Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Richard Bale, Director of Academic Development and Research, Associate Professor, The University of Law Cast Of Thousands/Shutterstock The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which comes into force on August 1 2025, means universities in England now have a new duty to uphold “robust” strategies to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin A new vision for Middle East peace emerged this week which proposes the withdrawal of Israel from Gaza and the West Bank, the disarming and disbanding of Hamas and the creation of a unified Palestinian…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ian Main, Professor of Seismology and Rock Physics, University of Edinburgh The earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on July 30 2025 may have been one of the most severe on record, with a magnitude of 8.8. But innovations in science and technology gave governments vital time…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephan Blum, Research associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen Somewhere between hero and hustler, family man and philanderer, king and con artist, Odysseus is one of ancient literature’s most complex figures. In the Iliad, he is the mastermind behind…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities, Queen Mary University of London Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 comes into force throughout England on August 1 2025. Designed to stop universities from censoring controversial or unpopular ideas, the law gives the Office…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation Donald Trump’s lawyers are pushing to get Rupert Murdoch deposed, and quickly. The US president is suing the billionaire media owner, alongside the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones and others, for libel after it published an…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security, University of Portsmouth There are masked men, and some women, on the streets in American cities, sometimes travelling in unmarked cars, often carrying weapons and wearing military-style kit. They have the power to identify, arrest, detain…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University When it comes to dealing with two of the biggest current crises in the Muslim world – the devastation of Gaza and the Taliban’s…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By William E. Donald, Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, University of Southampton Brett D Cove/Primark, CC BY-ND July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate disabled people while continuing the push for equality, accessibility and visibility. Despite making up 16% of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Brian Brivati, Visiting Professor of Contemporary History and Human Rights, Kingston University Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will recognise Palestinian statehood by September 2025 unless Israel meets certain conditions, marking a significant shift in UK policy. For decades, successive UK governments withheld recognition, insisting…