Category: The Conversation

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 – Global Perspectives – By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Senior Research Fellow, Initiative for Peacebuilding, The University of Melbourne On August 15 2021, Afghanistan’s democratic republic collapsed. As the last US and NATO troops departed the country, the Taliban swept back into power and the Afghan people braced for an uncertain future.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Marina Mastrorillo, Senior Economist, CGIAR The pathway from climate change to violent conflict is not simple. There are the obvious immediate effects of global warming like water scarcity and crop failure. But beyond these, climate stress can pave the road to violence through indirect channels…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University The Alaska summit is the first time the two leaders have met face-to-face since 2019. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, Mark Schiefelbein, File Like many such confabs before it, the Aug. 15, 2025, Alaska red carpet rollout for Russian…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tim Luckhurst, Principal of South College, Durham University Betrayal: where were the Czechs when their country was given away? Bundesarchiv, CC BY-ND Donald Trump meets Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska on September 15 for their first summit of Trump’s second term. Their topic of discussion…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Katarzyna Kosmala, Chair in Culture Media and Visual Arts, University of the West of Scotland Edinburgh is once again joyfully alive with creativity and originality as the UK’s largest arts event returns. Staged in the oak grove of the city’s Botanical Gardens, the opening night of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University A confirmed 41 cases of botulism have been reported in the UK between June and August of this year. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock Botox is the most common non-surgical procedure performed globally – with nearly 9 million procedures estimated to take…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neil Saunders, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, City St George’s, University of London Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock In 2025, more young people than ever have opened their A-level results to find out how they did in their maths exam. Once again, maths has been the most popular A-level subject, with…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham What happens when a convicted felon and a man under indictment for alleged war crimes get together? What sounds like the opening line of a great joke, sadly, is probably the defining meeting of the second term…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Bentley, Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London Donald Trump will sit down with Vladimir Putin at a snap summit in Alaska on August 15 to discuss the war in Ukraine. The American president has claimed it’s a victory his Russian counterpart is…