Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Gerald Arhin, Research Fellow in the Political Economy of Climate Compatible Development , UCL Imagine running a business for over a century without knowing what’s in your warehouse. That’s essentially what many African countries are doing with their mineral wealth. Governments across the continent still have…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Gawie Botma, Associate Professor of Journalism, Stellenbosch University In a recently published book, Reconsidering the History of South African Journalism: The Ghost of the Slave Press (2025 Routledge), author and journalism professor Gawie Botma explores the gap in the country’s understanding about the complicity of South…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University Texas state lawmakers board a bus following a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters in Carol Stream, Ill., on Aug. 3, 2025. Scott Olson/Getty Images The gerrymandering drama in Texas – and beyond…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Debbie Felton, Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst Darius I of Persia, center, and his court, from a vase painted between 340 and 320 B.C.E., on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Carlo Raso/ Flickr, CC BY-SA “No Kings” rallies. “Good Trouble” protests. “Rage…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Thomas A. Stapleford, Associate Professor of History and Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame Isador Lubin, chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, presents data to a Senate committee in 1937. Library of Congress Many financial and political analysts are trying to assess the impact…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sky Hooler, Ph.D. Student in Environmental Science, University at Albany, State University of New York Scientist Aubrey Hillman, one of the authors of this article, extracts a core of mud from the bottom of Black Pond in June 2025. Patrick Dodson/University at Albany Lush forests…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael G. Kozak, Associate Clinical Professor of Educational Administration and Leadership, Drexel University Artificial intelligence can bring a host of benefits, such as individualized learning, but can also encourage kids to shortcut learning. Jonathan Kirn via Getty Images Generative AI platforms have sent shock waves…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi The stark landscape of the Moon as viewed by the Apollo 12 astronauts on their return to Earth. NASA/The Planetary Society The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kerry Sinanan, Associate Professor of Global pre-1800 Literature, University of Winnipeg The BBC’s recent docuseries, Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius, the PBS mini-series Miss Austen as well as cultural and tourism festivities are all marking the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth for a global audience.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Sills, Director, Northern Tornadoes Project, Western University Our ability to predict extreme weather from thunderstorms, like the recent catastrophic flash floods in Texas, is unsettlingly poor, even in the hours leading up to the event. Improvements in understanding, detecting and predicting extreme thunderstorms — and…