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India’s Exam System Under Fire as NEET and CBSE Controversies Grow

India’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and Central Board of Secondary Education examinations are facing severe crises due to paper leaks, technical failures and allegations of corruption, eroding public trust... Read full article

Vasavi Seethepalli - June 20, 2026

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Politics
Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: Women Leaders and Trump 2.0
by Karen Greenberg
Culture
The Taste of Juneteenth: Food, Family and Freedom’s Legacy
by Bobby J. Smith II
Latin America & the Caribbean
The Congested Sky of an Unequal Country
by Luiz Cesar Pimentel
Europe
Pep Guardiola and Sport’s New Politics
by Ellis Cashmore

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A Trillion Reasons Democracy Is Doomed

Two new “trillionaires” — the US military and Elon Musk — now occupy the headlines. Both represent a dangerous concentration...

On the Meaning (and Danger) of “Should”

The word “should” pervades public discourse — from politicians to celebrities to AI chatbots — yet...

Whose Safety? The Hidden Hand Behind AI Content Filters

Gemini refused to answer my innocent question in French about a Russian journalist’s remarks on post-match...

Latin America’s World Cup Moment

As the 2026 World Cup comes to North America, the...

by Steven E. Hendrix

Danielle Smith’s Voice of Reason and Other Fairy Tales

by Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

Putin–Xi Summit Was an Exercise in Diplomatic Discipline and Strategic Alignment

by David Mahon

Cairo’s Double Game: Egypt Arms a Sanctioned General While Playing Peacemaker

by Hollie McKay

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The Dialectic: Japan — The Aging Land of the Rising Sun

In this episode of The Dialectic, Atul Singh and Glenn Carle examine Japan’s transformation from a postwar economic giant into a more assertive middle power confronting demographic decline, economic stagnation and rising regional threats. Decades of debt accumulation, low growth and an aging population have...

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

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