Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Military Col. Michael Randrianirina joins protesters as he announces that the armed forces are taking control of Madagascar on Oct. 14, 2025. AP Photo/Brian Ingang Those who rise to power through a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jade French, Postdoctoral Researcher , Loughborough University BotaniHue/Shutterstock/Wikimedia Few feelings are more thrilling for a literature scholar than unearthing an archival gem. Urmila Seshagiri, professor of English at the University of Tennessee, got to experience such a jolt when she was told about previously unseen typescripts…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pinar Uysal-Onganer, Reader in Molecular Biology, University of Westminster StanislavSukhin/Shutterstock.com Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has called for a targeted prostate cancer screening programme for men most at high risk of the disease, reviving a national debate on how to save more lives and tackle…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Steven Lockey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Business School Richard Drury/Getty Have you ever used artificial intelligence (AI) in your job without double-checking the quality or accuracy of its output? If so, you wouldn’t be the only one. Our global research shows a staggering two-thirds (66%)…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Alex Beattie, Lecturer, Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images A wave of proposed social media bans for young people has swept the globe recently, fuelled by mounting concern about the apparent harm the likes of TikTok, Instagram and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Magnesium supplements are everywhere – lined up on pharmacy shelves and promoted on wellness blogs and social media. Maybe you have a friend or family member who swears a daily tablet will help everything, from better…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jan Lanicek, Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW Sydney In November 2025, cinemas worldwide will release Nuremberg, a courtroom drama directed by James Vanderbilt. The film focuses on the International Military Tribunal against 24 major Nazi war criminals (though two were…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Tookey, Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into a space of around 360 square kilometres. This is barely larger…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne We’ve all seen the alarming images. Smoke belching from the thick forests of the Amazon. Spanish firefighters battling flames across farmland. Blackened celebrity homes in Los Angeles and smoked out regional towns in Australia. If you…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. There’s an organisation in Russia called…