Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 5, 2025.
MIL-OSI Analysis: A brief history of the slogan T-shirt
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Liv Auckland, Lecturer in Fashion Communication and Creative Direction and Curation for Fashion, Nottingham Trent University You probably have a drawer full of T-shirts. They’re comfy, easy to style, cheap and ubiquitous. But the T-shirt is anything but basic. For 70 years, they’ve been worn as a tool […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: The pandemic is still disrupting young people’s careers
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sviatlana Kroitar, Honored Research Visiting Fellow, Labour Studies, University of Leicester Goksi/Shutterstock Unlike previous economic downturns, the COVID pandemic created a crisis that disrupted both education and employment, abruptly halting young people’s emerging careers and clouding their hopes for the future. It doubly affected those transitioning into adulthood, […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Have you noticed that Nigel Farage doesn’t talk about Donald Trump anymore?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University Each is the main political subject in their country, and one is the main political subject in the world. Each rode the populist wave in 2016, campaigning for the other. In 2024 the tandem surfers remounted on to […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Hope for a ceasefire in Gaza (but not much)
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. Each day that has passed recently has brought another […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Can the NHS shift from treatment to prevention? What healthcare bosses think
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lisa Knight, Head of External Engagement & Professional Programmes, Liverpool John Moores University PongMoji/Shutterstock Imagine a healthcare system where preventing illness is just as important as treating it. This is the vision for the English NHS – but right now, it’s still far from reality. To become more […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Why the l-carnitine sport supplement is controversial
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julia Haarhuis, PhD student – Food, Microbiomes and Health, Quadram Institute Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Sport supplements are hard to get away from if you like to exercise regularly. Even if you’re not interested in them, there’s a good chance your gym will have posters extolling their virtues or your […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: From Scrooge to science: how dairy might disrupt your sleep and dreams
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University New Africa/Shutterstock Ebenezer Scrooge tried to wave away the ghost of Jacob Marley by blaming the apparition on “an undigested bit of beef … a crumb of cheese”. Charles Dickens might have been writing fiction, but the idea that […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Salmonella cases are at ten-year high in England – here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rob Kingsley, Professor, Microbiology, Quadram Institute _Salmonella_ causes salmonellosis — an infection that typically results in vomiting and diarrhoea. Lightspring/ Shutterstock Salmonella cases in England are the highest they’ve been in a decade, according to recent UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data. There was a 17% increase in […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Will the Oasis reunion usher in a Britpop summer – or is it just a marketing ploy?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester Ink Drop/Shutterstock The trend for naming summers has become something of a cultural phenomenon. Think for example of 2019, which was branded a “hot girl summer”, inspired by rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s song. In 2021 there […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: NHS ten-year plan for England: what’s in it and what’s needed to make it work
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Judith Smith, Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Birmingham The UK government has published its eagerly awaited ten-year health plan for England, setting out how billions of pounds in NHS funding will be used to transform healthcare delivery across the country. As anticipated, the plan is […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: In search of Labour’s ‘working people’ – the paradox at the heart of Keir Starmer’s first year in power
Source: The Conversation – UK – By George Newth, Lecturer in Politics and member of Reactionary Politics Research Network, University of Bath Number 10/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND It’s one year since Keir Starmer led the Labour party to a landslide victory. Starmer’s manifesto, “Change” had proposed “securonomics” as a solution to the UK’s many crises. This […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: From Scrooge to science: how dairy might disrupt your sleep and dreams
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University New Africa/Shutterstock Ebenezer Scrooge tried to wave away the ghost of Jacob Marley by blaming the apparition on “an undigested bit of beef … a crumb of cheese”. Charles Dickens might have been writing fiction, but the idea that […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why the l-carnitine sport supplement is controversial
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julia Haarhuis, PhD student – Food, Microbiomes and Health, Quadram Institute Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Sport supplements are hard to get away from if you like to exercise regularly. Even if you’re not interested in them, there’s a good chance your gym will have posters extolling their virtues or your […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: The pandemic is still disrupting young people’s careers
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sviatlana Kroitar, Honored Research Visiting Fellow, Labour Studies, University of Leicester Goksi/Shutterstock Unlike previous economic downturns, the COVID pandemic created a crisis that disrupted both education and employment, abruptly halting young people’s emerging careers and clouding their hopes for the future. It doubly affected those transitioning into adulthood, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Have you noticed that Nigel Farage doesn’t talk about Donald Trump anymore?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University Each is the main political subject in their country, and one is the main political subject in the world. Each rode the populist wave in 2016, campaigning for the other. In 2024 the tandem surfers remounted on to […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump
Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Stanton, Reader in Law, City St George’s, University of London Since his second inauguration in January, Donald Trump has issued more than 160 executive orders. These orders permit the US president to make directives concerning the workings of the federal government without the need to pass laws […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Toby James, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia The UK has historically been held up as leading democracy with free and fair elections. However, our new report shows election quality in the UK is now ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe. […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Ageing isn’t the same everywhere – why inflammation may be a lifestyle problem
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Samuel J. White, Associate Professor & Head of Projects, York St John University The Orang Asli age differently. Azami Adiputera/Shutterstock.com For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes. But a new study of Indigenous populations challenges […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: The ‘Mind’ diet is good for cognitive health – here’s what foods you should put on your plate
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Aisling Pigott, Lecturer, Dietetics, Cardiff Metropolitan University The ‘Mind’ diet is very similar to the Mediterranean diet, but emphasises consuming nutrients that benefit the brain. Svetlana Khutornaia/ Shutterstock There’s long been evidence that what we eat can affect our risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline as […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How the myth of ‘Blitz spirit’ defined and divided London after 7/7
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Darren Kelsey, Reader in Media and Collective Psychology, Newcastle University The “Blitz spirit” is one of Britain’s most enduring national myths – the stories we tell ourselves about who we were, and who we still believe we are today. Growing up among football fans, I heard constant nostalgic […]