Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brian O’Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology The Department of Homeland Security and FBI are reportedly using polygraphs aggressively to identify dissenters. standret/Getty Images The Trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Francesco Fedele, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology A Georgia Tech University course links art and artificial intelligence. Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Nathalie Belhoste, Associate professor, EM Lyon Business School The world experienced over 60 armed conflicts in 2024, a “historically high” number according to scholars in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Consequently, the risks faced by multinational companies (MNCs) operating in conflict-torn…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University Curbside trash collection has been on pause in Philadelphia since July 1, 2025. AP Photo/Matt Slocum As the Philadelphia municipal worker strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Michael J. Armstrong, Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University In Canada, some studies indicate alcohol consumption declined slightly as medical cannabis use became more common. Did similar decreases follow recreational legalization? (Unsplash+) Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, it was unclear how the change…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Dorit Naaman, Alliance Atlantis Professor of Film and Media, Queen’s University, Ontario Film festivals are unique cultural institutions, spaces to see diverse films by local and global filmmakers and an important market for distributors. These films are often difficult to see, or even know about, outside…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Basema Al-Alami, SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto British Columbia Premier David Eby recently called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to designate the India-based Bishnoi gang a terrorist organization. Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown echoed the request days later. The RCMP has also alleged the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Basema Al-Alami, SJD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto British Columbia Premier David Eby recently called on Prime Minister Mark Carney to designate the India-based Bishnoi gang a terrorist organization. Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown echoed the request days later. The RCMP has also alleged the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Gary N. Wilson, Professor of Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia American tariffs and fears of a prolonged recession have increased calls to expand resource development and infrastructure projects in Canada. The pace and scope of expansion projects like these have major implications for Canada…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Nadine Riedel, Director of the Institute for Public and Regional Economics, University of Münster South Africa’s personal income tax system is in the spotlight as the country’s tax filing season gets under way. Personal income tax is an important way of redistributing income from higher-earning to…