By Katie Braman Each year, the Patterson School organizes a spring break trip to a hub of diplomacy, trade, or commerce, where students can engage in the day-to-day of what they are studying. This Spring, the 2026 Patterson cohort had the opportunity to spend a few days exploring some of what Atlanta, Georgia, has to... Continue Reading →
By Elizabeth Baughn Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and its consequential shocks to the entire European energy infrastructure, countries across the continent have sought to recover their industries and innovate ways of moving forward in the new, volatile environment. In many ways, Europe has made progress along this front, just beginning to benefit... Continue Reading →
IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Noah Eubanks Southeast Asia is giving nuclear power a second look, and as governments look for ways to support artificial intelligence and data center growth, nuclear energy is increasingly being discussed as part of the infrastructure needed to sustain the region’s digital ambitions. Countries including Malaysia, Indonesia,... Continue Reading →
Priscilla Corrales/Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Brooke Bihl Costa Rica announces it will accept 25 migrants deported from the United States per week as part of an agreement to assist with the Trump administration's policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries.” The country is now among several... Continue Reading →
FinnishGovernment, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bulgaria is scheduled to hold snap Parliamentary elections on April 19th. These elections are scheduled as a result of massive anti-corruption demonstrations, which led to the resignation of Rosen Zhelyazkov’s government, a member of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, also known as GERB, which is... Continue Reading →
U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Jack Kolesar In the wake of his 2026 inauguration, Chile’s new head of state, President José Antonio Kast, has moved forward on a central pledge of his presidential campaign. Kast’s “Border Shield,” a network of border security infrastructure, is now under construction. This initiative seeks... Continue Reading →
Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Noah Eubanks On March 4, a U.S. attack boat torpedoed and sank Tehran’s 1,500‑ton Moudge‑class frigate IRIS Dena about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka’s southern coast, killing 84 Iranian sailors and injuring 32, with many more missing. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called it... Continue Reading →
Prime Minister's Office (GODL-India), GODL-India https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf, via Wikimedia Commons By Brooke Bihl Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, recently completed a nine-day trip across Asia aimed at strengthening trade relationships and deepening bonds among middle powers by visiting India, Australia, and Japan. This comes after Carney announced late last year that Canada intends to double its... Continue Reading →
Pierre Blaché, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Hungary is scheduled to hold Parliamentary Elections on April 12th. Two main political parties are running for control of the Hungarian National Assembly: Fidesz (Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party) and Tisza (Viktor Orban’s main opposition). Tisza is projected to win the elections, and the lead over Fidesz is projected... Continue Reading →
Khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Mia Durham On February 28th, the United States and Israel conducted coordinated airstrikes on Iran. President Trump claimed that the goals of the operation were to encourage the removal of the authoritarian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei regime, to remove all of Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities, and... Continue Reading →
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