On December 28, 2025, after record-breaking economic strain gripped Iranian society, a protest movement emerged. The economic crisis had been brewing for months, beginning…

Following his assumption of de-facto power in 2017, the ascendant Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman (MBS), looked eastward for a mentor…

Light explodes overhead as towering figures dance above the crowd, their papier-mache faces glowing in the dark, illuminated by sparks. I’d lived in Barcelona…

“Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.”  Following the U.S. military’s detention of Venezuelan…

Following a weeks-long pursuit, the United States boarded and seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic on January 7th, 2026. When the…

by Sofia Gevorgian University of California, Los Angeles Introduction Since the Ottomans, the Turkic world—stretching from Anatolia to Central Asia—has sought ethnic, cultural, economic,…

On January 3, 2026, American forces entered Venezuela and arrested President Nicolas Maduro to bring him to New York to stand trial for drug-trafficking…

Electric vehicles (EVs) produced by Chinese companies have shocked the world in the last 5 years. Their quality and unbelievable price point, sometimes tens…

In celebration of his nation’s independence day, Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ilham Aliyev was joined by his Turkish and Pakistani counterparts in Lachin to discuss…

On November 27th, 2019, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey that redrew the…

By Lou E. Cardot, University of Toronto Background: Mali’s Security Crisis  For more than 10 years, Mali has been at the centre of one…

Considered the 21st century’s first genocide, over 300,000 people were killed and 2.6 million were displaced in the Darfur region during Omar al-Bashir’s dictatorship…

The rapid evolution of defense technology has significantly changed the nature of the Russia–Ukraine War since its advent in February 2022. Unprecedented Russian drone…

The AI-Bubble “Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to be either the best or the worst thing to happen to humanity,” says entrepreneur and trillionaire…

On September 19th, 2025, a video of passengers asking to leave a boarded Emirates flight from San Francisco to Dubai went viral. Many of…

While walking through the old town of Geneva, Switzerland on my first day in this unfamiliar city, I came across a building with an…

On April 2, President Donald Trump announced tariffs on virtually every trading partner of the United States in what he called “Liberation Day.” He…

The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UNFCCC aims to stabilize…

One of the largest breakthroughs of the 21st century has been in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly the creation of ChatGPT. Widely…

In South Korea, the road to a good life is clear: study hard, get into a top university, and then work for one of…

By Shail Patel The race to finalize the long-stalled India-EU Free Trade Agreement by the end of 2025 masks a potentially devastating threat to…

A 30-year-old Japanese man silently surfs the internet inside a small, dark room. He hasn’t left his house in years; his days are mostly…

“Protecting those who inform us is protecting the truth.”  – Thibaut Bruttin, Reporters Without Borders’ Director General According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 114…

US involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo through its renowned USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) has historically been a vital contributor to…

Already facing economic turmoil and increasingly tarnished diplomatic relationships due to its invasion of Ukraine, Russia suffered a new blow on the international stage…

Amid rising security concerns in the Pacific, including a bolder North Korea and growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait, strong Japan-South Korea relations are…

In a meeting on November 16, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping found common ground on artificial intelligence (AI), recognizing…

Donald Trump has begun his second term as President and one of his immediate goals for office was for the United States to buy…

As Syria emerges from a half-century of the brutal Assad regime, they face political and economic uncertainty as they attempt to form a new…

The United States has an extensive history of sanctioning Iran, dating back to the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979. The major international crisis consisted…

In the wake of major Russian political dissident Alexei Navalny’s death in February, a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia seemed unlikely—even…

Education in Syria has been under attack since the beginning of the civil war, which spanned over a decade. Beginning as a peaceful uprising…

As the war in Ukraine nears the three-year mark since Russia’s invasion, both sides have become increasingly reliant on outside state actors to support…

Japan is widely considered one of the most racially homogeneous nations in the world, with more than 95 percent of the population reported as…

Japan is widely considered one of the most racially homogeneous nations in the world, with more than 95 percent of the population reported as…

In February 2022, two days after Russia invaded and launched a cyberattack to take down the satellite system used by the Ukrainian military, Ukraine’s…

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent tweet threatening a 100% tariff on BRICS nations comes at a pivotal moment in the group’s history. BRICS (Brazil, Russia,…

Many remember Trump’s first presidency by his trade war with China and controversial statements about COVID-19’s origins there. Before imposing tariffs, Trump initially showed…

Almost a decade after the People’s Republic of China incorporated Tibet in 1950, the Dalai Lama fled to India. He set up a government-in-exile…

The Sahel, a hot semi-arid region in Africa below the Sahara – which includes around fourteen nations – is teetering on the brink of…

Back in April, I wrote an article detailing the actions that Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken around the world in order to secure…

I. Introduction The Most Valuable Player award in the National Basketball Association, a league that has historically been dominated by players born in the…

In 2022, President Michel Aoun of Lebanon stepped down with no successor in place. In order for the Lebanese Parliament to elect a new…

Global Deadlock  At the Munich Security Conference on February 16th, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a dire assessment of the current state of global…

Labor migration systems are inherently exploitative – and the kafala system of states in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is no exception.  The exploitative…

      1. Introduction and Background Oil is the core of the Saudi Arabian economy. The country is the largest exporter of oil in the world,…

by Kemal Mohamedou The Wagner mutiny of June 2023 was a moment that shocked not only Russia but the entire world. Led by the…

In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court ruled that an individual’s right to terminate or continue a…

In early 2010, protests erupted in Tunisia in response to the rising government corruption and the resulting economic stagnation. These protests that had begun…

“Harry was bubbly and outgoing and from the age of 7, he shared a passion for riding motorbikes with his Gramps and step-dad… He…

The world economy is on the brink of a recession. According to statistics from the research firm Ned Davis, there is a 98 percent…

In his first campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama highlighted the U.S.’s difficulties with promoting American interests in Asia. The most imposing obstacle? China’s…

Originating in Ancient India and brought to the UK in the late 19th century, Snakes and Ladders is a classic board game that most…

The Japanese Army, characterized in World War II as one of the fiercest forces in the world, was unwilling to surrender and battled to…

We passed a small red sign that cautioned passersby of unexploded ordnance, which was just one of the fading reminders of war scattered across…

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, is yet another attempt by world leaders to tackle the issue of climate…

The position of prime minister in Pakistan seems to be cursed.  To elaborate, no democratically elected prime minister in the country has ever served…

The Middle East faces an existential water crisis and is running out of time to fix it. According to NASA data, the 2020-2021 rainfall…

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party cemented President Xi Jinping’s control over the Chinese government, electing him to an unprecedented third…

History has demonstrated that nations often compromise on guaranteeing civil rights to their citizens as they mobilize against threats to national security. In combating…

Annabelle Werner’s article is additionally featured in The Generation’s Spring 2022 Digital Print Edition: Women. Coming June 2022. While the Anglophone Crisis rarely surfaces in…

Joshua Potter’s article is additionally featured in The Generation’s Spring 2022 Digital Print Edition: Women. Coming June 1st 2022. Automation has been ever since the…

Arya Goyal’s article is additionally featured in The Generation’s Spring 2022 Digital Print Edition:Women. Coming June 1st 2022. Conditions surrounding the rights of Afghan women…

Samriddhi Sapkota’s article is additionally featured in The Generation’s Spring 2022 Digital Print Edition:Women. Coming June 1st 2022. When Nepal signed the Indo-Nepal Treaty…

Angela Merkel has often been likened to the replacement leader of the free world in the absence of active American leadership, particularly during the…

“The Free-Market Democracy Scam” was originally published in our Fall 2021 Print Edition: Authoritarianism. Our story starts in 2000, at the close of Bill…

“When in Rome: How the Romans Fell to Autocracy and Their Connection to Our World” was originally published in our Fall 2021 Print Edition:…

“Bulgaria’s Rising Autocrats and Their EU Enablers” was originally published in our Fall 2021 Print Edition: Authoritarianism. Whereas Poland and Hungary have taken a…

“The danger of global warning is as yet unseen, but real enough for us to make changes and sacrifices, so that we do not…

Earlier this year, surreal images poured out of major Colombian cities and into international news headlines. Videos emerged of thousands gathered in the streets,…

 In the past two decades China has invested unmatched resources into the African continent, exploiting underutilized opportunities and markets. China, the world’s largest creditor,…

Tanzania’s law forbidding pregnant girls from attending school has been cause for global concern, but the World Bank has been the only development actor…