Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 2, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: New laws to make it harder for large Australian and foreign companies to avoid paying tax
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology The Conversation, CC BY The beginning of the financial year means for the first time in Australia the public will see previously unreleased tax reports produced by multinational taxpayers. These documents, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Could electric brain stimulation lead to better maths skills?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Roi Cohen Kadosh, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Surrey Triff/Shutterstock A painless, non-invasive brain stimulation technique can significantly improve how young adults learn maths, my colleagues and I found in a recent study. In a paper in PLOS Biology, we describe how this might be most helpful […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why is Islamophobia so hard to define?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Julian Hargreaves, Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Criminology, City St George’s, University of London The UK government wants a new definition of Islamophobia and has created a working group of politicians, academics and independent experts to provide one. It aims to settle long-running political debates over the term. […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Five ways to avoid illness like the Lionesses
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Samantha Abbott, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Sport Science, Nottingham Trent University England’s Beth Mead cheering on podium after win v Germany in the Women European Championship Final 2022 photographyjp/Shutterstock Think back to the last time you had a cold or the flu. Now imagine stepping onto the pitch […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Where does the UK most need more public EV chargers?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Labib Azzouz, Research Associate in Transport and Energy Innovation, University of Oxford Electric vehicle chargers at a motorway service station in Grantham, England. Angus Reid/Shutterstock The automotive and EV industry has repeatedly insisted that the UK needs more electric vehicle (EV) chargers to help motorists make the switch […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: The Bear season 4: this meaty restaurant drama is still an enticing bingeable prospect
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jane Steventon, Course Leader, BA (Hons) Screenwriting; Deputy Course Leader & Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Film Production, University of Portsmouth Take a soupçon of identity crisis, a pinch of perfectionism, a scoop of burnout and mix thoroughly with a large measure of fraternal grief and sear over a […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Dune director Denis Villeneuve will helm the next Bond – but what will his 007 be like?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By William Proctor, Associate Professor in Popular Culture, Bournemouth University Wiki Commons/Canva, CC BY-SA The James Bond franchise has lain dormant for four years, since Daniel Craig’s swansong as 007, No Time to Die. A legal quarrel between Bond’s producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and Amazon Studios […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why frequent nightmares may shorten your life by years
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University Lightfield Studios/Shutterstock.com Waking up from a nightmare can leave your heart pounding, but the effects may reach far beyond a restless night. Adults who suffer bad dreams every week were almost three times more likely to die before age […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Self determination theory: how to use it to boost wellbeing
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Mark Fabian, Reader of Public Policy, University of Warwick Self-determination theory (SDT) is one of the most well established and powerful approaches to wellbeing in psychological research literature. Yet it doesn’t seem to have broken through into popular discussions about wellbeing, happiness and self-help. That’s a shame, because […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why Asos should be wary of banning customers returning unwanted goods
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nic Sanders, Senior Lecturer in Management and Marketing, University of Westminster ‘Now where’s that returns label?’ Cast of Thousands.Shutterstock Shopping for clothes online is a risky business. How do you know if that top will be a good fit, or those shoes will definitely be the right colour? […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: From Roman drains to ancient filters, these artefacts show how solutions to water contamination have evolved
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rosa Busquets, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, an exhibition at Wellcome Collection. Benjamin Gilbert., CC BY-NC-ND A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilisations have treasured – […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: How Trump plays with new media says a lot about him – as it did with FDR, Kennedy and Obama
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sara Polak, University Lecturer in American Studies, Leiden University There is a strange and worrying parallel between the breakneck speed at which Donald Trump has operated in the first few months of his presidency and the ever-accelerating pace at which information moves on social media platforms. Where in […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: When do we first feel pain?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laurenz Casser, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, University of Sheffield Alina Troeva/Shutterstock.com At some point between conception and early childhood, pain makes its debut. But when exactly that happens remains one of medicine’s most challenging questions. Some have claimed that foetuses as young as twelve weeks can already […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Toxic fungus from King Tutankhamun’s tomb yields cancer-fighting compounds – new study
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University Miro Varcek / Shutterstock.com In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: “Yes, wonderful things.” Within months, however, Carter’s financial […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Olga Lazareva, Professor of Psychology, Drake University For some mental processes, humans and animals likely follow similar lines of thinking. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology An image from Iranian television shows centrifuges lining a hall at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2021. IRIB via APPEAR When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars for app and social media companies
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Kassem Fawaz, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison Many apps and social media platforms collect detailed information about you as you use them, and sometimes even when you’re not using them. Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty images You wake up in the morning and, first […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Edward D. Vargas, Associate Professor, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University Protesters wave the Mexican flag in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of raids throughout Los Angeles and Southern […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Invasive carp threaten the Great Lakes − and reveal a surprising twist in national politics
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Mike Shriberg, Professor of Practice & Engagement, School for Environment & Sustainability, University of Michigan Invasive Asian carp are spreading up the Mississippi River system and already clog the Illinois River. AP Photo/John Flesher In his second term, President Donald Trump has not taken many actions that draw […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings
Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Matthew Bui, Assistant Professor of Information and Digital Studies, University of Michigan Yelp’s Black-owned tag was designed to help business owners like Don Studvent attract more customers. His restaurant closed in 2018 after nine years in business. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio When the online review platform Yelp added […]