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Just a Matter of Time: Global Educational Equality
What would the world look like if we achieved universal education equality? Is this even possible? The United Nations has taken on this...
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Mar 13, 20235 min read


The Peso Problem: Argentina’s Economic Crisis
A street artist is painting on a canvas of pesos. Families are taking handfuls of money to the grocery store, just to encounter confusion...
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Mar 12, 20234 min read


How Israel’s Ultranationalist Religious Far-Right Benefited from the Country’s Divide
What if Marjorie Taylor Greene was appointed US Vice President and Alex Jones Secretary of State? This would almost be unthinkable at the...
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


The Not-So-United Kingdom is Facing Calls for Scottish Independence
Editor’s note: This article was written prior to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation on February 15, 2023. The...
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Mar 5, 20235 min read


A Rose By Any Other Name
Why would a country choose to change its name? Historically, name changes have often followed regime changes, especially after...
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Feb 28, 20234 min read


Somalia Syndrome
In 1993, the United States launched a series of raids on Mogadishu, Somalia so disastrous and publicly humiliating that they would...
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Feb 22, 20234 min read
Revisiting Pumpkins in Ukraine Amidst a Gruesome War
One year ago, I wrote an article about the history, culture, and economic potential of pumpkin cultivation in Ukraine. At the time, my...
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Feb 15, 20235 min read


The Chilean Democracy: Unwritten and Thriving
In 2019, Chilean citizens took to the streets in one of the largest anti-government protests in the nation’s young democratic history....
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Feb 15, 20234 min read


Corrupt Coalition
On September 8, 2022, Mexican deputies voted to pass a constitutional amendment granting the Ministry of National Defense control over...
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Feb 5, 20233 min read


Borderline
It may be forever unknown whether a London barrister named Sir Cyril Radcliffe, sketching a map in the summer of 1947, pondered the words...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Raiders of the Lost Art
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Ego, ENLARGED
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170...
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Feb 5, 20236 min read


Everyday He’s Hustlin’
“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


The Greatest Threat to Peace In Europe That You’ve Probably Never Heard About
As a grotesque, albeit limited, conflict in Ukraine sows fear across the West, some are wondering who could be capable of sparking...
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Jan 17, 20235 min read


The Most Dangerous Precedent
“It has been a long time since we last met, and I hope it will be a long time before we have to part.” In his address to the 2018 Boao...
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Jan 17, 20234 min read


Neutral No More?
Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts....
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Jan 13, 20234 min read


Rare Earth Rush
Today’s energy crisis harkens back to the 1973 oil shock, during which Arab petrostates instituted an oil embargo against Western...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Handkerchiefs for Hope
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Contractual Consent
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Three Prime Ministers, Two Resignations, One Crisis of Legitimacy, and No General Election
The current political situation in the United Kingdom is in disarray. Uncertainty reigns throughout Parliament as it reels from Prime...
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Jan 6, 20235 min read
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