Like everything else about India, its democracy is complicated. Recent parliamentary elections—more than 640 million people voted (roughly...
India Votes! / Vishakha Desai
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Podcasts
Deal of the Century? / Neil Quilliam
It’s been an amazing, terrifying eight months in the Middle East. The horror of October 7th; the endless pounding of Gaza ever since; civilian...
Truth, and Nothing But / Eliot Higgins
We live in a world where facts are everywhere, recorded and shared ubiquitously. That ought to make this an era where arguments, journalism, and...
War Lessons / Armin Rosen
Almost seven months ago, Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel murdering, raping, and kidnapping. In response, Israel launched its attack on Gaza...
Re-thinking Education for Migrant Children
We live in an era of mass migration. Millions of people and families are on the move, driven by conflict, natural disasters, insecurity, and lack of...
SPOTLIGHT: “tis the mind that makes the body rich”
What do Shakespeare, neuroscientist Rafa Yuste, and human rights lawyer Jared Genser have in common? They all believe that our brains make us human....
Things Are Never So Bad They Can’t Get Worse… / Nabil Fahmy
Both of the following statements are true: The surprise October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel was brutal, outrageous, inhumane, and far outside the...
Defeating the Taliban, One Educated Girl at a Time / Pashtana Durrani
Terrorists and Afghanistan were back in the headlines because of the recent murderous ISIS-K attack on a concert in Moscow. No one should be...
“Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War.” / Clionadh Raleigh
Philosopher George Santayana wrote those words 100 years ago, between two massively destructive world wars. Unfortunately, they continue to ring...