Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Stephanie Bogue Kerr, Adjunct professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about one in five Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction to opioids has led to opioid and overdose crises in many cities, which has brought the social…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Bourdjolbo Tchoudiba, Doctorant en Sciences Politiques-Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire d’Études du Politique Hannah Arendt (LIPHA), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC) Chad’s opposition firebrand and a former prime minister, Succès Masra, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 9 August. He was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Chloé Josse-Durand, Senior Research Associate in African Politics, Newcastle University In 1950, British forces killed at least 29 civilians in one of the deadliest, but least chronicled, episodes of colonial violence in Kenya. Armed soldiers killed at least 29 civilian members of Dini ya Msambwa,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Amy E. Stambach, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bill Gates gives a baby in a woman’s arms a rotavirus vaccine in Ghana in 2013. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. government is relaxing federal vaccine requirements and cutting…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Francesco Fedele, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, typically lasting less…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, left, takes a selfie with Energy Secretary Chris Wright, center, and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in front of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. AP Photo/Jenny…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By David Alff, Associate Professor of English, University at Buffalo The new Acela trains are scheduled to start running on the Northeast Corridor soon. Courtesy of Amtrak When former President Joe Biden unveiled his US$1.9 trillion infrastructure plan in 2021, he found the perfect place to go…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Stephen Przybylinski, Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan State University A person walks past a homeless encampment in the Skid Row community in Los Angeles in June 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images Homelessness is on the rise in the United States, and in some places, it is becoming…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Filomena Nunes, Professor of Physics, Michigan State University Women with strong networks and communities are most likely to succeed in the STEM fields. LWA/Dann Tardif via Getty Images As a graduate student in physics, I was often the only woman in the room. As I gained…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Rosalyn R. LaPier, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, sitting in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi There is increasing evidence that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” are…