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Ghana’s fuel payment strategy works for now: how to fix longer term problems

April 28, 2026

Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Ishmael Tingbani, Associate Professor in Accounting, University of Southampton Ghana introduced a new payment arrangement for petroleum imports in 2023, using gold instead of scarce US dollars. The policy was designed to ease pressure on the cedi by reducing the need for upfront dollar purchases to…

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A new Welsh electoral landscape puts Plaid Cymru within reach of power

April 28, 2026

Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anwen Elias, Reader in Politics, Aberystwyth University Plaid Cymru’s electoral hopes for May’s Senedd election are high. Polls suggest the party is competing with Reform UK to emerge as the largest group in the next Welsh parliament, putting it, for the first time, within reach of…

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As Arctic waters open up, Canada must prepare for oil spills

April 28, 2026

Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chunjiang An, Associate Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University Canada’s Arctic is opening faster than protection efforts are keeping pace. As sea ice declines, shipping is expanding across Arctic and sub-Arctic waters. That may bring economic opportunities, but it also raises the risk of…

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King Charles embarks on state visit to the US – can he repair the special relationship?

April 28, 2026

Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – UK – By Francesca Jackson, PhD candidate, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University King Charles’s four-day state visit to the US is going ahead as planned, after a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner raised doubts about security. The royal trip, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of American…

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Canada’s Arctic security depends on more than defence — here’s how immigration could help

April 28, 2026

Source: MIL-OSI-Submissions-English Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Hamed Kazemzadeh, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict, University of Calgary; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa A Canadian Ranger patrols the frozen landscape near Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, on a snowmobile bearing the Canadian flag. (Kevin Paul/The Arctic Institute), CC BY Canada is facing a new reality:…

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In an asymmetric war, is the powerful doomed to lose?

April 21, 2026

Source: French to English Tester   Published on: 2026-04-21 Source: The Conversation – France in French (3)– By Barthélémy Courmont, Director of the Master’s in History — International Relations, Catholic Institute of Lille (ICL) This article, which is the continuation of an initial reflection recently published and entitled“Asymmetric war”: a recent term for a millennia-old…