Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 2, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: Three years after the Jenkins report, there is still work to be done on improving parliament culture
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Maley, Senior Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University Three and a half years ago, then-sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins’ Set the Standard report was handed to federal parliament, commissioned after Brittany Higgins’ allegations of sexual assault in Parliament House, which […]
MIL-Evening Report: Australia’s plan to protect its trade in war is flawed. We can’t do it with nuclear submarines
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Palazzo, Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney If war breaks out someday between the United States and China, one of the major concerns for Australia is the impact on its trade. Our trade routes are long and […]
MIL-Evening Report: These 5 roadblocks are standing in the way of energy-efficient homes
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaime Comber, Senior Research Consultant in Energy Futures, University of Technology Sydney Westend61, GettyImages We all want homes that keep us warm in winter and cool in summer, without breaking the bank. However, Australian homes built before 2003 have a low average energy rating of 1.8 stars […]
MIL-Evening Report: Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Panos Karanikolas, Research officer, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, The University of Melbourne Rosie Marinelli/Shutterstock In an emergency, police are often the first called to the scene. But they are rarely equipped to deal with complex mental health crises. Following recent parliamentary inquiries and royal commissions there has […]
MIL-Evening Report: With interest rates on the way down, could house prices boom? Here’s what research suggests
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Graham, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney Jenny Evans/Stringer/Getty With the Reserve Bank of Australia easing monetary policy, interest rates are on the way down. Already this year, mortgage pre-approvals had begun to rise, suggesting many aspiring home buyers are excited by the prospect of […]
MIL-Evening Report: Scandalous mormons, dystopian Buenos Aires and Nicolas Cage down under: what to watch in June
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne As we head into a new month of streaming, here’s a fresh wave of TV ready to challenge, transport and entertain you. This month’s picks span genre and geography, from an eerie dystopian Buenos […]
MIL-OSI Global: ‘Pax Americana’ in Toronto: How speculative art can help us navigate threats
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Pascal Michelberger, Postdoctoral Scholar, Western Academy for Advanced Research, Western University Artist Dara Vandor’s futuristic, commemorative historical plaques on Toronto streets project a U.S.-annexed Canada. (Dara Vandor) As part of her ongoing public art series, Pax Americana, Toronto visual artist Dara Vandor has been posting aluminum signs in […]
MIL-OSI Global: Blind box toys are booming: Are they just child’s play or something more concerning?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Eugene Y. Chan, Associate Professor of Marketing, Toronto Metropolitan University Collectible figurines on display at Pop Mart in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on April 29, 2025. (Shutterstock) If you’ve seen videos of people tearing into tiny toy packages online, or noticed teens obsessing over pastel-coloured figurines at the mall, you’ve […]
MIL-OSI Global: Preventing urinary tract infections after menopause: What every woman should know
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Erin A. Brennand, Gynecologist & Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary There is more information available about urinary tract infections today than ever before. (Shutterstock) After menopause, urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be more frequent, yet most Canadian women (82 per cent in a recent […]
MIL-OSI Global: Kids care deeply about our planet, so adults need to start listening
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jen Kostuchuk, PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Victoria “I wish adults knew that I really care about the environment and want to help, but I sometimes feel like my ideas don’t matter because I’m just a kid.” This is what a nine-year-old respondent told us when we asked […]
MIL-OSI Global: ‘Pax Americana’ in Toronto? Speculative art can help us navigate threats
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Pascal Michelberger, Postdoctoral Scholar, Western Academy for Advanced Research, Western University Artist Dara Vandor’s futuristic, commemorative historical plaques on Toronto streets project a U.S.-annexed Canada. (Dara Vandor) As part of her ongoing public art series, Pax Americana, Toronto visual artist Dara Vandor has been posting aluminum signs in […]
MIL-OSI Global: Experimenting with generative AI to kibbitz and futz towards more inclusive futures
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Nathaniel Laywine, Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Studies, York University, Canada Generative AI draws from limited datasets, often reproducing errors and bias. (Shutterstock) What does it mean to think, act and work as a Jewish professor when human freedoms are under siege and authoritarian power gains ground? And […]
MIL-Evening Report: How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza famine
By Muhammad Shehada Since the onset of its genocide, Israel has persistently pushed a narrative that the famine devastating Gaza is not of its own making, but the result of “Hamas looting aid”. This claim, repeated across mainstream media and parroted by officials, has been used to deflect responsibility for what many human rights experts […]
MIL-Evening Report: PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist financing
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Papua New Guinea has five months remaining to fix its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) systems or face the severe repercussions of being placed on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) “grey list”. The FATF has imposed an October 2025 deadline, and the government is scrambling […]
MIL-Evening Report: Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people, children it’s killing
COMMENTARY: By Phil Goff “What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. It’s the result of government policy — knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated.” This statement was made not by a foreign or liberal critic of Israel but by the former Prime Minister […]
MIL-OSI Global: Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests why
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Koffi Améssou Adaba, Enseignant et chercheur en sociologie politique, Université de Lomé A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government’s handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey […]
MIL-OSI Global: Sexism in science: 7 women whose trailblazing work shattered stereotypes
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Christa Kuljian, Research Associate, WiSER, University of the Witwatersrand Seven women were part of a trailblazing network of feminist scientists in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in the Boston area in the US. Christa Kuljian is a science writer and historian of science who focuses much of her […]
MIL-OSI Global: Airbnb scams: new book explores thriving criminal activity on big tech platforms
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Julie Reid, Professor, University of South Africa Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread delusive speech (a form of disinformation, designed to […]