Category: The Conversation

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…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Faye Davies, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory, Birmingham City University Earlier this month, it looked as if late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had lost his job after his network, ABC, pulled his show over controversial comments he made about the death of Charlie…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Catia Nicodemo, Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London Cryptographer/Shutterstock The UK’s science minister, Sir Patrick Vallance, has sounded the alarm over the country’s declining investment in medicines. He warned that the NHS risks losing out on important treatments and the country could lose its…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ayse Burcin Baskurt, Senior Lecturer, Applied Positive Psychology, University of East London Don’t dread those moments where you have to wait – see them instead as an opportunity. Maria Markevich/ Shutterstock Waiting can be boring, which is why we typically do anything we can to avoid…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Associate Professor School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex When natural disasters strike, they shatter lives, disrupt routines and loosen the emotional ties people have with the places they call home. For the Italian towns of Amatrice and Accumoli,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a joint news conference at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images The latest U.S.-sponsored peace plan for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Brenton Griffin, Academic Status in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Russell Marion Nelson Sr, prophet and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died aged 101. Nelson was married to Dantzel White from 1945 until her…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Martin Jucker, Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Jeremy Stewardson/Getty Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the lack of sun would keep the temperature at around –55°C. But…