Sri Lanka, April 28 -- Agiant Palestine flag flutters in the stiff spring breeze over the hundreds of grubby protester tents crowding the large esplanade of the University of Columbia, New York, NY. Are Sri Lankan students, aspiring degrees in the elite universities of the First World, thinking twice as they see chaos in these very same campuses these days?

Hourly, our Zoomers watch the rebellious tent culture of protesters crowding campus 'quads', police beatings and arrests of undergrads, professors joining in - none of it about education issues but about a burning global political crisis and a looming threat of nuclear war.

In fact, world governments as well as global civil society - especially interested parents - are closely watchi...