Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Frank Ledwidge, Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth Last week I visited Ukraine to update my knowledge of the military situation there. I was privileged to be invited to visit Kharkiv by a friend – and spent several days there seeing the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Magda Osman, Professor of Policy Impact, University of Leeds myboys.me/Shutterstock Several pieces of legislation across the world are coming into effect this year to tackle harms experienced online, such as the UK’s Online Safety Act and Australia’s Online Safety Act. There are also new standards, regulations,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mike Watts, Professor of Education, Brunel University of London SpeedKingz/Shutterstock A-level results in 2025 show the increasing popularity of Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) among students. For students taking three A-levels – the majority – the most popular combination of subjects was biology, chemistry and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University A seismic political shift has taken place in Bolivia. The country’s leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas) party, which has dominated Bolivian politics for nearly 20 years, was voted out of power in a general election on August 17.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham At a high-stakes meeting at the White House on August 18, the US president, Donald Trump, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, tried to hammer out the broad contours of a potential peace agreement with Russia. The…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah Corbett, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Lancaster University The Ghost of a Flea by William Blake (1819-1820). Tate Britain/Collage made with Canva In William Blake’s painting The Ghost of a Flea (1820) a huge muscled figure fills the frame. He steps forward, the right side of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rory Wilson, Professor of Aquatic Biology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Swansea University Magellanic penguins in the surf. Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock Poohsticks, the game in which Piglet and Winnie the Pooh throw sticks into the river from one side of a bridge, and then rush over to the other…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Smith, Senior Consultant, Universal Impact, The Conversation Modern warfare is high-tech, violent and often incomprehensible. It is also widespread with one in eight people globally exposed to conflict last year. The shocking images which daily fill news reports and social media feeds can leave us…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Sonia Mycak, Research Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, Australian National University The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House earlier this year, he was berated by Donald Trump. On Monday, he returned with European leaders by his side. He emerged with some signs…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Mollie J. Cohen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Purdue University A pedestrian walks past graffiti promoting a null vote in the 2025 Bolivian presidential elections. AP Photo/Juan Karita For the first time since the country’s return to democracy in 1982, Bolivia’s presidential election will go…