Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan O’Brien, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath Gin Lane by William Hogarth (1751). Royal Academy of Arts In 1751, the English painter William Hogarth created a nightmarish depiction of the London slum of St Giles. The familiar spire of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hannah Wakeford, Associate professor, University of Bristol New research using Nasa’s powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere. The planet is within the “habitable zone”, the region around a star where temperatures make it possible for liquid…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ian Langford, Executive Director, Security & Defence PLuS and Professor, UNSW Sydney The Chinese military parade that had the world talking last week was more than just pageantry. It was a declaration that Chinese leader Xi Jinping sees himself in a race against time to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Marguerite Johnson, Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Helen and Paris depicted on an Ancient Greek vase, 380–370 BC. Wikimedia Commons The Trojan War is a legend that sprang from a distant memory of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Shaban Sulejman, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne Nanoplastic particles are captured by cavities in the optical sieve. Lukas Wesemann and Mario Hentschel Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seen at his residence in Brasilia on Sept. 3, 2025. Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro could soon be convicted as a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sebastian Maslow, Associate Professor, International Relations, Contemporary Japanese Politics & Society, University of Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has bowed to weeks of pressure from within his party and announced his resignation, less than a year after taking office. His departure plunges Japan back…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster Kmpzzz/Shutterstock A food truck in southern Italy recently became the centre of a deadly health scare. A food-borne outbreak linked to preserved vegetables killed two people and sent more than a dozen to hospital. At the same…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elna Heimdal Nilsson, Professor of Aeronautical Sciences, Department of Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences, Lund University Staff Sgt. Madelyn Brown Military aircraft – from fighter jets to transport planes – are playing a significant role in today’s unstable world. Cumulatively, the operations carried out by these fleets,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jim Hoare, Honorary Research Associate in the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London China invited world leaders to its capital, Beijing, recently to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the second world war. Western leaders were notably absent. But despite the presence…