Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 9, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: Greek and Roman nymphs weren’t just sexy nature spirits. They had other important jobs too
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kitty Smith, PhD Candidate in Classical Greek and Roman History, University of Sydney Acteon, having accidentally seen the goddess Diana and her nymphs bathing, begins to change into a stag. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. George S. Amory, Object Number: 64.208. Could you ever be […]
MIL-Evening Report: Some young people sexually abuse. Here’s how to reduce reoffending by up to 90%
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Cale, Associate Professor of Criminology, Deputy Director Research (Griffith Youth Forensic Service), Griffith University When we think about who’s responsible for sexual abuse in Australia, we usually picture adults. But young people are responsible for a substantial proportion of sexual offences nationwide. Up to a third […]
MIL-Evening Report: American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University Stellalevi / Getty Images Science in the United States in in trouble. The National Science Foundation, a key research funding agency, has suffered devastating funding cuts under the current administration. Critics say […]
MIL-Evening Report: Can a pizza box go in the yellow bin – or not? An expert answers this and other messy recycling questions
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pooria Pasbakhsh, Research Fellow in Polymer Upcycling, The University of Melbourne ViDCan/Shutterstock Have you ever gone to toss something into the recycling bin – a jam jar, a pizza box, a takeaway container encrusted with yesterday’s lunch – and wondered if you’re doing it right? Perhaps you […]
MIL-Evening Report: XFG could become the next dominant COVID variant. Here’s what to know about ‘Stratus’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland visualspace/Getty Images Given the number of times this has happened already, it should come as little surprise that we’re now faced with yet another new subvariant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID. This new subvariant […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from past labor disputes in the city
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University Curbside trash collection has been on pause in Philadelphia since July 1, 2025. AP Photo/Matt Slocum As the Philadelphia municipal worker strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage that some […]
MIL-Evening Report: AI is driving down the price of knowledge – universities have to rethink what they offer
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Dodd, Professional Teaching Fellow, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau For a long time, universities worked off a simple idea: knowledge was scarce. You paid for tuition, showed up to lectures, completed assignments and eventually earned a credential. That process did two things: it […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Brics is sliding towards irrelevance – the Rio summit made that clear
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University The Brics group of nations has just concluded its 17th annual summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. But, despite member states adopting a long list of commitments covering global governance, finance, health, AI and climate change, the […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: How to support someone who is grieving: five research-backed strategies
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lucy Poxon, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology, Department of Social Work Counselling & Social Care , School of Childhood and Social Care, University of East London PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock When someone we care about is grieving the loss of a loved one, our natural instinct is to […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: As Netanyahu meets Trump in Washington, what hope for peace in Gaza? Expert Q&A
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor The US government “remains upbeat” about the prospects for at least a ceasefire in Gaza, according to the latest reports from Washington, where the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been meeting the US president, Donald Trump. Netanyahu handed the […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Four reasons why many of us feel the global economy is not on our side
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Cahal Moran, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science During my adult life, I have never experienced what it’s like to live in a “good” economy. Starting with the global financial crash in 2008, which hit just as […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: I rode the Tour de France to study its impact on the human body – here’s what I learned
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Faulkner, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, Nottingham Trent University The Tour de France is often called the world’s biggest annual sporting event. Each July up to 12 million people line the roadside, while the cumulative TV audience tops 3 billion viewers across 190 countries. In 2025, 184 […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why many kidney patients are still choosing hospital dialysis – and how the NHS can help more people access care at home
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Leah McLaughlin, Research Fellow in Health Services, Bangor University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Every week, thousands of people with kidney disease in the UK spend long hours in hospital receiving life-saving dialysis. For many, this means travelling to a kidney unit three times a week and sitting through […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Brics is sliding towards irrelevance – the Rio summit made that clear
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University The Brics group of nations has just concluded its 17th annual summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. But, despite member states adopting a long list of commitments covering global governance, finance, health, AI and climate change, the […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How to support someone who is grieving: five research-backed strategies
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lucy Poxon, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology, Department of Social Work Counselling & Social Care , School of Childhood and Social Care, University of East London PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock When someone we care about is grieving the loss of a loved one, our natural instinct is to […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Norman Tebbit, Conservative minister known as Thatcher’s enforcer, dies at 94
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University No man more embodied Thatcherism in the eyes of the public in the 1980s than Norman Tebbit, who died on July 7, aged 94. Though certainly no yuppie, Lord Tebbit entitled his memoirs Upwardly Mobile. Margaret’s Thatcher’s triumph […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: As Netanyahu meets Trump in Washington, what hope for peace in Gaza? Expert Q&A
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor The US government “remains upbeat” about the prospects for at least a ceasefire in Gaza, according to the latest reports from Washington, where the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been meeting the US president, Donald Trump. Netanyahu handed the […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Four reasons why many of us feel the global economy is not on our side
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Cahal Moran, Visiting Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science During my adult life, I have never experienced what it’s like to live in a “good” economy. Starting with the global financial crash in 2008, which hit just as […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: I rode the Tour de France to study its impact on the human body – here’s what I learned
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Steve Faulkner, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, Nottingham Trent University The Tour de France is often called the world’s biggest annual sporting event. Each July up to 12 million people line the roadside, while the cumulative TV audience tops 3 billion viewers across 190 countries. In 2025, 184 […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: The Shrouds: new Cronenberg film is an elusive meditation on death, grief and environmental ethics
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura O’Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University American filmmaker David Cronenberg is a leading figure in body horror, a film genre that explores disturbing and often grotesque aspects of the human body. Films such as The Fly (1986), eXistenZ (1999) and Crimes of the Future […]