Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 6, 2025.
MIL-OSI Analysis: Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio A Kerrville, Texas, resident watches the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025. Eric Vryn/Getty Images Texas Hill Country is known for its landscapes, with shallow rivers winding among hills and through […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Deborah de Lange, Associate Professor, Global Management Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University The G7 summit in Alberta, hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has ended with only passing mention of fighting climate change, including a statement on wildfires that is silent on the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas […]
MIL-Evening Report: ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 5, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 5, 2025. Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocideAsia Pacific Report Protesters against the Israeli genocide in Gaza and occupied West Bank targeted three business sites accused of being “complicit” in Aotearoa New Zealand today. The Palestine Solidarity […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts will leave them even more vulnerable
Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Sumit Agarwal, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. will lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public program that provides health insurance to low-income families and individuals – under the multitrillion-dollar domestic policy […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: 4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sara Bannerman, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University In Canada, federal political parties are not governed by basic standards of federal privacy law. If passed, Bill C-4, also known as the Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Act, would also make provincial […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Appeals court ruling grants Donald Trump broad powers to deploy troops to American cities
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jack L. Rozdilsky, Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada Residents of Los Angeles will need to get used to federally controlled National Guard troops operating on their streets. Due to a ruling from an appeals court on June 19, United States President Donald Trump […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Climate change is making it harder for people to get the care they need
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Maria S. Floro, Professor Emerita of Economics, American University The world is witnessing the consequences of climate change: long-lasting changes in temperature and rainfall, and more intense and frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, hurricanes, typhoons, flooding and drought. All make it harder for families and […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Post-flood recovery: lessons from Germany and Nigeria on how to help people cope with loss and build resilience
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, Senior Research Associate, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University Extreme climate events — floods, droughts and heatwaves — are not just becoming more frequent; they are also more severe. It’s important to understand how communities can recover […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: South Africa’s 36.1% electricity price hike for 2025: why the power utility Eskom’s request is unrealistic
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Steven Matome Mathetsa, Senior Lecturer at the African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity price hike from April 2025, a 11.8% price increase […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jeanne Beatrix Law, Professor of English, Kennesaw State University Studies have shown that many students are using AI to brainstorm, learn new information and revise their work. krisanapong detraphiphat/Moment via Getty Images I’m a writing professor who sees artificial intelligence as more of an opportunity for students, […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How proposed changes to higher education accreditation could impact campus diversity efforts
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jimmy Aguilar, PhD Candidate in Urban Education Policy, University of Southern California An executive order seeks to remove ‘discriminatory ideology’ in universities. Critics contend it politicizes the accreditation process. Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez via Getty Images President Donald Trump on April 23, 2025, signed an executive order that […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: At Cannes, decency and dress codes clash with fashion’s red carpet revolution
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, Research Fellow at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson appear on the red carpet prior to the screening of ‘Die, My Love’ at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2025. Kristy Sparow/Getty Images […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Industrial scale farming is flawed: what ecologically-friendly farming practices could look like in Africa
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Rachel Wynberg, Professor and DST/NRF Bio-economy Research Chair, University of Cape Town African Perspectives on Agroecology is a new book with 33 contributions from academics, non-governmental organisations, farmer organisations and policy makers. It is free to download, and reviewers have described it as a “must read for all […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Nigeria’s plastic bottle collectors turn waste into wealth: survey sheds light on their motivation
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Solaja Mayowa Oludele, Lecturing, Olabisi Onabanjo University Plastic waste in Nigeria presents a dual challenge: cleaning up environmental pollution, and tapping into its economic potential. Many countries worldwide face similar challenges. India, for one, has chosen policies that give producers of plastic the responsibility to manage their waste. […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: New discoveries: three tiny species added to South Africa’s spectacular marine life
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Jannes Landschoff, Marine biologist at Sea Change and Research Associate at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Botany and Zoology., Stellenbosch University South Africa’s marine realm is globally unique because of the two major ocean currents that meet here. The cold, slow-moving Benguela and the warm, fast-flowing Agulhas currents create […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Counting Uganda’s lions: we found that wildlife rangers do a better job than machines
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Research Fellow at the Centre for Planetary Health and Resilient Conservation Group, Griffith University Lions are a symbol of Africa’s last wild places. It’s a species central to many of the continent’s cultures and religions. But lion populations have reportedly declined over the past 50 […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: African countries need more PhD graduates but students are held back by a lack of money and support
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Oluwatomilayo Omoya, Lecturer in Nursing (Teaching and Reseach), Flinders University Moyo Studio/Getty Images Over the past 15 years there’s been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more PhD graduates. For this to happen, it’s important to know what’s […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Moroccan schools are fuller thanks to cash grants. The problem now is the quality of their education – study
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Jules Gazeaud, Chargé de recherche CNRS, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) Reprinted by permission from VoxDev The spread of conditional cash transfer programmes in low- and middle-income countries has been described as perhaps the most remarkable innovation of recent decades in welfare programmes. These programmes provide regular cash transfers […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Kids should be encouraged to talk back – 5 tips for teaching them critical thinking skills
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Heidi Matisonn, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, The EthicsLab, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town Teaching kids to think critically sets them up well for life. eli_asenova Whenever school holidays loom, many parents find themselves caught in an emotional tug-of-war: on the one hand, […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: What one university’s 30-year transformation reveals about Afrikaans and language planning in South Africa
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Lloyd Hill, Lecturer, Stellenbosch University Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two bilingual universities teaching in Afrikaans and English. Stellenbosch University, about 50km from Cape Town, […]