Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Léonie de Jonge, Professor of Research on Far-Right Extremism, Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen Dutch voters are to elect a new parliament for the third time in just five years on October 29. Prime Minister Dick Schoof called a snap election…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Christina Morin, Professor in School of English Irish & Communication, University of Limerick One of Stephen Gammell’s original illustrations for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Stephen Gammell Seeing the cover of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) has a powerfully…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lisa Lazard, Professor in Psychology, The Open University A leaked video of an online meeting between members of the Reform-led Kent county council showed shocking exchanges. There was shouting, swearing and repeated interruptions. At one point, council leader Linden Kemkaran mutes another member of the council.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda, Senior Research Associate, Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia A new version of Minecraft aims to teach students about coastal erosion, flood resilience and climate adaptation, and shows how children can use computer games to learn about complex situations. CoastCraft is a new custom…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pietro Micheli, Professor of Business Performance and Innovation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Electric cars made by the Chinese car firm BYD are now a familiar sight on British roads. In September 2025, the company sold 11,271 vehicles in the UK – ten times as…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jongkil Jay Jeong, Senior Fellow, School of Computing and Information System, The University of Melbourne Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services The world’s largest cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has experienced a major outage that has impacted thousands of organisations, including banks,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Gerard Toal, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech Donald Trump addresses European leaders on Aug. 18, 2025. The White House Donald Trump is reportedly “sick” of seeing maps of the front line in Ukraine. Indeed, according to one European official’s account, he tossed…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura O’Brien, Associate Professor in Modern European History, Northumbria University, Newcastle It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University Prostock-studio/Shutterstock A few years ago I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I’d been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University norikko/Shutterstock.com They’ve become as ubiquitous on British high streets as coffee shops – bubble tea outlets offering their Instagram-worthy drinks in countless flavour combinations. The Taiwanese beverage, a blend of black tea, milk, sugar and chewy tapioca pearls, has…