By Sam Dantzler The Trump administration says it wants more foreign investment in America’s industrial revival. Yet when South Korea delivered, with billions flowing into a Hyundai–LG battery plant in Georgia, federal agents showed up in armored vehicles, shackled hundreds of Korean technicians, and shipped them home. The September 4th raid, the largest single-site immigration action in... Continue Reading →
By Abby Burczyk The near completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has raised great concern for Egypt and Sudan. With the dam building its water reservoir using water from the Blue Nile, downstream countries are increasingly worried about the restriction of water flow into their countries. Sudan utilizes the River Nile for almost... Continue Reading →
By Jacob Kehoe Political flames and revolutionary memories fill the air in France as the European Union's second-largest economy is set to oust its fourth Prime Minister in just two years' time. French PM François Bayrou is scheduled to go through a vote of confidence on Monday, September 8th, in which he faces almost certain defeat. The... Continue Reading →
By Sam Dantzler On September 3, 2025, Beijing staged its largest military parade in years to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. President Xi Jinping presided over the event in Tiananmen Square, flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The imagery was unmistakable: a carefully choreographed alignment of leaders who... Continue Reading →
By Abby Bedard In a rare display of public dissent, a string of protests broke out across Gaza this week. The protests came a week after Israel ended the ceasefire by once again launching airstrikes on the enclave, killing 409 Gazans in a single day, with thousands more wounded, making it one of the deadliest... Continue Reading →
By Matthew Grace In September of 2024, then presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming he could, “get it [the war] resolved very quickly”. This statement followed President Trump’s previous statements that he could, “get it settled before I become president” and “could end the war in 24 hours”. We are... Continue Reading →
By Lexi Dean After student-led protests ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last summer for corruption and human rights abuses, Hasina fled to India. Over 800 people were killed and 20,000 were injured by government authorities under Hasina in these uprisings. Last week Hasina gave a controversial speech from India attempting to discredit the July... Continue Reading →
Sam Dantzler Following Election Day 2024 in the United States, China has braced for the impact of Trump 2.0. In the months between November 5th and Inauguration Day, Beijing’s leadership has been evaluating the outcome of Trump’s election and its implications on broader Chinese grand strategy. Trump’s first term was defined by aggressive diplomatic posturing... Continue Reading →
By Cora Kirby Daniel Noboa became Ecuador’s president in a 2023 snap election and now faces a presidential election this coming Sunday. The ballot will consist of 16 candidates, but Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa Gonzalez remain the frontrunners. Gonzalez worked under former president Rafael Correa, and has garnered the support of many of his... Continue Reading →
By John W. Parks The first few weeks of President Trump’s second term have produced substantial changes to the foreign policy of the United States. Tariffs imposed on the US’s largest trading partners and the drastic cutting of funds for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have begun to build an American future... Continue Reading →
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