Written by: Harry Colvin Throughout March and early April, Mexico City was filled with fliers, signs and billboards encouraging the public to vote on whether or not President Manuel López Obrador, often referred to as AMLO, should remain in office or not. One flier supporting AMLO’s stay in office read, “If you don’t participate, the…
Category: North America
Geopolitics of Climate Change: Climate Refugees
Written by: Calvin Floyd The words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” is inscribed upon the Statue of Liberty, greeting every immigrant that has come to America since June of 1885. These words on one of our most well known national landmarks have long stood as both a…
Steady the Ship: EU-US Relationship in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis
Written by: Aleksander Cwalina The transatlantic relationship is back. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February, the United States and its European allies in the European Union have marched in lockstep against Russian aggression. This has included sending arms and supplies to embattled Ukraine and severely sanctioning Russia – cutting…
Haitians Left Stranded in Mexico: Biden Must Deliver on a Broken Promise
Written by: Elena Cata “He has definitely failed us,” said Tessa Petit, Haitian-immigrant activist and co-executive director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. “Joe Biden came to Little Haiti and said, “‘We will protect you.’ We’ve never seen this before. Literally, it feels like an attack towards Hatitians.” The election of Joe Biden in 2020 brought…
Good, Evil, and the Unfortunate Case of Majid Khan
Written by: Graham Brown In a remarkable rebuke of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), eight military jurors decried their handling of former Al-Qaeda courier Majid Khan as a “stain on the moral fiber of America.” When hearing Khan—who is the first Guantanamo Bay prisoner to publicly detail his abuse—tell his story, it is a remarkable…
Tangling with Tehran: Israel and Joe Biden’s Path Towards a New Iran Nuclear Deal
Written by: Simon Fischer One of President Joe Biden’s top foreign policy goals for his term will certainly be to negotiate a new agreement with Iran to curtail its growing nuclear program. The previous deal between the two sides, the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (often referred to as “the Iran deal”) fell apart…
America’s Evolving Relationship with India and Pakistan: How and Why Our Foreign Policy Towards the Subcontinent Has Changed
Written by: Jacob Laufgraben The United States’ foreign policy in South Asia has shifted dramatically between the end of British rule over the Indian subcontinent and the present day. Much of the change can be accounted to global phenomena, specifically the Cold War, and later the rise of jihadist groups. But simultaneously, the conversion in…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: What This Could Mean for the United States Hegemony
Written by: Jadalyn Eagens On September 27, after 25 years of tenuous peace, war erupted once again between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the long disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. To understand this conflict, one needs to understand the significance of the region. Armenia and Azerbaijan are geographically located in a region called the Caucasus which lies…
The Soul of the Nation Remains Unwell
Written by: Riley Fink With the election over and the honorable Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. now brandishing the title of president-elect, we find ourselves in a period of painful transition. President Trump may for the time being lack liberal affection, but judging from the low bars he had to clear to earn their praise, and…
Counterterrorism Plus, or Intervention Under a Different Name: A Look at a Biden Administration’s Middle Eastern Policy
Written by: Cooper Stewart With the 2020 election results virtually finalized, all appears set for former vice president Joe Biden to be sworn into the oval office in January 2021. While many leaders from around the globe expressed “hope” and “relief” with his victory, the reaction from the Middle East was far more mixed regarding…
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