 million Palestinians into a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leonie Fleischmann, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George’s, University of London A recent episode on the West Bank when hundreds of Palestinian men were detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has highlighted the IDF’s tactic of “collective punishment”. This is defined as “a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Dickinson, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter Conservative party leader David Cameron gave a speech in 2007 on social justice which is remembered as the “hug a hoodie” moment. In it, he laid out the foundations of what would become the “big society” social programme…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Dickinson, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter Conservative party leader David Cameron gave a speech in 2007 on social justice which is remembered as the “hug a hoodie” moment. In it, he laid out the foundations of what would become the “big society” social programme…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dominique Townsend, Visiting Researcher, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton A seaweed garden: rocks provide vital surfaces for marine life to grow. Dominique Townsend, CC BY-NC-ND At the end of the last ice age, billions of boulders and cobbles were left scattered over…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura O’Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University After 15 years on screen, Downton Abbey limps to its conclusion with The Grand Finale. Directed by Simon Curtis and billed as the ultimate farewell, it reunites the ensemble cast for one last bow. Marketed as…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sophia Komninou, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University Most kids won’t need extra protein added into their diet. Asada Nami/ Shutterstock Protein is everywhere nowadays. From yogurt to breakfast cereal, bread to pasta or even chocolate bars, the obsession with making sure we get enough…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anthony Bloxham, Lecturer in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University Jorm Sangsorn/Shutterstock Why do we dream? Vishnu, aged nine, Kerala That’s a really interesting question, and people have been asking it for thousands of years. But it’s difficult to answer because dreams are difficult to study scientifically. Think…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University History’s path is never linear. But its turns can be very sharp. It is rare to be able to identify the moment when we can say “this is the point at…