Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jeremy Wildeman, Research Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Carleton University Canada and Canadians have long considered themselves defenders of human rights, democracy, justice and the rule of law. Canada played a significant role in the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Elisabetta Canteri, Postdoctoral Researcher, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen Caribou will likely face population declines rarely experienced in 21,000 years due to climate change. That’s the main finding from our recently published research on the historical resilience of caribou populations. Caribou, also called reindeer, are a…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Jonathan Beloff, Postdoctoral Research Associate, King’s College London The Congolese military court has accused former president Joseph Kabila of treason, corruption, war crimes and supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group. During court proceedings that began in July 2025, arguments were made for utilising…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Richard Atimniraye Nyelade, Lecturer, Sociological and Anthropological Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Fatima, a fisherwoman on Lake Chad, sets out at dawn not just to make a living from the shrinking waters, but to pay a “tax”. Before casting her net, she must hand over…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By XN Iraki, Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi The Central Bank of Kenya has made two significant changes in the country’s banking sector. The first is to lift a decade-long moratorium on licensing new banks. Second is to raise capital requirements, the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Rachel Wynberg, Professor and DSTI/NRF SARChI Bio-economy Research Chair, University of Cape Town A ground-breaking benefit-sharing agreement was signed in 2019 between South Africa’s lucrative rooibos herbal tea industry and two organisations representing Indigenous San and Khoi people. Indigenous San and Khoi – the oldest known…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Luke William Hunt, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama California National Guard troops stand in front of a federal building in Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. AP Photo/Eric Thayer A federal judge ruled on Sept. 2, 2025, that the Trump administration broke federal law…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have all passed laws — now on hold — to mandate the biblical laws’ display in classrooms. mtcurado/iStock via Getty Images Plus As disputes rage…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Emmy Betz, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Safe gun storage helps prevent suicide and accidental shooting deaths of children. UCG via Getty Images Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, at 20.9 per 100,000 in 2023.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Brad Greenwood, Professor of Business, George Mason University Three years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion-limiting laws are leading to unintended outcomes. Maki Nakamura/DigitalVision via Getty Images Infant mortality has risen in states that enacted tighter abortion restrictions in the wake of the June…