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Will the Gen Z-Fueled CJP Achieve What It Set Out To Do?

Education reform campaigner Sonam Wangchuk’s 20-day hunger strike and forceful evacuation by Delhi police have further catalyzed the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) — the youth-led movement demanding accountability for the... Read full article

Vasavi Seethepalli - July 24, 2026

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Europe
Three Frenchmen Explain Why Ian Bremmer Doesn’t Get France
by Flavius Mihaies, Olivier Lavinal & Peter Isackson
Central & South Asia
Deadly Measles Outbreak in Bangladesh: Is It Spontaneous or Systemic?
by Priyajit Debsarkar
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In the Trumpian Age, Every Accusation Is Also a Confession
by Nick Turse
World News
From Reflection to Action: A Mandate for Protection, Peace and Displaced-Led Solutions
by Ashraf Haidari

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FIFA World Cup: The Greatest Show on Earth

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Samantha Mendiguren

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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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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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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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Can Socrates Replace Lindsey Graham?

With “military Keynesianism,” US foreign policy shifted from weighing war’s costs to calculating expected profits. The Devil’s Advocate cites his...

Requiem for a War Racketeer

Lindsey Graham is gone, and the tributes pour in for a "masterful operator." But operator of...

Time to Update Bacon’s Critique of Our “Corrupt Love of the Lie”

Francis Bacon’s essay “Of Truth” masks his own service to Elizabethan surveillance and political deception. Security...

Palantir and the Techno-Oligarchs: Honeyed Reason, or Crushing Hegemony?

Western democracies have entered a period dominated by techno-oligarchs, e.g.,...

by Alan Waring

Weaponized Uncertainty: Geopolitical Fragmentation and Development in the Global South

by Masaaki Yoshimori

Andy Burnham and “Manchesterism”: The New Face of Populism?

by Kent Jenkins Jr.

Book Banning, Alberta Style: Censorship in the Classroom

by Margaret Smale

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FO Podcasts: What the West Ignores About China’s Digital Nationalism

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Florian Schneider and Haruko Satoh argue that digital nationalism is a defining force shaping modern China. They examine how visa policy, social media algorithms, youth unemployment and patriotic education reinforce one another while revealing tensions within China. Digital politics...

by Florian Schneider & Haruko Satoh

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