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One Team, One Dream: The Current State of College…
A major US industry has recently reached the billion-dollar-a-year threshold, thanks to the widespread popularity…
The Congo Wars: The Curse of Mineral Wealth Explored
In 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), led by Paul Kagame, defeated the perpetrators of the…
Colombian Politics in Historical Perspective: The Unión…
In the 1980s, the left-winged political party Unión Patriótica (UP) emerged in Colombia. It was announced to the…
Russia and Peru: A Shared History of Gender Violence
Now that there are only a few months left before Peruvians can see their national football team play in the FIFA…
The Narco-State: Does It Exist?
Over the years, we’ve seen a striking global trend: drug problems growing from an obscure addiction issue in a few…
Putin’ out the Kemerovo Fire
March 25th, 2018; Kemerovo, Russia. A fire at the Winter Cherry Complex saw many families broken, and from the…
Medieval State of Mind: The Importance of the Middle…
Alt-Right rallies can sometimes take on the tone of racist Renaissance Fairs. Viking-esque shields and helmets can…
Past, Present, and Future: The Monroe Doctrine
The hemispheric hegemony of the United States is not a recent or underdeveloped phenomenon. The Monroe Doctrine,…
The Catalan Movement After Puigdemont’s Arrest
On 24 March 2018, former Catalan President Carlos Puigdemont was detained by German police as he crossed into…
Engaging Taipei: The Taiwan Travel Act
On March 16, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act. The bill supports high-level visits…
John Oliver is Making American Television Great Again
In March 2016, while being interviewed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, John Oliver said he didn’t think he’d…
A State of Insecurity: Classified Information and the…
Despite criticizing Hilary Clinton's lax security practices during the 2016 Presidential campaign, the Trump White…