Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170...

In the last few decades, the government of the People’s Republic of China has sought to grow its influence in not only the Indo-China...

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Americans have considered vaccines to be their ticket back to normalcy. Pharmaceutical...

The largest challenge for the United States to overcome in the international sphere is not the lack of influence, but rather the...

Since the turn of the century, Lao PDR has been on a bullet train to graduate from its “Least Developed Country Status” by 2020....

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

A curious David-against-Goliath story is unfolding in disputed Southeast Asian waters. In late September, the small nation of Timor-Leste...

Over the last few years, companies like Uber and Airbnb have exploded onto the national and international economic scenes. Uber was...

The legacy of foreign involvement in Afghanistan is both extensive and controversial. Whether referring to Soviet manipulation of the...

In July, after several months of discussion, the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have finally...

Photo Author’s Own I have no problem admitting it: I am a small-town kid. I spent my first 22 years in two southern towns: Greensboro, NC...

Over the winter break, your intrepid reporter went on a field trip to Spartanburg, SC.  Spartanburg represents many of the factors I am...