Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 29, 2025.
MIL-OSI Analysis: Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Shukriya Bradost, Ph.D. Student of Planning, Governance and Globalization, Virginia Tech Iranians celebrate the ceasefire in downtown Tehran, but many blame their own leaders for the escalation. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images The 12-day confrontation between Iran and Israel in June 2025 may not have escalated into […]
MIL-OSI Global: How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Research Fellow at the Centre for Planetary Health and Resilient Conservation Group, Griffith University In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no […]
MIL-Evening Report: Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’
RNZ Pacific The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have signed a deal that may bring the autonomous region’s quest for independence closer. Called “Melanesian Agreement”, the deal was developed earlier this month in 10 days of discussion at the New Zealand army base at Burnham, near Christchurch. Both governments have agreed that the […]
MIL-OSI Global: The Waldorf Astoria: what the history of this legendary hotel says about today’s crisis of the American establishment
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alex Prior, Lecturer in Politics with International Relations, London South Bank University The Waldorf Astoria hotel on Park Avenue, New York City. Shutterstock/Gordon Bell After eight years of renovations, the Waldorf Astoria in New York has reopened and is welcoming new guests. The Waldorf – as most people […]
MIL-OSI Global: Love summer but hate winter? Here’s why your mood shifts so much with the seasons
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Many people find their mood gets a boost in the summer. Volodymyr TVERDOKHLIB/ Shutterstock Summer is the UK’s best-loved season. It’s easy to see why, with the warmer, sunnier weather it brings. But the temperature […]
MIL-Evening Report: Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally glad that Iran was able to hold out against the US-Israeli attacks this month. The ceasefire, however, will only be a pause in the long-running campaign to destabilise, weaken and […]
MIL-Evening Report: ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for June 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 28, 2025. Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across StripIsraeli soldiers have said that they were ordered to open fire at unarmed Palestinian civilians desperately seeking aid at designated distribution sites in Gaza, a report […]
MIL-OSI Global: Do all Iranians hate the regime? Hate America? Life inside the country is more complex than that
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Simon Theobald, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia From 2015 to 2018, I spent 15 months doing research work in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city. As an anthropologist, I was interested in everyday life in Iran outside the capital Tehran. I was […]
MIL-Evening Report: Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across Strip
Israeli soldiers have said that they were ordered to open fire at unarmed Palestinian civilians desperately seeking aid at designated distribution sites in Gaza, a report in the Ha’aretz newspaper has revealed. The report came as 70 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip — mostly at aid sites belonging to the widely condemned Gaza […]