Analysis: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 8, 2025.
MIL-OSI Analysis: Could new pipelines shield Canada from U.S. tariffs? The answer is complicated
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Torsten Jaccard, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia It should come as no surprise that United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have renewed interest in building pipelines that don’t rely on access to the American market. Almost four million barrels of crude oil cross the […]
MIL-Evening Report: Australia is set to get more AI data centres. Local communities need to be more involved
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Cumbo, Transdisciplinary social researcher and lecturer, University of Technology Sydney A Google data centre in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Richard Newstead/Getty Data centres are the engines of the internet. These large, high-security facilities host racks of servers that store and process our digital data, 24 hours a […]
MIL-Evening Report: How can you keep kids off screens during the winter holidays?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Minson, Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, Australian Catholic University Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Children’s Games, 1560. ©KHM-Museumsverband, CC BY-NC The winter school holidays can be a tricky time for families. Parents are often juggling work and chilly conditions make it easy for kids to end […]
MIL-Evening Report: Quitting the quit-aid: people trying to stop vaping nicotine need more support – here are some strategies to help
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joya Kemper, Associate Professor in Marketing, University of Canterbury Getty Images New Zealand is among a number of countries that encourage vaping (the use of e-cigarettes) as a tool to help people stop smoking tobacco. But what happens when people want to quit vaping? Nicotine vapes can […]
MIL-Evening Report: If you have a pet as a kid, does this lower your risk of asthma and eczema?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Chan, Immunology and Allergy Lead, Snow Centre for Immune Health, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images As the number of people with allergies grows worldwide, scientists are trying to work out precisely how and why these conditions – such as […]
MIL-Evening Report: A top court has urged nations to clamp down on fossil fuel production. When will Australia finally start listening?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen tours the Pacific this week to spruik his government’s commitment to climate action, fossil fuel exporters such as Australia are under unprecedented […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Welcome to post-growth Europe – can anyone accept this new political reality?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex TSViPhoto/Shutterstock Across much of Europe, the engines of economic growth are sputtering. In its latest global outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sharply downgraded its forecasts for the UK and Europe, warning that the continent faces persistent economic bumps in […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Do women have to pee more often? The answer is surprisingly complex
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol MyImages – Micha/Shutterstock.com “Are we stopping again already?” It’s a familiar complaint on family road trips and one that’s often aimed at women. From sitcoms to stand-up routines, the idea that women have smaller bladders has become a cultural punchline. […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Wimbledon and British Open competitors aren’t the only ones at risk of these common elbow injuries
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Even those who don’t play sports are at risk of tennis elbow. didesign021/ Shutterstock Professional athletes from around the world spend years training to compete in some of the UK’s biggest summer sporting tournaments: Wimbledon […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: What research on sexting reveals about how men and women think about consent
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rikke Amundsen, Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture , King’s College London Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Sexting – the creating and exchanging of sexual texts, photos and videos – has become part of many people’s sexual and romantic lives. In an age where interpersonal relations often take place through digital […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: ‘Pylon wars’ show why big energy plans need locals on board
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simone Abram, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director of Durham Energy Institute, Durham University David Iliff / shutterstock Thousands of new electricity pylons are to be built across parts of England under the government’s plans to decarbonise the electricity. And some people aren’t happy. A glance at […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Why snappy dogs, scratchy cats, and hungry worms were part of a medieval woman’s vision of the afterlife
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Diane Watt, Professor of English, University of Surrey Detail from The Mouth of Hell in The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (1440). The Morgan Library & Museum The afterlife is not typically associated with aggressive pets and insatiable worms. But these are exactly the creatures that appeared to […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Parting by Sebastian Haffner: the forgotten German novel of the early 1930s that’s become a bestseller
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrea Hammel, Professor of German, Aberystwyth University Sebastian Haffner and his novel, Abschied (Parting). Wiki Commons/Canva, CC BY Abschied (Parting) by Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) is dominating the bestseller charts in Germany. It has been published posthumously, over 25 years after his death, after the manuscript was found in […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: How often should you really be washing your bedding? A microbiologist explains
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Primrose Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock Most of us spend around a third of our lives in bed. Sleep isn’t just downtime; it’s essential for normal brain function and overall health. And while we often focus on how many hours we’re getting, the […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Undersea cables are vulnerable to sabotage – but this takes skill and specialist equipment
Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Aitken, Associate, RAND Europe, RAND Europe Countries have come to rely on a network of cables and pipes under the sea for their energy and communications. So it has been worrying to read headlines about communications cables being cut and, in one case, an undersea gas pipeline […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Overuse of riprap to prevent riverbank erosion is harming B.C. rivers
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Charlotte Milne, PhD Candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia Every spring, melting snow and heavy rainfall brings a higher risk of flooding and riverbank erosion to parts of Canada. Bank erosion is responsible for a significant portion of annual flood damage in Canada, […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Why are we so obsessed with bringing back the woolly mammoth?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Rebecca Woods, Associate Professor, Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology, University of Toronto A photograph of a steppe mammoth on display at the Australian Museum in Sydney. (Unsplash/April Pethybridge), CC BY In just the last several months, de-extinction — bringing back extinct species by […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Lilo & Stitch: With love, a bereaved child feels safe enough to grieve and grow
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Elena Merenda, Associate Head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber Lilo’s story offers a meaningful glimpse into how grief shows up in children through their emotions and actions. (Disney) This story contains spoilers about Lilo & Stitch. At first glance, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, set in Hawaii, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Alcohol and colonialism: the curious story of the Bulawayo beer gardens
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Maurice Hutton, Research Associate, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester Kontuthu Ziyathunqa – Smoke Rising – was what they used to call Bulawayo when the city was the industrial powerhouse of Zimbabwe. Now, many of its factories lie dormant or derelict. The daily torrent of […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Samora Machel’s vision for Mozambique didn’t survive: what has taken its place?
Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Luca Bussotti, Professor at the PhD Course in Peace, Democracy, Social Movements and Human Development, Universidade Técnica de Moçambique (UDM) Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained […]