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How Democracies Traded Political Expertise for Incompetence

Voters across the Western world have grown disillusioned with experienced political leaders and turned toward outsiders promising a break from the establishment. The experiences of President Donald Trump in the... Read full article

Sika Sadoddin - August 29, 2026

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A Disgruntled South Carolinian’s Breakdown of South Carolina’s Republican Senate Runoff
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Central & South Asia
The Tribeverse Effect: What It Reveals About India’s Cultural Hierarchy
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The Fall of the Ottoman Empire

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu–Muslim Divide

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The Economy, Stupid? It’s Greek to Me.

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Nagasaki Remembered… and Its Lesson Forgotten?

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The Duty to Mock: How India’s CJP is Reviving Accountability Through Satire

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FO Podcasts: Cockroach Chronicles — Making Sense of the CJP

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Ranjani Iyer Mohanty and Barun Mohanty examine how exam irregularities, limited educational opportunities and scarce employment fueled the Cockroach Janata Party. Indian education discourages independent thought and fails to prepare young people for a changing economy. This movement offers...

by Barun Mohanty & Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

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