Monday Memo | Healthcare Horrors in the Middle East, GOP Debates Foreign Policy, and NYC’s Migrant Shelter Woes
World In the Line of Fire: Hospitals and Lives at Risk The current casualty count reports 1,405 dead and 5,600...
How is the rise of China reshaping the regional order in South Asia?
South Asia is the geopolitical playground for the competing interests of two major powers, India and China. China’s economic and...
A Climate Perspective: Europe’s De-risking Strategy in Anticipation of a Taiwan Crisis
Geopolitical conflicts, from World War II to the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, have always affected energy supplies, natural resource markets, and...
Who gets left out when literacy declines in the US?
In 2025, 40 percent of American adults did not open a book. This is not because books are out of...
The Protectionist Paradox
The United States has upended the free-trade status quo—a decades-long era defined by largely borderless markets and neoliberal optimism. Its...
Cuban Soldiers Fighting for Russia Further Strains US-Cuba Relations
Reports emerged in Sep. 2023 regarding Cuban fighters supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine when the Cuban government announced...
The Cost of Trump’s Aid Cuts: A Global Rollback on Women’s Safety and Empowerment
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle USAID–the government agency that...
The Last Nuclear Treaty Standing: How New START’s Expiration Poses a Strategic Dilemma for Asia
The expiration of New START on Feb. 5 serves as a test of whether nuclear strategic stability can endure when...
As US Funding Retreats, China and Russia Fill the Gap: Lessons for Africa
In February 2025, the U.S. administration implemented significant funding cuts affecting several African countries, including funds for South Africa’s HIV/AIDS...
Against Far Right Hypocrisy, English Multiculturalism
As a Londoner, one understands that the city’s identity is not found in its grand monuments or rich history. Rather,...
Nigeria Is Bleeding—But Not From a Christian Genocide
From China to Canada to South Africa, President Donald Trump has repeatedly drawn international attention and controversy with sweeping, inflammatory...
‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Nuclear Deterrence Fails In Netflix Latest Political Thriller
On a seemingly ordinary day, the military base in Fort Greely, Alaska, discovers a ballistic missile heading towards the United...
To Deter the Houthis, Enforce Israeli Withdrawal from the Occupied Palestinian Territories
On Oct. 16, the Houthis declared their military chief of staff, Muhammad Abdulkarim al-Ghamari, dead. He had been killed by...