Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 3, 2025.
MIL-OSI Global: Reducing American antisemitism requires more than condemning opposition to Israel and targeting elite universities
Source: The Conversation – USA – By David Mednicoff, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst Law enforcement officials dress in protective gear to investigate after an attack on a march in Boulder, Colo., on June 1, 2025, calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. AP Photo/David Zalubowski […]
MIL-Evening Report: Astronomers thought the Milky Way was doomed to crash into Andromeda. Now they’re not so sure
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby Wright, Forrest Fellow in Astrophysics, The University of Western Australia Luc Viatour / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA For years, astronomers have predicted a dramatic fate for our galaxy: a head-on collision with Andromeda, our nearest large galactic neighbour. This merger – expected in about 5 billion years […]
MIL-Evening Report: Is the private hospital system collapsing? Here’s what the sector’s financial instability means for you
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne lightpoet/Shutterstock Toowong Private Hospital in Brisbane is the latest hospital to succumb to financial pressures and will close its doors next week. The industry association attributes the psychiatric hospital’s closure to insufficient payments from and delayed funding […]
MIL-Evening Report: Tax concessions on super need a rethink. These proposals would bring much needed reform
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Murphy, Visiting Fellow, Economics (modelling), Australian National University fizkes/Shutterstock The federal government has proposed an additional tax of 15% on the earnings made on super balances of over A$3 million, the so-called Division 296 tax. This has set off a highly politicised debate that has often […]
MIL-Evening Report: Trump’s steel tariffs are unlikely to have a big impact on Australia. But we could be hurt by what happens globally
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott French, Senior Lecturer in Economics, UNSW Sydney Shestakov Dymytro/Shutterstock Just one day after the US Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated the Trump Administration’s Liberation Day tariffs of between 10% and 50% on nearly every country in the world, Trump announced tariffs on all US imports of […]
MIL-Evening Report: The surprising power of photography in ageing well
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tricia King, Senior Lecturer in Photography, University of the Sunshine Coast Marcia Grimm Older adults are often faced with lifestyle changes that can disrupt their sense of place and purpose. It may be the loss of a partner, downsizing their home, or moving to residential aged care. […]
MIL-OSI Global: Internet-enabled orgasms: How teledildonics are changing the way we have sex
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Madison E. Williams, PhD Student, Experimental Psychology, University of New Brunswick Sex toys are no longer limited to the analogue dildos and masturbators of the past. Today, they have become increasingly sophisticated. (Shutterstock) Sex toys are fairly common in people’s sex lives, and broadly accessible both online and […]
MIL-OSI Global: What are Canada’s governing Liberals going to do about AI?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jake Pitre, PhD Candidate in Film & Moving Image Studies, Concordia University Fresh off his election victory, Prime Minister Mark Carney has been focused on standing up to Donald Trump’s claims on Canada as the 51st state and American tariffs. But while that political drama unfolds, one topic […]
MIL-OSI Global: Ukraine drone strikes on Russian airbase reveal any country is vulnerable to the same kind of attack
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations and Supply Management, University of Bath Melnikov Dmitriy / Shutterstock Ukrainians are celebrating the success of one of the most audacious coups of the war against Russia – a coordinated drone strike on June 1 on five airbases deep inside Russian territory. […]
MIL-OSI Global: What birds can teach us about repurposing waste
Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Farrier, Professor of Literature and the Environment, University of Edinburgh Some birds use deterrent spikes to make their nests. Chemari/Shutterstock Modern cities are evolution engines. Urban snails in the Netherlands and lizards in Los Angeles have developed lighter shells and larger scales to cope with the heat […]
MIL-OSI Global: Heart attacks, fainting and falls: the perils of pooping
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol Ivan Moreno sl/Shutterstock.com The humble toilet seems like the least likely setting for drama. Yet throughout history, it has claimed kings, toppled celebrities and served as the scene of untimely deaths ranging from the tragic to the downright bizarre. What […]
MIL-OSI Global: Is a quantum-cryptography apocalypse imminent?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Keith Martin, Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London Be afraid, be very … FOTOKITA Will quantum computers crack cryptographic codes and cause a global security disaster? You might certainly get that impression from a lot of news coverage, the latest of which reports new estimates […]
MIL-OSI Global: Does the key to uniting against divisive politics lie in our personal lives?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter Beresford, Professor of Citizen Participation, University of East Anglia Shutterstock/Top Vector Studio Modern Britain is plagued by a sense of disempowerment and political exclusion – a feeling that is, somewhat ironically, shared between groups of people who otherwise feel divided from one another. This division has opened […]
MIL-OSI Global: Mexico’s cartels use violence against women as a means of social control
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adriana Marin, Lecturer in International Relations, Coventry University Mexico’s drug cartels are often described as powerful rivals to the state, with their influence measured in weapons, money and murdered officials. But this framing misses a fundamental truth. Organised crime in Mexico is also a system of gendered governance […]
MIL-OSI Global: How medieval lessons for managing floods could help those facing them in northern Italy today
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Marco Panato, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of History, University of Nottingham Saint Fredianus diverts the Serchio River by Filippo Lippi, 1438 Wikiart Northern Italy has been hit by a series of devastating floods in recent years. In March 2025 and the previous autumn, heavy rainfall hammered the […]
MIL-OSI Global: England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading The UK government wants to build more reservoirs like this one (Ladybower reservoir) in the Peak District Jon_Clark/Shutterstock England is facing a water crisis. The UK government has just announced plans to fast-track two massive reservoir projects in Cambridgeshire and […]
MIL-Evening Report: What birds can teach us about repurposing waste
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Farrier, Professor of Literature and the Environment, University of Edinburgh Some birds use deterrent spikes to make their nests. Chemari/Shutterstock Modern cities are evolution engines. Urban snails in the Netherlands and lizards in Los Angeles have developed lighter shells and larger scales to cope with the […]
MIL-OSI Global: Subsidized social housing promotes economic well-being for Canadian renters, new study finds
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Xavier Leloup, Professor in Urban Studies, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) The years following the COVID-19 pandemic were difficult for renters. The pandemic was followed by an economic recovery marked by inflation, population growth and rising interest rates. These increased the cost of financing for landlords […]
MIL-OSI Global: Practical ways families can foster kids’ love of literacy during the summer months
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kimberly Hillier, Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor Identifying sounds or letters in everyday print, or participating in the shared experience of exploring texts like recipes, signs or brochures, is one way to help children develop an appreciation and love of literacy. (Shutterstock) The dismissal bell […]
MIL-OSI Global: Pro-Trump candidate wins Poland’s presidential election – a bad omen for the EU, Ukraine and women
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Poland’s presidential election runoff will be a bitter pill for pro-European Union democrats to swallow. The nationalist, Trumpian, historian Karol Nawrocki has narrowly defeated the liberal, pro-EU mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, 50.89 to 49.11%. The Polish […]