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...
Europe
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,...
This Is How Football Became a Tool of Modern Imperialism
More than 150 years after the abolition of slavery, human trafficking persists—just in a different form. Two centuries later, European...
27 Years After “The Troubles,” Northern Ireland Remains at the Intersection of Religion and Politics
Although the April 1998 peace deal known as the Good Friday Agreement was supposed to have resolved the conflict in...
The Silence of Others: A Nation’s Pact of Forgetting and the Endurance of Memory
The Silence of Others begins with a quiet act of remembrance: María Martín, an elderly woman, kneels by the side...
The NYC Russian Neighborhood Where Anora is Set Sees the Movie as an Opportunity
When accepting her Best Actress Oscar, Mikey Madison thanked a neighborhood in New York that rarely appears on travel guides:...
The European Union: Integration in the Face of Crises
While the European Union may resemble a state in some ways, it is inaccurate to describe it as such, particularly...
Rethinking Alliances: Europe’s Path to Security Without Türkiye
Signed in 1992, the Maastricht Treaty officially created the European Union (EU), setting Europe on a path to closer integration....
Adapting to Change: Norway’s Expanding Role in NATO’s Future
With its strategic Northern geography, Norway has been essential for monitoring Russian activities and ensuring NATO’s operability in the High...
Crisis in Calais: France’s Human Rights Disaster
Tear gas, riot gear, and bulldozers. All three belong nowhere near a migrant camp, yet in April of 2016 French...