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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…
Conservatives in Crisis: PA-18
Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Democrats have ousted Republican incumbents in several state and…
Should England Boycott The World Cup?
In the aftermath of ex-KGB agent Sergei Skripal's poisoning in Salisbury, there have been widespread calls within…
The Hardline Philosophy of John Bolton is a Security…
On March 22, President Donald Trump declared yet another proverbial “You’re Fired!” on Twitter as he announced the…
Big Soda and Soda Taxation: A Brief History
If anecdotal evidence means anything in the discussion of soda taxation, then one needn't look any further than the…