Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Adam Simpson, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Sanae Takaichi has made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister. However, this was hardly a win for feminist or progressive politics. Takaichi…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University The latest allegations against Prince Andrew, in Virginia Giuffre’s book Nobody’s Girl, and reports that he and his wife, the Duchess of York, maintained contact with Jeffrey…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Kinda Alsamara, Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland Women’s political participation is often treated as a measure of a country’s commitment to equality and democracy. Earlier this year, Syria’s new leader, President Ahmed al-Sharaa, described his country as moving…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London According to data released by global market research firm Ipsos in September, 80% of South Africans say their country is on the wrong track.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lynda Dunlop, Senior Lecturer in Science Education, University of York What will the world look like in 2100? This question is central to a new free online game called FutureGuessr. Launched in June 2025, this new form of climate communication combines gameplay with visual climate imagery…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Barry Langford, Professor of Film Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London Most caper movies tend to focus on the elaborate logistics of a theft – typically of an outlandishly colossal haul or priceless artefact (think Ocean’s Eleven or The Italian Job). In contrast, their close cousin,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ewan Archer-Brown, DPhil Candidate in Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford Multishooter / shutterstock Britain’s flagship home insulation programme has received a damning verdict from the National Audit Office. Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, tens of thousands of households have been left with…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol Imaging technology has revolutionised palaeontology, allowing scientists to study fossils that are buried deep in the rock or too small to handle. Two recent studies I was involved with show some of the technology’s potential, including…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Håkan Håkansson, Associate Professor, History of Ideas and Sciences, Lund University Helena Dziedzicka’s notes and pass from the Hamburg Ravensbrück trials, with a still photo of the accused. Lund University Library, CC BY “The witness – a tall, 16-year-old boy with a child-like face – recounts…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Sitophotostock/Shutterstock Cancer treatment has come a long way, but many of today’s therapies still come with steep costs: not just financial, but physical and emotional too. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain vital tools, yet they often damage healthy…