Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will Shüler, Vice-Dean of Education and Senior Lecturer, School of Performing and Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London Currently playing to enthusiastic reviews at London’s Wyndham Theatre, Born With Teeth imagines a historic moment in playwriting in which Liz Duffy Adams illuminates how history can…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jordan Miller, Teaching Professor of Public Health, Arizona State University Visible bullet holes in the CDC’s venerable building speak volumes of the unfolding crisis. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images News via Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation’s – if not…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame The moment before an alleged drug boat was hit in a targeted U.S. strike. @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social The U.S. government is justifying its lethal destruction of a boat suspected of transporting illegal…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mehmet Sebih Oruc, PhD Researcher in digital media and philosophy, Newcastle University Vectorium/Shutterstock It feels like there are so many things constantly vying for our attention: the sharp buzz of the phone, the low hum of social media, the unrelenting flood of emails, the endless carousel…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Adam Simpson, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Thai politics is often chaotic. But this past week has been especially tumultuous, even by Thailand’s standards. In a matter of days, Thailand has…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Dragan Rangelov, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Swinburne University of Technology master1305 / Getty Images Imagine a game show where the host asks the contestant to randomly pick one option out of three: A, B or C. After the contestant chooses, say, option…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide The global trading system that promoted free trade and underpinned global prosperity for 80 years now stands at a crossroads. Recent…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics, Royal Holloway University of London Irfaan Ali, the leader of the People’s Progressive party (PPP), says he has secured a second term as Guyana’s president. The official results from the election on September 1 are yet to be published, but Ali…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Catherine Norton, Associate Professor Sport & Exercise Nutrition, University of Limerick Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has stirred debate by calling the familiar five-a-day message “a lie”. Speaking to the Times, he argued that the real health benefits of fruit and vegetables only start to add up…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Rosen, Professor of Sociology, Social Research Institute, UCL Shutterstock/Pressmaster Miriam was 13 when we met her. One day, she asked Eve: “How can we help my mum? She really struggles. I worry that we don’t have enough money for food and stuff.” Miriam went on…