Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marieke Riethof, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics, University of Liverpool Four out of five members of Brazil’s supreme court have voted to convict the former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for plotting a military coup after losing the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rachel Scarfe, Lecturer in Economics, University of Stirling CandyBox Images/Shutterstock After the resignation of Angela Rayner, the UK government faces an urgent question: what will happen to its flagship employment rights bill? The former deputy prime minister was an important champion of the bill – and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University The line between pulling off a diplomatic masterstroke and setting up an accident waiting to happen can be a fine one. In the seven-month fable of Peter Mandelson’s UK ambassadorship to the US, the crossing of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Trevor Treharne, Doctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Victor Ling/Shutterstock Each day, we’re confronted with headlines about death: millions lost to disease, disasters, overwork or unhealthy lifestyles. But much of this reporting doesn’t reflect reality – and it may be…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kate McNicholas Smith, Senior Lecturer in Screen, University of Westminster This piece contains spoilers for On Swift Horses On Swift Horses, directed by Daniel Minahan and adapted from the novel by Shannon Pufahl, is a romantic drama set in the US in the 1950s – an…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dominic Bryan, Chair professor, Queen’s University Belfast Flags – particularly the union flag and the St George’s Cross – continue to appear in towns and cities in England, at times in response to the housing of migrants and asylum seekers in the local area. Groups such…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Silver, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sheffield The majority of Gaza’s urban sites will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock The US and Israel have sparked international condemnation over their leaked vision for the reconstruction of a shattered Gaza. The urban…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy (Emerging Economies), King’s College London The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust (Great Trust) vision. Supplied Entire neighbourhoods in Gaza lie in ruins. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tents, struggling for food, water and power.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicole Bulawa, Lecturer in Marketing, Lancaster University Amani A/Shutterstock Charging your electric car for the first time can seem confusing. The whole process just isn’t very intuitive. There are different plug types and charging speeds, plus various ways of charging at home, at motorway stations or…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Darling, Professor in Human Geography, Durham University Over recent weeks, the interim injunction to halt the housing of asylum seekers at the Bell hotel in Epping has thrown government plans into crisis. The Home Office has now successfully appealed this judgment but does still need…