Why Rishi Sunak might lose the next General Election By: Rohan Jayaraman Within the next year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call the nation’s next general election. Since 2019, the United Kingdom has seen three leaders struggle through the country’s biggest problems, navigating issues such as Brexit legislation, immigration, and the UK’s economic […]
Category: Foreign Policy
Haitian Gang Violence
A Product of the United States By: James Foote Haiti is no stranger to violence and instability. The country has hardly had a moment of peace over its long history. Controlled by France in the colonial era, Haitian slaves grew and harvested sugar and coffee for their white enslavers. In 1804, Haitian slaves led the first successful slave […]
Growing Tensions in Europe
Finland and Sweden join NATO By: Oliver Straight Nissen Finland and Sweden have joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), being annexed on April 4, 2023 and March 7, 2024, respectively. Their inclusion means that the entirety of Northern Europe is now united under NATO, which will only further strengthen the region. However, with NATO’s expansion […]
The cowardice behind Putin’s madness against his opponent
Alexei Navalny Was Murdered For Telling the Truth By: David Xiong On March 21, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin swept yet again another “democratic” Russian election. He broke records by capturing 87.3% of the vote with a whopping 77.4%. His opponents? They got a 3-4% share of the vote. The election was most certainly anything but “democratic.” Putin borrowed […]
Nuclear Weapons in Space
Why their ban should be held and the threat Russia holds By: David Moon Nuclear weapons: tools of ultimate destruction. Space: a vast, infinite unknown. If combined, they have the potential to be devastating. Now, the Russian Federation allegedly has procured such a device. As such, our nation should divest resources to protect the people […]
G20 Summit
India’s rise as the “Voice of the Global South” By Rohan Jayaraman ’25 Earlier this September, India hosted the 18th annual G20 Summit in New Delhi, where leaders of the 20 most powerful economies and governmental organizations discussed various global issues and drafted a declaration that addressed world problems. India’s proactive initiative to create meaningful […]
U.S. Aid in the Morocco Earthquake Aftermath
Should the U.S. be Doing More to Help? By Hale McGivern ’25 On September 8th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Al Haouz Province in Morocco. Several buildings collapsed, and most that didn’t now suffer from severe structural damage. While the death toll was first thought to be just over 800, new […]
Rise of Labour Support in the U.K.
The failures of the Conservative Party By Tillie Fischoeder ’25 The rise of Labour Party support in the U.K. government is no surprise, given the failures of the Conservative Party in recent years. Britain is currently experiencing hampered economic progress and a cost-of-living crisis due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the war in Ukraine, and overall […]
America Should Give Six Billion Dollars to Iran
Fears about the Biden admin’s exchange are unfounded By Tobiashus Swatherton Americans are overreacting to Biden’s Iranian Prisoner Swap. All that is known of the situation is that Iran would receive $6,000,000,000 for only five Iranian-American prisoners. Firstly, $6,000,000,000 is a significant amount of money for the American government to be paying in a civilian […]
West Africans Coups
Russia spreading propaganda through West African unrest By Oliver Straight Nissen ’25 2020 marked the start of another series of coups in West Africa. Mali endured a military coup as a result of poor national security, and over the past three years, many other countries in West Africa have also experienced internal unrest. These recent […]