by Aseem Gupta | Jul 1, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 30 MinutesFor decades, Canada offered an unusually attractive bargain. A person could study, find steady work, buy a reasonably comfortable home, raise children in a relatively safe neighbourhood and expect public institutions to cushion life’s...
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 23, 2026 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 22 MinutesOn 23 June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. With 51.9% of voters supporting Leave, the referendum promised a historic transformation: greater control over Britain’s borders, laws, money and economic future. Ten years...
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 21, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 36 MinutesA brilliant young inventor, a rebellious bionic hamster, an unusually disgusting science experiment, and a superhero who wears nothing but underwear come together in one of Dav Pilkey’s most chaotic adventures. Captain Underpants and the...
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 13, 2026 | Law, Institutions & Legal Systems
Reading Time: 28 MinutesHong Kong has spent generations trying to dismantle its triads. Membership in these secretive criminal societies is itself an offence. Police have arrested senior figures, infiltrated organizations, seized criminal proceeds and disrupted...
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 11, 2026 | Law, Institutions & Legal Systems
Reading Time: 26 MinutesFor more than two decades, Chuck Blazer was among the most powerful figures in international football. As general secretary of CONCACAF, the confederation governing football across North America, Central America and the Caribbean, he controlled...
