By Matthew Grace With the influx of 10,000 North Korean troops deployed to Russia of which 8,000 are amassing near the Kursk region, Washington and South Korea “have called on China to use its influence over Russia and North Korea to prevent further escalation.” This comes after the announcement of Ukraine’s intensions to draft another... Continue Reading →
By Abigail BeDard Early Saturday morning, Israel launched a series of retaliatory strikes against Iran, the latest in a series of blows traded between the two nations. These recent Israeli strikes are reported to have hit military targets across three provinces in Iran: Tehran, Ilam and Khuzestan. Though Khuzestan is the center of Iran’s gas... Continue Reading →
By Sophie Ritzenthaler In Argentia, the country’s risk index has been closely watched since it reflects how investors view the country’s debt and measures the possibility of a country defaulting on its debt. On Friday, the risk index dipped under 1000, the first time since August of 2019, the new index is currently set at... Continue Reading →
By Jose Aguilar On Monday of this week, Haitian gangs shot two vehicles of the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. After this attack, the State Department stated that there were no injuries and that they would evacuate two dozen employees. On Thursday, they shot at and hit a United Nations (U.N.) helicopter in... Continue Reading →
By Abigail BeDard Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas and architect of the October 7th attack on Israel, was killed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday, October 16th. Sinwar was killed in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah, by a group of Israeli soldiers while on a regular patrol. In video footage captured by an IDF drone... Continue Reading →
By William Crawford For the first time since 2010, a country has received malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). Egypt is the third country in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to receive this certification, joining 44 countries and 1 territory globally. The disease, transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes, has a history in the country... Continue Reading →
By Julian Fischer-Lhamon Turkey is in a precarious, though strategic, position between East and West. This also holds true for conflict between Israel and the Arab world. Nominally, Turkey’s leader, Erdoğan, is resolutely in favor of the Palestinian cause. However, his words do not align with his actions. As the East-West rivalry intensifies, Turkey’s balancing... Continue Reading →
By Matthew Grace On October 5th, the renowned Russian opposition activist, Ildar Dadin, was reported as having been killed in action while serving in a Ukrainian volunteer battalion according to the group that recruited him and held that he “remains a hero”. Dadin, callsign “Ghandhi”, joined the fight in June of 2023 and was killed... Continue Reading →
By Lexi Dean The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Laos this past week to discuss economic, political, and security development. Representatives and leaders attending this summit examined regional concerns such as the Myanmar civil war, cybersecurity capabilities, and free trade agreements. One of the major disputes concerning Southeast Asian nations is the... Continue Reading →
By Kevin Williams Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba raised the idea of an ‘Asian NATO’ to counter Chinese security challenges. Ishiba’s commentary with the Hudson Institute, a U.S. think tank, highlighted Japanese leadership’s increasing defense posture within East Asia. Ishiba stated, “The absence of a collective self-defense system like NATO in Asia means that wars... Continue Reading →
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