Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Renata Keller, Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Reno A map prepared by the Defense Department in 1962 shows potential ranges of Soviet ballistic missiles from Cuba. Department of Defense Cuban Missile Crisis briefing materials/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Sixty-three years ago,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nikhil Datta, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Warwick Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The UK’s rental market has changed dramatically over recent decades, with the proportion of renters doubling to 30% since 2000. Over the same period, housing costs have increased far faster than wages. Historically, the rental sector has…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Amber Yeoman, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Emissions, University of York richardjohnson/Shutterstock Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old child, died in 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould in his social housing association home. The inquest into his death found that, despite repeated reports by his parents about the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Jeffery, Senior Lecturer in British Politics, University of Liverpool Reform UK has positioned itself as the voice of discontent in British politics – a home for voters who feel both Labour and the Conservatives have lost touch with ordinary people. Following elections in May, Reform…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Blake Lawrence, PhD Candidate (Design) and Performance Artist, University of Technology Sydney Three frogs, a shark, a unicorn and a Tyrannosaurus rex dance in front of a line of heavily armoured police in riot gear. Over the past few weeks, activists taking part in protests…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Alistair Evans, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University A pit viper (_Bothrops asper_). marcozozaya/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth. These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding reptiles owe their evolutionary success in part to the effectiveness of their…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jessica Biesiekierski, Associate Professor of Human Nutrition, The University of Melbourne Daisy-Daisy/Getty Social media and lifestyle magazines have turned gluten – a protein in wheat, rye and barley – into a dietary villain. Athletes and celebrities have promoted gluten-free eating as the secret to better…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Paul Crosby, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Macquarie University Taylor Swift’s latest studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, has just enjoyed a second week on top of the Billboard charts, after smashing all-time sales records on its debut. In the United States alone, it…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide Between the end of a summer that had been going on too long and the beginning of a too-warm autumn that would crank up my climate change anxiety to ten, I…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University Power station in north Wales. edhphotography/Shutterstock The UK government is reportedly considering abandoning its goal of removing fossil fuels from the country’s electricity supply by 2030 in an attempt to keep energy bills down.…