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No one today would deny that education is in crisis. But of course, it is not alone. Almost everything we view as a foundational institution appears destabilized or disconnected from the reality that once defined it: government, democracy, higher educatio

Attracted, mothlike, to the bright lights of media attention at an event that was not about him, US President Donald Trump feverishly sought the soccer spotlight during the summer's World Cup spectacle in North America. His pursuit of publicity recalled t

Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Partner Manu Sharma examine the historic US intervention to support the Japanese yen and what it reveals about a changing global economy. They explain Japan's importance to international capital markets, growing economic

For the second time in less than a decade, the future of regional trade among the North American countries has become uncertain. On July 1, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), under the Trump administration, announced the country'

The battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz is part of a jigsaw puzzle that, once put together, will depict the post-war political map of the Middle East and the Horn of Africa and their regional security architecture. So will the struggle for control

Over the last 12 years, I've written about a wide variety of subjects for the publication TomDispatch. But looking back, a number of themes stand out to me for their recurrence: racial justice, war (and US military misadventures) and the insistence of wom

Bangladesh's public universities must confront a difficult inheritance. For years, ruling-party student fronts turned residential halls into spaces of surveillance, discipline and fear. Between 2009 and 2024, this system worked most powerfully through the

According to the Indian Government's Economic Survey 2025-26, agricultural and allied activities contribute nearly one-fifth (17-18%) of India's national income, underscoring their continued importance to the economy. According to the recent Periodic Labo

On 24 June, the Naogaon Battalion (16 BGB) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from inserting nine individuals, including women and children, into Bangladeshi territory. This is the latest attempt by the B

By and large, Canadians are nice. They are easy-going. They are trusting. They tend to laugh at themselves. They are very polite; they even say "sorry" when someone else bumps into them. They're not brash. And they certainly don't go about throwing out am