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AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

NIJMEGEN – Modern AI technologies severely impede humans’ ability to learn and retain skills, while also making it nearly impossible for academics and other experts to cultivate and disseminate knowledge. Many scholars, including us, have highlighted the threat posed by techno-solutionism in education: Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies

Can Humanity Fix What It Has Broken?

As we stood together in the shadow of a magnificent mountain range next to the Caribbean Sea, the wisdom they

Democracy and the Case for Protecting Livelihoods

To provide an antidote to Trump’s brand of politics, we must understand where his MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement

Harnessing AI Without Undermining Democracy

Start with elections. Especially in the United States, election administrators are severely understaffed and underfunded. Many argue that AI could help by

Rare Earths Are China’s Trump Card

Since the first Trump administration, the US playbook has been to blacklist leading Chinese tech firms and tighten export controls

How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger

The G20 must tackle the hunger crisis head-on or risk forfeiting what remains of its credibility. South Africa can lead

Green Shipping Could Mean a Green Africa

If distributed equitably, these funds could help Africa close its huge energy gap, upgrade its port infrastructure and fleets, and invest in

Nepal’s Gen Z Movement Needs Deeper Considerations

The same set of political parties—the Nepali Congress, the UML, the Maoists—continue to dominate, reshuffling among themselves but never ceding

Trump’s Beggar-the-Poor Remittance Tax

The Trump administration’s remittance tax is only the latest in a series of punitive US measures aimed at the developing

On Climate Change, Capital Must Follow Africa’s Lead

The resource shortfalls are particularly pronounced when it comes to support for sustainable development and the green transition in emerging