Every day, millions of people wake up to a flood of messages, headlines, images, and videos that arrive through their phones before there is time to ask a simple question: is this true? In a year as important as 2024, when Mexicans are preparing to make decisions that will shape the next six years of their country, that question becomes urgent. It was with this sense of urgency that Channel 44, the public broadcaster of the Universidad de Guadalajara, began its thirteenth anniversary celebrations, not with a party, but with a conversation about one of the most serious problems of…

At a moment when global diplomacy often feels like a contest between rival blocs, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar offered a refreshingly pragmatic message: the world does not have to choose between the United Nations and smaller groupings like BRICS. Speaking at a session titled “Ruptures & Ramparts: Building Bridges for a Changing World,” held on the margins of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Jaishankar was direct and conversational. The event, organized by the Observer Research Foundation, Reliance Foundation, UN in India, and India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, brought together foreign ministers from…