Leo Ren // The increase in missile tests in North Korea // If the United States does not take action swiftly, it may soon face an emboldened North Korea with an unsettlingly advanced nuclear arsenal. North Korea has moved to substantially enhance its arsenal with its recent test of a mid-range cruise missile. The country […]
Category: Foreign Policy
The UK Petrol Crisis
Rohan Jayamaran // A glimpse into the future // The United Kingdom, the world’s fifth largest economy, has recently been threatened by a petrol shortage. By late September, as many as 90% of the petrol stations across the country reported that they had run out of fuel. While many officials and British Prime Minister Boris […]
Remembering 9/11
Jack Theobald // Lessons learned from 9/11 and the War on Terror // September 11, 2021, represented a divergence in the post-9/11 era. What was once a lived experience suddenly transitioned into history with the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. However, with the Taliban now in control of Afghanistan with access to billions of […]
Yesterday Once More
Saanika Raina // Global Terrorism Returns to Afghanistan After 20 Years // In Urdu, the language spoken in the badlands of Pakistan on its border with Afghanistan, the word kal means both yesterday and tomorrow. It might as well signify Afghanistan’s reemergence as a base for global terrorists under the Taliban, just as it was […]
A Fatal Mistake, A Terrible Price
Graham Bateman // The long-lasting implications of Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan // No 21st-century American military exercise has cost more American lives, taxpayer dollars, and civilian deaths than the United States’ military intervention in Afghanistan. Forbes estimates that between 2001 and 2021 the total cost of the United States’ support for Afghanistan amounted to over […]
U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
By: David Min The Need to Pull Troops from the “Forever War” “I’m now the fourth United States President to preside over American troop presence in Afghanistan: two Republicans, two Democrats. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth…It’s time for American troops to come home,” United States President Joe Biden proclaimed from […]
The Iran Nuclear Deal
By: Saanika Raina Choosing Between War and the Iran Nuclear Deal The 2015 JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), or the Iran Nuclear Deal, must be renegotiated and reimplemented expeditiously, as it is the only way that the world can compel Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions without conflict. The JCPOA was struck in 2015, […]
Vaccine Distribution in Israel and the Palestinian Authority
By: Nico Berns Is Israel Responsible for non-Israeli Palestinian’s Vaccinations? Israel has been praised for its record vaccination pace, with over half of its population fully vaccinated as of April 15th. This includes Jews, Arabs, Christians, and all of those who are legal residents and citizens. The media, however, has raised questions regarding whether or […]
The Suez Canal Blockage
By: Kira Tian How it Reveals Shortcomings of Globalization Starting on March 23rd, the Suez Canal, the world’s busiest shipping chokepoint, was completely blocked for a week by Ever Given, one of the world’s largest container cargo ships. Extending from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, the Suez Canal gives passage to merchant ships carrying […]