How Yemeni women are fighting the wartheconversation.com - Connie Christiansen Since 2015, a Saudi-led coalition has waged war against Shia Houthi forces in Yemen. More than 8,000 people have been killed, and more than 49,000 …
Play button Why the UN is setting up a database of international businesses operating in Israeli settlementstheconversation.com - Valentina Azarova Hundreds of companies are doing business in around 250 illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, that are effectively subsidised …
For Beijing, the greatest threat to China's national security is not the Kim regime: it is the UStheconversation.com - Anny Boc With every new North Korean missile – such as the one launched on Tuesday November 28 – or nuclear test, all eyes are on China. Like previous …
Play button A Delicate Weave: folk singers from Western India celebrate diversity in the face of intolerancetheconversation.com - Anjali Monteiro and Jayasankar K. P. A Delicate Weave (Jhini Bini Chadariya), a documentary film set in Kachchh, Gujarat in Western India, traces four different musical journeys, all …
For LGBTI employees, working overseas can be a lonely, frustrating and even dangerous experiencetheconversation.com - Miriam Moeller and Jane Maley and Ruth McPhail As the number of workers taking international assignments increases, companies have more responsibility to look after their LGBTI employees who face …
How Hong Kong Umbrella movement was crushed and pro-democracy activists gradually silencedtheconversation.com - Edmund W. Cheng and Samson Yuen Young Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law were released on bail from jail on October 23. They will now appeal against …
Earthquakes caused by industrial activities: what are the risks and how can they be reduced?theconversation.com - Georgios Michas On September 3, 2016, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck just northwest of Pawnee, Oklahoma, causing moderate to severe damages in buildings near the …
Play button When cities were Nature's haven: a tale from Bangaloretheconversation.com - Harini Nagendra We tend to think that nature and cities are polar opposites. Yet this is not true. As my research on Bangalore or Bengaluru – India’s IT hub – shows, …
Kyrgyzstan: migrant women workers and a 'lost generation' of childrentheconversation.com - Asel Murzakulova Dilya-eje, a secondary school teacher in the border village of Samarkandek, Kyrgyzstan, often visits the houses of her neighbourhood to record the …
China's green planning for the world starts with infrastructuretheconversation.com - Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley The United States is retreating from the global community under a president who rejected the Paris Climate Accords and denigrates NAFTA and NATO. …
Peace makes strides in Colombia, but the battle is far from wontheconversation.com - Fabio Andres Diaz One year after Colombians initially rejected a peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla group, today the outlook for peace seems almost promising. On …
Tackling climate change could bring North and South Korea closer and help stabilise the regiontheconversation.com - Hun Park The Paris Agreement, signed in 2015 requires every country to make pledges to tackle climate change. North Korea is no exception. Given that air …
Design global, manufacture local: a new industrial revolution?theconversation.com - Vasilis Kostakis and Jose Ramos What if globally designed products could radically change how we work, produce and consume? Several examples across continents show the way we are …
A close-up look at what happens when tourists and Maasai communities meettheconversation.com - Vanessa Wijngaarden My study of interaction between tourists and a Maasai community raised questions about the boundaries between research, tourism and entertainment. …
El flagelo del aborto ilegal en América Latina: ¿hay democracia sin derechos reproductivos?theconversation.com - Larissa Arroyo Navarrete Tres cuartos de todos los abortos en América Latina se hacen de forma ilegal. Junto con África y Asia, esta región reune gran parte de los 17.1 …
Dams on Myanmar’s Irrawaddy river could fuel more conflicts in the countrytheconversation.com - Julian Kirchherr Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on the Rohingya issue, the country is also heading towards an important …
Refugees in India have to fend for themselves – we've been talking to them about how they managetheconversation.com - Jessica Field Attempts by the Indian government to deport tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have thrust the country’s laws into the spotlight. Lawyers …
China's fight against desertification should not be done at the cost of water securitytheconversation.com - Kai Schwärzel For the first time, China has hosted a major global event on desertification and land degradation, the Cop-13, United Nations Convention to Combat …
The quest to revive extinct Aurochs to restore ancient landstheconversation.com - Mihnea Tanasescu Rewilding and restoration of land often rely on the reintroduction of species. But what happens when what you want to reintroduce no longer exists? …
The caste politics curse that India just can't shake offtheconversation.com - Afroz Alam India is still not able to do away with its caste politics as demonstrated by recent attacks on members of lower caste in south-western state of …
Is Trump using 'health attacks' on US diplomats in Havana as an excuse to punish Cuba?theconversation.com - William M. LeoGrande In a blow to diplomatic relations with Cuba, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Oct. 3 ejected 15 Cuban diplomats from the United States. The …
Agent Orange, exposed: How U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam unleashed a slow-moving disastertheconversation.com - Jason von Meding In the end, the military campaign was called Operation Ranch Hand, but it originally went by a more appropriately hellish appellation: Operation …
Maasai beads: the interplay between Europe and Africatheconversation.com - Vanessa Wijngaarden Maasai warriors wearing red and women wearing beads have come to be seen as symbols of “traditional” Africa. These colourful glass beads and red …
Who are the real targets of Bogota's crackdown on crime?theconversation.com - Amy Elizabeth Ritterbusch It was just before rush hour on Aug. 23, 2017, when the Bogota, Colombia, district police and SWAT squad came for the gangs of El Cartuchito, an area …
In Central Europe, militarised societies are on the marchtheconversation.com - Weronika Grzebalska Russia recently held one of the largest “war games” since the Cold War, on its Western borders. The drill exercised combat scenarios recently used in …
Taxes on sugary beverages are not enough on their own to halt march of obesity in Asiatheconversation.com - Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley Facing declining markets in Western countries, multinational food companies are targeting Africa, Asia, and Latin America as new consumers of …
Syrian refugees in Turkey: time to dispel some mythstheconversation.com - Ayşegül Akdemir Six years after the war in Syria started, Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees, who try to carve out their own opportunities for education, …
Puerto Rico's bankruptcy will make hurricane recovery brutal – here's whytheconversation.com - Lauren Lluveras The United States had already seen its share of disasters, from back-to-back hurricanes that devastated Texas, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands to …
How kitsch consumed the worldtheconversation.com - Thorsten Botz-Bornstein What is the predominant aesthetic of the twenty-first century? According to sociology professors Ruth Holliday and Tracey Potts, “we are on the point …
