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Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Nicodemus Minde, Researcher, United States International University Tanzania has conducted regular polls since the first multiparty elections in 1995. But they have often failed to meet democratic standards. The opposition has been persistently excluded and restricted, and media freedoms and civil rights have been suppressed.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Tim Forssman, Senior Lecturer, University of Mpumalanga Museums are usually in cities. So, where transport is poor and it’s expensive to travel, many people can’t visit them. We decided to experiment with a way of getting around the problem: we built a travelling museum. I’m an…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Wade Paul, Phd Candidate, Concordia University Sept. 30 is upon us once again, the fourth year this day will be observed as a time to reflect on the history of colonialism, and its ongoing impacts, on the Indigenous Peoples and communities in what is now called…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Hoda Khalil, Adjunct Research Professor and Lecturer, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University A recent report from the University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index found that wildfires are worsening air quality in Canada. The report found that in 2023, wildfires caused concentrations of particulate matter…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By J-C Couture, Adjunct faculty and Associate Lecturer, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta If 2022 was the year OpenAI knocked our world off course with the launch of ChatGPT, 2025 will be remembered for the frenzied embrace of AI as the solution to everything. And,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Carrie Ann Johnson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Iowa State University Would you trust sensitive information from someone you know more than from an anonymous online poster? kali9/E+ via Getty Images Whisper networks are informal channels that women use to warn each other…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University Hundreds of generals and admirals will converge on Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30, 2025, after being summoned from across the globe by their boss, Pentagon chief…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Amy Werbel, Professor of the History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) The vast majority of Americans support the right to free speech. Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, his administration has made…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Laura Gail Miller, Ed.D. Candidate in Educational Organizational Learning and Leadership, Seattle University A Texas A&M free speech case raises questions about academic freedom that have featured before in American society and courts, including during the 1950s. Westend61 Texas A&M University announced the resignation of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Neil Marsh, Professor of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan You’re more likely to get chromium from your cookware than from your food. Fausto Favetta Photoghrapher/Moment via Getty Images You might best know chromium as a bright, shiny metal used in bathroom and kitchen…