Algerians Don’t Appreciate the Audacity
For decades, Algerians have proudly chanted the slogan “One, Two, Three – Viva l’Algerie!” in the face of adversity. Yet even this slogan, which has...
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Why a symbolic exchange matters: Signaling in Biden-Xi Summit
On November 14, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden met in person with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in his presidency. This summit, conducte...
Africa and the Western Monpolization of Agribusiness
Amid the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century and the growing voice of global actors, innovations across the agricultural sector gave hope to the idea of en...
Africa and the Monopolization of GM Technology
Amid the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century and the growing voice of global actors, innovations across the agricultural sector gave hope to the idea of en...
Exploring the Major Influences on Government Behaviour and Achievements
Introduction: “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government” (Jefferson 1809). Th...
How Russia Lost Its Grip on Central Asia
Russian President Vladimir Putin demonstrated with the invasion of Ukraine in February of this year that he will go to extreme lengths to preserve, even reinvig...
The European Union’s Rubicon or a New Normal? Brexit’s impact on the dynamics of European integration, and national stay or leave sentiments
As Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics at ETH Zurich, contended in 2018, in relation to the European Union (EU) “crises are open decision-makin...
An Immediate “Humanitarian Truce” Temporarily Ends Hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict
***CONTENT WARNING: This Article Discusses Sexual Assault and Rape*** In a surprise announcement this past Thursday, the Ethiopian government led by Prime Minis...
No Such Thing as Free Internet
In October of 2021, Google announced that it would invest $1 billion into African internet infrastructure over five years[1]. On March 18th of this year, the fi...
The National Security Law, “One Country Two Systems,” and Hong Kong’s National Security Apparatus: The Coup De Grace to Hong Kong’s Ideological Independence and Democratic Autonomy
Abstract This paper examines the future of the “One Country Two Systems”’ principle amid China’s recent encroachments on Hong Kong’s democratic autonomy a...