Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Cameron Shackell, Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland; Queensland University of Technology Fortune Live Media, CC BY-NC-ND The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Estrella Luna-Diez, Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham The mighty Feanedock Oak in Derbyshire has provided an anchor habitat for many lifeforms, including people, for more than 200 years. Lucy Neal, CC BY-NC-SA The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew J. Green, Lecturer in the Anthropology of Music, King’s College London LUX, the new album from Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía, has been critically lauded. But opinion is divided among some commentators on whether it should be considered pop or classical music. Much of LUX “sounds closer…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nazrul Islam, Professor of Business and Associate Director, Centre of FinTech, University of East London Leadership and other people skills are only going to rise in value to employers. NoMoreStock/Shutterstock Across the world, workers are increasingly anxious that artificial intelligence (AI) will make their jobs obsolete.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University Reshetnikov_art/Shutterstock Pop-up clinics and glossy adverts are selling men a new message: it is time to “check your T” (shorthand for testosterone levels). The idea is not about treating medical problems but about “optimising” energy, focus and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stephen Ryan, Course Director, MA in Songwriting, University of Limerick The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters has become the most watched film in Netflix history. The all-pervasive musical phenomenon centres on two fictional K-pop bands, Huntr/X and Saja Boys. If you somehow haven’t yet seen…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matthew Alford, Lecturer in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath People walk near the Kremlin in Moscow in January 2025. Oleg Elkov / Shutterstock I went to Moscow this summer on a trip that was as awkward as it was illuminating.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ellen Ruth Kujawa, Coastal Change Research Fellow, University of Hull; University of Cambridge Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica in late October, killed dozens in Haiti and forced nearly three-quarters of a million Cubans to evacuate. The death toll across the region is still unknown – but Melissa…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Parveen Akhtar, Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University Just 74 days into her new role as home secretary, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled what she calls “the most substantial reform to the UK’s asylum system in a generation”. Immigration is currently viewed as the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Estrella Luna-Diez, Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham The mighty Feanedock Oak in Derbyshire has provided an anchor habitat for many lifeforms, including people, for more than 200 years. Lucy Neal, CC BY-NC-SA The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in…