Trump and Putin’s Alaska Summit was more than just unsuccessful On August 15th, 2025, United States President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a warm welcome at Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as they met for a high-stakes summit to discuss the war in Ukraine. During the meeting, Putin was greeted with a photo-op on […]
Category: Foreign Policy
Chaos in the Caribbean
Trump orders drone strikes on “narco-terrorists” During his combined five years in office, Donald Trump has usually tried to end wars. He has led controversial negotiations to attempt to end the conflicts in Ukraine, brokered a ceasefire in Gaza, and claimed to have personally ended five additional wars. Yet Trump’s recent strikes on alleged drug […]
Pricing America Out of Its Own Future
How might the H-1B price increase impact the U.S.? In a bold and controversial move, President Donald Trump has recently introduced a new policy requiring companies to pay $100,000 application fees for an H-1B visa: a non-immigrant visa permitting U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers with specialty occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher. […]
Crash in the Caucasus
Russians responsible for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash. By: Dean Riaz Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 was supposed to be like any other routine flight departing from Baku. This ill-fated journey has far-reaching repercussions in a region plagued by tension, war, and foreign interests. The two most serious repercussions are future threats posed by a destabilized […]
Loss of Confidence in Europe
German Chancellor Scholz loses confidence vote By: Viola Shephard Olaf Scholz, the current chancellor of Germany has lost his no-confidence vote. A no-confidence vote is when the prime minister calls to move up the election for the new prime minister. Scholz had called for the no-confidence vote, a major sacrifice on his part, and was […]
Western Unity at Stake
President Trump hopes to buy Greenland By: Oliver Straight Nissen Early this year, President Trump stated that the U.S. “needs Greenland.” This declaration, however, did not come fully out of the blue. In 2019, during his first administration, President Trump visited Denmark, which owns Greenland, to discuss buying the territory. It came as a surprise […]
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau Resigns
Trudeau failed to recognize the signs of a failing tenure By: Seth Kim Under mounting opposition, Justin Trudeau resigned as the leader of the Liberal Party and the Prime Minister of Canada on January 6th, 2025. Recent polls show that the Liberal Party will trail the Conservative Party by a wide margin (79-205) after the […]
Inflated Egos and Inflated Economies
Analysis of the inflationary effects of Trump’s economic policies By: Tobiashus Swatherton It is no secret that President Trump came into office guns a-blazing. On day one, he pulled out of the World Health Organization, withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, and even attempted to end birthright citizenship. According to Trump, his reforms are all […]
TikTok: The Lifeline of Americans
The consequences of banning the app from Americans By: Matthew Ding On January 19th, 2025, around 170 million Americans were devastated as they were met with a pop-up message prohibiting access to the popular short video app TikTok. A Supreme Court ruling enacted a ban to address national safety concerns about its Chinese-based parent company, […]
COP 29 Summit
Climate Fallout Exacerbated by the Trump Administration By: Rohan Jayaraman In November 2024, 50,000 delegates from around the world gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan for the United Nations (UN) Climate Conference of the Parties (COP). With the US election around the corner, tensions remained high as lower income countries looked specifically to this summit for climate […]