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Category: Americas

Our Americas desk covers all of North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean.

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International Law Implications for the Expansion of U.S. Missile Defense Programs Topic

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Laura Artandi

Is President Trump’s plan for a new domestic missile defense system in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or the New START? Does it breach any pr...

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Column/Americas

Absurd New World

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Yegor Rubanov

Introduction In Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 classic Dr. Strangelove, the United States foreign policy apparatus is satirically immobilized by absurdity as a nuclear ...

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Column/Americas

Strengthening U.S. Supply Chain Resilience: A Set of Policy Proposals

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Nik Alderson

Introduction The increasing reliance of the world economy on advanced technologies—ranging from semiconductors and renewable power to defense systems—has cast a...

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Column/Americas

The Impact of US Tariffs and Deportation on Colombia

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Samantha Saenz

During President Donald Trump’s first week in office, he launched various controversial executive orders and policy changes targeting immigration, trade, and fo...

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The Modern Colony: Cabotage Laws in Puerto Rico & the U.S.

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Nina Feliciano-Batista

Anchored by the waves of the Atlantic on one side and the Caribbean on the other, Puerto Rico is a sea-locked oasis that remains one of the few existing modern ...

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Column/Americas/Asia

The Fight For Asia: Maritime Law and Assurances to American Allies

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Will Trinh

The United States and the People’s Republic of China are at a crossroads, with both states fighting to assert their influence over the Indo-Pacific. In particul...

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Column/Americas/Europe

Europe’s Crisis of Idealism as It Returns to Yalta 

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Kunwoo Kim

As Europe faces the return of great-power politics, the outcome of the war in Ukraine will not only shape the region’s future but also redefine the global...

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Europe/Column/Americas

A False Rebel in The Oval Office

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Yegor Rubanov

Introduction In season 9 episode 14 of South Park, “It’s a Jersey Thing” the people of the United States, particularly the town of South Park,...

Column/Americas

Calculating Conflict: The Strategic Roots of Mexican Inter-Cartel Warfare

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Taryn Murphy

In late September 2024, civil war erupted in the home of one of Mexico’s largest cartels––the Sinaloa cartel––after the abduction of two key leaders, Joaquín Gu...

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Column/Americas/Asia

International Chinese Students: Academic Weapons

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Thi Ha Phyo

Amid the great power competition between China and the United States, an unlikely group has been caught in the crossfire: Chinese international students. Of the...

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