Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Aya Aboelenien, Associate Professor of Marketing, HEC Montréal When we think about morality, we usually focus on actions: is this act morally right or wrong? But increasingly, these kinds of debates involve the morality of everyday objects, like plastic bottles, smartphones or even the the food…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Franzisca Zanker, Senior researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute A new deal to deport asylum seekers from the US to Uganda was announced in August 2025. The full agreement, already signed by the ambassadors of the two countries at the end of July, set out the terms…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Welch, Professor, Political Science; Research Chair, University of Waterloo An independent international commission of inquiry appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council has released a report saying that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Daniel Meron, Israel’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, immediately…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By David Philpott, Professor, Special Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland In 2025, the rapid rise of artificial intelligence access for the public at large also means growing concern about the mental health impact of screen time on children and their AI engagement. Concerns encompass the harvesting of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Assistant Professor, Harvard University At the Boston waterfront sits the Institute of Contemporary Art, an architectural marvel that gleams against the harbour in a wealthy neighbourhood. My Uber driver, an African immigrant, remarks as I get out: “Be careful, this is an expensive area.”…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Solaja Mayowa Oludele, Lecturing, Olabisi Onabanjo University On any street in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, you’ll find abandoned plastic bottles lying around. Each year, about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced in Nigeria and much of it winds up in landfills or in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Janet Remmington, Research Associate, Humanities Research Centre (and African Literature Department, University of the Witwatersrand), University of York For black people living in South Africa during apartheid, simply moving around the country was a fraught activity, let alone crossing its borders. This was especially the case…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Alexandra Jahn, Associate Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Arctic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder The author’s view walking across Arctic sea ice off Utqiagvik, Alaska, in April 2025. Alexandra Jahn As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Beth Gazley, Professor of Nonprofit Management and Policy, Indiana University Charlie Kirk speaks at the opening of the Turning Point Action conference on July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Following the Sept. 10, 2025, death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Anindya Kundu, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Florida International University Florida has been a leader for other conservative states on education reform. iStock/Getty Images Plus Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan in early September 2025 that he intends to make Florida the first state…