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Category: Americas

Americas/Comments

Setbacks in Nicaragua’s democracy and the weakness of the elections

Posted on April 2023 by Valeria Vega

Are elections in Nicaragua a double-edged tool used to suppress democracy? Nicaraguan democracy has historically been affected by several civil wars and coups d...

Americas/Comments/Europe

Punishing Putin: The Age of Financial Warfare and Omnipresence of the Dollar

Posted on April 2023 by Jasmine Keung

“Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable,” stated President Joe Biden as he cited scenes of “major war crimes” being co...

Americas/Comments/Science and Technology

Washington’s growing “crypto caucus”

Posted on April 2023 by Jasmine Keung

As US President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill was on the verge of passing Congress late last year, Republican Patrick McHenry from North Carolina t...

Americas

Regional cooperation after a new Pink Tide in Latin America

Posted on April 2023 by Luis Tomás Orozco

On January 1st of this year, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated as Brazil’s 39th president after an unprecedentedly close race against Jair Bol...

Americas/Comments/Europe

Greenlanders’ Response to Climate Crisis Will Determine Island’s Independence and International Recognition

Posted on November 2022 by Maxwell Cota / 0 Comment

Global warming has made Greenland’s melting ice sheets the largest contributors to rising sea levels. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a majo...

Africa/Americas/Asia/Comments/Europe/Middle East

Environmental Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitics and Climate Change

Posted on November 2022 by Ethan Chiu / 1 Comment

In his 1958 campaign speech, former United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared, “We are busily engaged in the construction of a gigantic road system ...

Americas/Asia/Comments/Europe

Sanctions on Russia: Implications for the Financial World Order

Posted on March 2022 by Jasmine Keung

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western sanctions have failed to act as an effective deterrent against Russian aggression. Today, as Vladimir P...

Americas/Asia/Comments/Interviews

CFR President Richard Haass on World Order and the Challenges of the Future

Posted on August 2021 by Alex Abarca, Faisal Bandar & Liam Will

Richard Haass has served as the president of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2003. He is an experienced diplomat and policymaker and has written or edite...

Americas/Comments/Europe/Science and Technology

Propaganda in the Age of Post-Truth: The Evolution of Political Deception

Posted on May 2021 by Liam Will

“Post-truth” was the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year in 2016. It was meant to put a name to what felt like a new and alarming trend in political di...

Americas/Comments/Middle East

A Means to End Nuclear Proliferation: An Argument for U.S. Recommitment to an Iran Nuclear Deal

Posted on April 2021 by Diba Ghaed

The City of Music is set to host a round of negotiations on a potential return to the magnum opus of nuclear agreements next week. Vienna, Austria’s capital cit...

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