Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter Urwin, Director, Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster PeopleImages/Shutterstock The number of 16 to 24-year-olds in England who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) currently stands at nearly one million. In a recent document of proposed policy, the government has set out…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Steve Lorteau, Long-Term Appointment Law Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa The Idaho stop does not allow cyclists to proceed through a red light if there are cars moving. (La Conversation Canada), CC BY Interactions between different users on roads are often a source of frustration,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Shaoyu Yuan, Adjunct Professor, New York University; Rutgers University Every few years since 1953, the Chinese government has unveiled a new master strategy for its economy: the all-important five-year plan. For the most part, these blueprints have been geared at spurring growth and unity as…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University The Middle East has long been riddled by instability. This makes getting a sense of the broader, long-term trends in the aftermath of the Gaza war particularly challenging. The significance of Trump’s 20-point peace deal that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney One year and a day after Donald Trump won a second term as president – and on the 35th day of the US government shutdown, which has tied a record for the longest…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Ken Chitwood, Affiliate Researcher, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Bayreuth University The Mezquita Al-Madinah in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, about an hour west of San Juan, is one of several mosques and Islamic centers on the island. Ken…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anne-Marie McAlinden, Professor, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast The UK’s grooming gangs inquiry appears to be in turmoil before it has even started, following the resignation of several women from its victim liaison panel. Their complaints related mainly to appointments to chair the inquiry and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elaine Gregersen, Associate Professor in the School of Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle To listen to Lily Allen’s new album West End Girl is to be drawn into the painful disintegration of a marriage. It feels like we are there, with Allen: on the call learning about…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mike Savage, Professorial Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science When the full, unexpurgated diaries of the Conservative MP Sir Henry “Chips” Channon were published in 2021, these disarmingly frank accounts of his aristocratic life in mid-20th century Britain caused a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Each grey hair may be a sign that a cell has chosen to stop replicating rather than risk turning malignant. Pixel-Shot/ Shutterstock Grey hair is an inevitable hallmark of ageing. It’s a visual reminder of the passing…