On February 24, 2023, China proposed a 12-point plan that would end the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The peace proposal was unveiled by the Chinese Foreign Ministry only one day after China abstained from backing a similar resolution from the United Nations advocating for peace between the two countries (Bloomberg, 2023). China also …
A Peace with Plot Holes: China’s 12-Point Plan for Ukraine Read More »
Introduction The Caucasus region contains hundreds of years of history. A closer look at the geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, however, reveals political conflicts that date back to 1923 and national ties that reach to 700 B.C. Two of the three Caucasus countries, Armenia and Azerbaijan, have a complicated …
Conflict in the Caucasus: Examining the Source of Armenian-Azerbaijani Tension Read More »
Introduction United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai announced in January of 2022 that the United States had won its first dispute panel under the newly established United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The panel agreed with the U.S. that Canada “is breaching its USMCA commitments by reserving most of the in-quota quantity in its dairy tariff-rate …
On December 31, 2020, the government of Mexico finalized their commitment to ban the use of the herbicide glyphosate and genetically engineered (GE) corn in Mexico. The plan is to slowly replace each agricultural asset over a set period of time. The agricultural industry was given four years to replace glyphosate with a “sustainable and …
Banning Foreign Corn: A Recent Change in Mexico’s Agricultural Policy Read More »
On October 1, 2022, a North Korean intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) entered Japanese airspace and crossed over into the Pacific Ocean. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff tracked the launch back to the Mupyong-ri region in the Jagang province of North Korea (Yonhap News Agency, 2022). This launch represents the first IRBM test since …
Tempted to Test: North Korea’s Missile Launch over Japan Read More »
Brazil is the fourth largest democracy in the world, and its most recent presidential election has also been one of its most contentious. The preliminary election occurred on October 3, 2022 giving left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva victory over right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro. Despite numerous predictions of a significant margin of victory for …
Ballots backed by Bullets: The Brazilian President’s Plan for a Military Recount Read More »
In 2011, Eric Larson published a book titled In the Garden of Beasts. The book describes the life of William E. Dodd (University of Chicago), the first American ambassador to Nazi Germany. Germany’s history, culture, and landscape captivated the Dodd family, blinding them to the calamity that would soon overtake them. However, Germany’s charm soon …
In the Garden of Beasts: The Ongoing Complacency of Lebanese Hezbollah Read More »
Abstract On September 16th 2022, Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of the Iranian Government. Three days prior, Amini was arrested by the “mortality police” for wearing her hijab improperly. The mortality police declared that she died as a result of pre-existing conditions, however Amini’s family, friends, and hundreds of thousands of fellow Iranians …
Jin, Jiyan, Azadi: How This Time is Different in Iran Read More »
As the recent war between Russia and Ukraine has escalated in the past few weeks, the world has turned their heads towards the leading democracies in support of Ukraine. The countries of the West have fully supported Ukraine and their people; the United States and the United Kingdom being at the forefront. It would be …
Introduction “When I first got here it was the middle of the night and there were just three of us and some Orthodox priests helping to translate Ukrainian. Putin is a criminal and these people don’t deserve this.” Daniel Condurache is a Romanian real estate agent who rushed to the Romania-Ukraine border to assist when …
