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Justin Podur

Justin Podur is a Toronto-based writer and a writing fellow at Globetrotter. You can find him on his website at podur.org and on Twitter @justinpodur. He teaches at York University in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change.

    September 9, 2026
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Why Tamil Nadu Keeps Killing Its Own Projects

    The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of a series of projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which governed Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2026. Among them

    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI’s Mathematical Breakthrough Triggers a Battle Over Credit and Ethics

    OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of the most celebrated problems in the history of mathematics: the “existence and smoothness” problem of the Navier–Stokes equations, one of seven Millennium Problems identified by the Clay Mathematics Institute, each carrying a

    September 9, 2026

    Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning AI Race Could ‘Gamble With Our Lives’

    Artificial Intelligence

    A young researcher at Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from the company, warning that the race to develop increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems is

    Germany’s Far-Right Surge Tests, But Does Not Upend, Democracy

    Geopolitics

    The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

    The Myth That India’s Freedom Was Won Nonviolently Is Holding Back Progress

    April 10, 2024
    History

    If there is a single false claim to “nonviolent” struggle that has most powerfully captured the imagination of the world, it is the claim that India, under Gandhi’s leadership, defeated the mighty

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    The Perilous Path From Western Domination to De-Dollarization

    September 29, 2023
    Business

    Two interesting things happened at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August. Several new members were invited to join BRICS in 2024: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

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     Are We Living Through a De-Dollarization?

    June 23, 2023
    Business/Columns

    De-dollarization is apparently here, “like it or not,” as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone

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    Sub-Imperialism and Multipolarity: Brazil’s Dilemma

    April 1, 2023
    Brazil

    Galeano Names the Problem In the Open Veins of Latin America Eduardo Galeano described an 1870 genocidal war of regime change waged on Paraguay by a Triple Alliance of its neighbors, Argentina, Uruguay, and

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    Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History

    February 17, 2023
    Human Rights/United States

    In January 2023, after five police officers killed Tyre Nichols, President Joe Biden quickly issued a statement calling on protesters to stay nonviolent. “As Americans grieve, the Department of Justice conducts its investigation, and state

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