Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephen Clear, Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University The US president and first lady, at the king’s invitation, are on a state visit to the UK and will stay at Windsor castle. The event is laden with ceremony and glitz, but…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland Miroslav Zajic/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Hollywood is the place where having a great face will get you far. Think Errol Flynn, James Dean, George Clooney, Brad Pitt – a handsome appearance opens acting…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man suspected of having fatally shot right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, is reportedly not cooperating with authorities. Robinson was apprehended after a more than two-day manhunt and is being held without bail…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney When news broke last week that US political influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, millions of people around the world were first…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University A frequent question around peace talks over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is whether Ukraine should give up land as part of an interim or final settlement. United States President Donald Trump has often suggested…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro Riot police fire tear gas into crowds of demonstrators in Kathmandu on Sept. 8, 2025. Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images Days of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of a deeply unpopular…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kerry Whigham, Associate Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York Three and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, there are few immediate signs of a cessation to the ongoing hostilities. Yet amid the steady toll of front-line…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jonathan L. Zecher, Associate Professor, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University Charlie Kirk: white nationalist, conservative Christian, right-wing social media personality, shooting victim, and now, a “martyr”. That is, according to his supporters. Since Kirk’s death last week, a number of his…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alexandra Consterdine, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Exercise and Health, Liverpool John Moores University Olympic swimmer Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games – a controversial new event that allows athletes from all over the world to compete using…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marianna Poberezhskaya, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent University A worker looking out to sea as a sandstorm hits Kuwait. Sebastian Castelier / Shutterstock The Middle East is experiencing a period of intense political and economic turbulence, with several countries in the region…