Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Mireya Mayor, Director of Exploration and Science Communication, Florida International University Jane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY in New York on Oct. 1, 2023. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Steve Granger, Assistant Professor, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University Consider two teenagers searching for summer work. One is offered an opportunity to assist a project manager at their uncle’s construction company. The other submits a dozen retail applications, hoping for a call back. Who…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Barnaby Joseph Dye, Lecturer, King’s College London Dams have been emblematic of the World Bank’s approach to development for many decades. From the bank’s early years in the 1960s and 1970s, large-scale infrastructure projects such as dams, power plants and transport networks were central to its…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Hélène Bourdeloie, Sociologue, maîtresse de conférences en sciences de l’information et de la communication à l’université Sorbonne Paris Nord et chercheuse au LabSIC et associée au Centre Internet et Société (CIS– CNRS), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord In January 2019, the plight of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun captured global…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jane Barter, Professor, Department of Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg The grief that attended American political activist Charlie Kirk’s murder was not solely poured out by the political right. Liberal commentators also participated; journalist Ezra Klein expressed grief in an essay for The New York…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Robert Danisch, Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo Cancellation, elimination, subtraction, removal, invalidation — these synonyms describe a core, pervasive principle in our current political moment. A common fantasy from those on all positions of the ideological spectrum is the belief that if one…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By James Densley, Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University A church program lies on the ground near the family reunification area after the shooting in Grand Blanc, Mich., on Sept. 28, 2025. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images On Sept. 28, 2025, at least four people…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University A roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Diana Chigas, Professor of the Practice in International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Tufts University President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders on Feb. 10, 2025, including an order relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images For nearly half a century,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Alex Wermer-Colan, Academic and Research Director, Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio, Temple University Libraries, Temple University A display at the Hoboken Public Library in Hoboken, N.J., features books that have been targeted or banned in other states. Ana Fernandez/AFP via Getty Images Over the past…