French Every Day, Algerian Forever
“To be accepted, to be recognized, you have to do the impossible. You have to be Zidane.” This sentiment is commonly felt by Algerian immigrants living in Franc...
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Washed in Red, White, and Blue: The 2026 World Cup and the Paradox of Democratic Sportswashing
On December 5, 2025, in a Washington ballroom draped in the flags of nations, FIFA President Gianni Infantino stepped to the podium and handed the Presiden...
Hey, if you’re here, who’s steering the ship?
Rethinking the matter of autonomous vessels in International Maritime Law In the spring of 2022, a vessel slipped quietly out of a Norwegian port carrying a car...
Dusting Off the Sword: What the Shield of the Americas Reveals About Hemispheric Security for Latin America
New Name, Familiar Tale On March 7, 2026, leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Doral, Florida, at the invitation of U.S. President Do...
Imported Intolerance: Colonialism and the Persistence of Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in Africa
When Ugandan authorities arrested two young women for sharing a Valentine’s Day kiss and charged them with offences related to homosexuality and indecency, they...
Green Dreams, Concrete Walls: The New European Bauhaus and the Fight Against Its Foundations
The word “Bauhaus” literally translates from German to “house of building.” Originally, the Bauhaus was a school of design, architecture, and applied arts in Ge...
New Caledonia: The World’s Next Country?
Over 10,200 miles from Paris in the South Pacific Ocean lies the French overseas territory of New Caledonia. The archipelago currently sits at the center of one...
Terrorism and Traoré: How Islamist Insurgents and Foreign Intervention Have Aided Ibrahim Traoré’s Authoritarian Takeover of Burkina Faso
On May 11, 2025, members of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Musileen (JNIM) entered the northern town of Djibo in Burkina Faso. Over the next eleven hours, JNIM i...
Hidden in Custody: The Exploitation of Unaccompanied Minors
When Carolina entered the United States, she imagined the opportunities that the United States were to bring. Instead, she found herself stuffing plastic bags, ...
Striking a Balance: The State and the Minority in Syria
Syria’s Sunni Arab population greeted the collapse of Assad’s regime with elation. However, over a year later, the new government still faces many barriers to r...