Category: The Conversation

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 Students from an art school in Mumbai, India, created posters in response to Trump’s latest tariff announcement. SOPA Images/Getty Last week,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ilan Noy, Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images The words and pictures documenting the famine in the Gaza strip are horrifying. The coverage has led to acrimonious and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Trang Chu, Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Shutterstock/Pandagolik1 What turns a democratically elected leader into an authoritarian? The process is rarely abrupt. It unfolds gradually and is often justified as a necessary reform. It is framed as what the people wanted. All this…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Cat Acheson, Research Associate, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Plastics are everywhere – they’re even in you right now – and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting over whether that matters. As 180 countries meet in Geneva…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas John Wheeler, Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science and International Studies and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at BASIC, University of Birmingham The world entered its nuclear epoch 80 years ago on August 6 1945. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nick Megoran, Professor of Political Geography, Newcastle University Japan’s Emperor Hirohito ordered his country’s surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 million people, the second world war had finally come to an end. Reflections on the anniversary of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew B Avison, Professor of Molecular Bacteriology, University of Bristol Antibiotic-resistant _Escherichia coli_ is one of the most common superbugs found in UK dogs’ poo. otsphoto/ Shutterstock Bagging up and disposing of your pet’s poo is a necessary, albeit unpleasant, part of responsible pet ownership. But…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Samuel Walker, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Zooarchaeology, Bournemouth University Scientists excavating bones in Arne Qvamgrotta, a cave in the Norwegian Arctic. Trond Klungseth Lødøen, CC BY-NC-ND As the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on Earth, animals that have evolved to survive the cold face unprecedented…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University From warming winter teas to zesty stir-fries, ginger (Zingiber officinale) has long been a kitchen staple. But beyond its culinary charm, this spicy root has a rich history in traditional medicine – and modern science is catching…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Bate, Professor at Westminster School of Arts, University of Westminster Virtual Beauty is the summer show at Somerset House, London, featuring a fascinating collection of visual work by artists dealing with the connection between technology and beauty. As you might expect, it focuses on the…