Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Simon Avenell, Professor in Modern Japanese History, Australian National University Aleksander Pasaric/Pexels This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation If you consider the history of Donald Trump’s public relationship with Vladimir Putin, you won’t be surprised that there’s a fair amount of concern in Ukraine and among Ukraine’s European allies at what might happen when…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kamalan Jeevaratnam, Head of School of Veterinary Medicine, Professor in Clinical Physiology, University of Surrey Mish d P/Shutterstock After a routine gallop on the morning of October 31 2023, the American thoroughbred racehorse Practical Move collapsed and died. A necropsy – the animal equivalent of a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Wouter Poortinga, Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University Low-traffic neighbourhoods can be considered controversial by some people. Hazel Plater/Shutterstock Despite growing concern about climate change, many countries have seen backlashes against certain environmental policies, often because they are seen as costly, restrictive or unfair. In France,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Heidi Ashton, Associate professor, University of Warwick KinoMasterskaya/Shutterstock If you’re a freelancer, you know there are many perks to how you make a living. For some, this includes being free to work when and how you please, setting your own rates, and being your own boss.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tim Beasley-Murray, Associate Professor of European Thought and Culture, UCL Too many politicians are collecting $200 without passing Go. Wikipedia/Landlordsgame.info/T Forsyth Donald Trump – who has spent at least 45 days of his presidency so far on the golf course – has once again been accused…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Samuel Lellouch, Assistant Professor in Digital Twinning, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Byron Hyde, Philosopher of Science and Public Policy, University of Bristol, Honorary Research Associate, Bangor University People stop trusting science when it doesn’t meet high expectations. Billion Photos/Shutterstock When people trust science, they can make better decisions, follow helpful rules and work together on big problems…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Charlotte Sleigh, Associate Professor, Dept of Science & Technology Studies, UCL George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) turns 80 on August 17 2025. If there’s one thing every student of history or politics knows, it’s that the novella is not really about animals. Sure, the principal characters…