Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sander Hölsgens, Assistant Professor, Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University Dean Drobot/Shutterstock At a school in Malmö, Sweden, skateboarding is on the curriculum. John Dahlquist, vice principal of Bryggeriets High School, teaches skate classes and brings lessons from skateboarding into other subjects.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex Georgia was once considered a post-Soviet success story. After years of authoritarian rule, followed by independence which brought near state collapse, corruption and chaos, Georgia appeared to have transitioned to democracy. In a period after…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Helen Atherton, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton Stephen Barnes/Shutterstock.com Booking a GP appointment is a routine task, yet for many people it’s a source of frustration. Long waits, confusing systems and impersonal processes have become all too familiar. While much attention has been…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham Recent news from Ukraine has generally been bad. Since the end of May, ever larger Russian air strikes have been documented against Ukrainian cities with devastating consequences for civilians, including in the country’s capital, Kyiv. Amid small…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and Department of Biology, University of Oxford Skylarks are a red-listed species, which means they are of high conservation concern in the UK. WildlifeWorld/Shutterstock Nature in the UK appeared to receive a rare funding boost…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Jorge Heine, Outgoing Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, flanked by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, speaks at the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Tyrell Haberkorn, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is swarmed by members of the media after a cabinet meeting at Government House on July 1, 2025. Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is currently…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rikke Amundsen, Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture , King’s College London Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Sexting – the creating and exchanging of sexual texts, photos and videos – has become part of many people’s sexual and romantic lives. In an age where interpersonal relations often take place…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Hammel, Professor of German, Aberystwyth University Sebastian Haffner and his novel, Abschied (Parting). Wiki Commons/Canva, CC BY Abschied (Parting) by Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) is dominating the bestseller charts in Germany. It has been published posthumously, over 25 years after his death, after the manuscript was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Diane Watt, Professor of English, University of Surrey Detail from The Mouth of Hell in The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (1440). The Morgan Library & Museum The afterlife is not typically associated with aggressive pets and insatiable worms. But these are exactly the creatures that…