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When Loud Voices Look Like Majority Opinion — and Why They Are Not

Social media platforms give the impression of a collective voice, but this assumption is flawed. A small minority of highly active users can dominate visibility and interaction. This can turn... Read full article

Mohamed Soufan - May 18, 2026

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Outside the Box
The Great Rosebud Debate Resolved? — Part 1
by Peter Isackson
US news
Trump’s Game for War: How the News Media Is Covering His War
by Nan Levinson
Economics and Finance
India–US Trade Tensions Cloud Modi’s Solar Energy and AI Ambitions
by Vijay Kumar Dhar
Culture
Regimentation in Education: Stricter the School, Sneakier the Child
by Ira Tanwani

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Mediaphobia — A Timeline of Panic

by Ellis Cashmore

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu–Muslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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Easter and Passover Explained: Two Stories, One Crossing

by Liam Roman, Casey Herrmann & Roberta Artemisia Campani

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Understanding the 1975 Autocratic “Emergency” in India

by Vikram K. Malkani, Atul Singh & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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Have Europe’s Banished Devils Returned?

From the postwar boom to today’s fracturing world order, the West’s “glorious” mid-20th century decades of prosperity masked a darker...

A Taste for Genocide: Why the West Can’t Shake Its Most Violent Habits

From the scorched earth of the Thirty Years’ War to the “Strait of Hormuz Apocalypse,” the...

Democracy’s Creed: Inspiring Words, Silenced Voices

Abraham Lincoln’s vision of democracy — government of, by and for the people — may lack...

FO Exclusive: US–Iran Double Blockade of Hormuz Threatens Global Economy

In this section of the April 2026 episode of FO...

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

Staged? Why Conspiracy Theories Are Stupid, but Also Bad Politics

by Elliot Neaman

The Fertilizer Fault Line: The Hidden System That Could Trigger the Next Global Crisis

by Masaaki Yoshimori

After Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV Combines Continuity With Change

by Anton Schauble

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FO Podcasts: Why Narcoterrorism Still Matters

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Atul Singh and Jeffrey James Higgins examine how narcoterrorism combines organized crime, insurgency and geopolitical conflict. They discuss the rise of synthetic opioids and how cartels in Latin America increasingly resemble paramilitary organizations capable of challenging state authority. Should...

by Jeffrey James Higgins & Atul Singh

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