Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julian Woolford, Head of Musical Theatre, GSA, University of Surrey The Wicked Witch of the West is back in part two of the film adaptation, of Wicked. Part one recounted the musical’s first half and with an interval of a year, audiences can now find out…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tahani Mustafa, Lecturer in International Relations, King’s College London Over the years, a charge that has repeatedly been levelled at the state of Israel is that is operates an “apartheid state”. And it’s easy to see why Israel’s opponents return to this argument. The country’s regime…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Dryden, PhD Candidate in Economics, SOAS, University of London Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity. But in recent weeks the mood has begun to shift.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds Burping cows are responsible for about a quarter of human-caused emissions of methane: a potent greenhouse gas. Jawinter / shutterstock Despite rapid progress in clean energy and electric…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Vincent Charles, Reader in AI for Business and Management Science, Queen’s University Belfast On a sunny morning on October 19 2025, four men allegedly walked into the world’s most-visited museum and left, minutes later, with crown jewels worth €88 million (£76 million). The theft from Paris’s…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Catherine Norton, Associate Professor Sport & Exercise Nutrition, University of Limerick There’s a connection between daylight and our metabolism. Strela Studio/ Shutterstock Once the clocks have gone back and darkness falls before many of us even leave work, the rhythms of winter can feel heavier —…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Rigon, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, and, UCL US Customs and Border Protection field officers during ICE deportation protests in Los Angeles, June 2025. Matt Gush / shutterstock The UK has announced much harsher rules for asylum seekers including the prospect of more deportations for those…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anthony Downey, Professor of Visual Culture, Birmingham City University Please note his piece contains spoilers for Ex Machina. In the more than a decade since its release in 2015, the film Ex Machina – written and directed by Alex Garland – has proved to be an…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Bailey, Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham H.E. Group Ltd/Shutterstock The growth in sales of electric vehicles is a positive step in the UK’s journey to net zero. They are cleaner, quieter and better for the environment. But while they produce less pollution, electric…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leo Ziegel, Independent Postdoc Affiliated with the Global & Sexual Health research group (GloSH), Karolinska Institutet VH-studio/Shutterstock Teenagers all over the world use social media and messaging apps as part of their daily lives. This is accompanied by growing concerns about negative effects of social media…