On November 8th, 2016, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced the demonetization of the Indian economy. This move, ostensibly...

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee recently bestowed the 2017 prize upon the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an...

In Aden, South Yemen’s largest city and the country’s most prominent port, Yemeni flags are increasingly hard to come by; instead, the...

Up until recent years, India-Middle East relations were largely driven by economic considerations. In the latter half of the 20th...

Beijing has been notoriously indecisive in resisting North Korea’s missile deployments, mostly operating through diplomatic means to...

Evo Morales has been the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia since 2006. The term “Plurinational State,” adopted by the 2009...

The Kurdish quest for an independent state has persisted for over a century. Yet, the territory known as Kurdistan today remains divided...

Late May, 1841. A Chinese army, desperate to retake Canton from British forces, launches fire ships at the British ships parked in its...

John Maynard Keynes needs no introduction as the most important economist of the 20th century. His theories have shaped modern economics...

The summer of 2017 was a historic one for India’s judicial system, marked by two high-profile rulings: the ban of triple talaq and the...

As violence continues to plague war-torn South Sudan, even after efforts at ceasefires, refugees continue to pour out of the world’s...

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to clean drinking water, and called upon states and...

On September 23, standing in front of a banner declaring, “Ahead for a New Front,” French presidential runner-up Marine Le Pen announced...

Small island developing states (SIDS) are at the forefront of the international conversation about climate change, and for good reason....

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With a population of only 6.9 million people and one of the smallest economies in South America, Paraguay is often overlooked in...

In the past few years, issues surrounding immigration, refugees, and displaced persons have proven to be ones transcending national...

There are many reasons to be optimistic about global poverty rates. As The Economist reported, “between 1990 and 2010, [the number of...

Against the advice of allied parties, trade unions, business leaders, investors, and various political leaders, President Jacob Zuma...