Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Myles Allen, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford A few years ago, one of us (Myles Allen) asked a Chinese delegate at a climate conference why Beijing had gone for “carbon neutrality” for its 2060 target rather than “climate neutrality” or “net…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jessica Douthwaite, Historian and curator, University of Oxford To what do we owe our conscience? John le Carré once stated that all his fictional characters were, one way or another, navigating a world where duty to self is not necessarily duty to society. A new exhibition…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Hardy, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Liverpool Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that all UK citizens and legal residents are to have a mandatory digital ID to prove their right to live and work in the country. Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Sir…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University Studio Romantic/Shutterstock In a world that rarely slows down, a new wave of “functional beverages” is promising to help us do exactly that. So-called “chill-out drinks”, marketed as natural stress relievers, are appearing in supermarkets and online…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jamie Hinch, PhD Candidate in Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford Two remnants of Cornwall’s mining heritage, Flatty and Pointy loom over the village of St Dennis. Jamie Hinch, CC BY-NC-ND The woman’s eyes blazed as I scanned the feedback form she was showing me.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Prior, Lecturer in Politics with International Relations, London South Bank University At Labour’s 2025 conference, Starmer’s chosen political narrative has been to draw a line between himself and Nigel Farage, between Labour and Reform – a choice between “decency and decline”. Labour represents a progressive…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University Honcharuk Andrii/Shutterstock.com The UK government has announced plans to expand its trial of using drugs to reduce the libido of male sex offenders. The approach, often described as “chemical castration”, is controversial. But how does it work…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nando Sigona, Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham In her address to the Labour party conference, the new home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, confirmed plans to overhaul the rules for indefinite…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin The US president, Donald Trump, unveiled a 20-point proposal to end the war in Gaza on September 29. The plan proposes an immediate end to the fighting and the release of all Israeli hostages held…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julie M. Norman, Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, UCL The 20-point Gaza peace plan thrashed out under the leadership of the United States and agreed to by Israel is one of the most comprehensive outlines…