Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Huma Tariq Malik, Ph.D. Student in Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University Irrigation equipment waters an alfalfa field in Kansas. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel As the world’s climate warms and droughts and water shortages are becoming more common, farmers are struggling to produce enough food.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Allison Anna Tait, Professor of Law, University of Richmond Diane Keaton loved her dog, Reggie. The award-winning actor, director and real estate entrepreneur frequently posted photos and video clips of the golden retriever on her social media accounts. After she died on Oct. 11, 2025,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Samia Islam, Professor of Economics, Boise State University Protesters gather at a union-organized rally outside the U.S. Capitol in February 2025. Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images When fewer people belong to unions and unions have less power, the impact goes beyond wages and job security.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder On Nov. 11 each year, a curious holiday takes over China. What began among Nanjing University students in the 1990s as a tongue-in-cheek counter to Valentine’s Day has exploded into the world’s largest shopping…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Erin Spring, Associate Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary In April 1996, I was 11 years old. I wrote letters to authors on the topic of “becoming a writer,” enclosing a short questionnaire. To my astonishment, over 40 authors responded — some on letterhead,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Bedassa Tadesse, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most consequential trade cases in decades. The justices will decide whether a president can rely on a Cold War–era emergency law, the International Emergency…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Dick Zoutman, Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Ontario The CSA Group — a not-for-profit standards organization — released for review a new draft standard on the “Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators” (CSA Z94.4:25) for workplaces, specifically including health care. This new standard is…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Misheck Mutize, Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa’s ability to finance its own development. In recent months, powerful voices from the International…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Stewart Prest, Lecturer, Political Science, University of British Columbia Canadians have learned in recent days that Prime Minister Mark Carney did indeed apologize for an Ontario advertisement that used Ronald Reagan’s own words to correctly portray the late United States president’s views on the importance of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Spyros A. Sofos, Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University In the recent Northern Cyprus presidential election, an overwhelming majority of the Turkish Cypriot electorate rejected incumbent Ersin Tatar, backed by the Turkish government, and his hard-line two-state rhetoric. Opposition leader Tufan Erhürman’s landslide victory…