Written by: Allison Lee The COP25 annual gathering (2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) officially commenced on December 2 in Madrid, Spain. The twelve-day conference consisted of over 25,000 delegates from about 200 countries and aimed to solidify plans for limiting emissions and preventing global warming. Organizing the conference was no easy feat….
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Syria: Russia’s Hope for Relevance in the Middle East, Salvation in Global Affairs, and Domestic Security
Written by: Jared Lang From the conventional perspective on recent Russian foreign policy, getting involved in the Syrian Civil War appears to break from Putin’s playbook. When it comes to foreign conflicts, Putin has, since his ascendence to the Russian presidency in 2000, deployed armed forces almost exclusively in the countries immediately neighboring the Russian…
Space: The New Military Frontier
Written by: Jason Geissler “There is no war in space, just as there is no war in cyberspace. There is only war, and war can extend into any domain.” General John Hyten, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command Despite numerous treaties over the last half-century to prevent the militarization of outer space, the world’s superpowers have been…
What Should the World Think of Xi Jinping Ending China’s Term Limits?
Written by: Simon Fischer China’s National People’s Congress voted recently to pass a constitutional amendment that abolished the country’s Mao-era two-term limit on the office of the president. Current president Xi Jinping was expected to step down in 2023 at the end of his second term, but this amendment allows him to rule well beyond…
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