MIL-OSI Global: The impact of immigration on EU countries’ nationalistic sentiments
Source: The Conversation – France – By Simone Moriconi, Associate professor, IÉSEG School of Management From the United Kingdom to Italy, Austria, and other European countries, recent elections have shown that nationalist and populist parties are attracting an increasing number of voters. While specifics of each party can be quite different, many are critical of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: India Tomorrow part 7: what Narendra Modi’s landslide victory means for India
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Annabel Bligh, Business + Economy Editor, The Conversation UK After the world’s largest ever democratic exercise, Narendra Modi has been re-elected as prime minister of India for another five year term. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured an even bigger majority than in 2014. In this, the final […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Judith Kerr: read her autobiographies to understand The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Eleanor Byrne, Senior Lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University Judith Kerr’s death at the age of 95 was met with an avalanche of tributes from readers, writers and publishers alike. Her illustrated books such as the Mog series and her first book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Recycling: poorer countries can now refuse plastic waste imports – this could make the system fairer
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jen Allan, Lecturer in Environmental Politics, Cardiff University The world generated 242 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016 – a figure that’s expected to grow by 70% in the next 30 years. But this same plastic is also a commodity that’s sold and traded in a global […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Theresa May resigns: how the leadership race could play out from here
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Quinn, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex Theresa May’s postdated resignation as Conservative leader and prime minister has fired the starting gun on the contest to replace her. She was forced out after her cabinet revolted over her plans to offer concessions to Labour on […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Homosexuality remains illegal in Kenya as court rejects LGBT petition
Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Adriaan van Klinken, Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies, University of Leeds Kenya’s Penal Code, which criminalises same-sex activity, will remain in-tact following a High Court ruling which rejected a petition calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country. LGBT activists in Kenya were hopeful that […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Is throwing a milkshake an act of political violence? What political theory tells us
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Alexander Blanchard, Researcher on Political Violence, Queen Mary University of London That the word “violence” is a powerful piece of political rhetoric has been brought home by the welter of opinion pieces, editorials and tweets that have emerged about a recent spate of “milkshakings” – in which prominent […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Rapid water quality tests better protect beachgoers
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Rachel Noble, Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Planning a trip to the beach? Along with looking forward to some summer fun, beachgoers may be thinking about the safety of their waterfront destination. Will the water be clean […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Withdrawing life support: only one person’s view matters
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dominic Wilkinson, Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford Shortly before Frenchman Vincent Lambert’s life support was due to be removed, doctors at Sebastopol Hospital in Reims, France, were ordered to stop. An appeal court ruled that life support must continue. Lambert was seriously injured in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: Climate change: ‘We’ve created a civilisation hell bent on destroying itself – I’m terrified’, writes Earth scientist
Source: The Conversation – UK – By James Dyke, Senior Lecturer in Global Systems, University of Exeter The coffee tasted bad. Acrid and with a sweet, sickly smell. The sort of coffee that results from overfilling the filter machine and then leaving the brew to stew on the hot plate for several hours. The sort […]
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