You Can’t Buy Peace: Trump’s Economic Fantasy Across Three Wars
President Donald Trump's son-in-law stood before global elites in Davos last week and unveiled renderings of a "New Gaza"—glittering skyscrapers along the Mediterranean, data...
Laura Fernandez Set to Lead Costa Rica With Populist, Hard-Line Agenda
Laura Fernandez will become Costa Rica’s next president, inheriting and extending the populist political project launched by outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves. A former political...
Vision or Vanity? Deconstructing the Trump Gaza Development Plan
It has been over two years since the start of the Gazan War and the ensuing genocide against the Palestinians living there. Earlier this...
Trump Can’t Bomb What He Already Destroyed: The Iran Contradiction
Seven months ago, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. strikes had "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities. This week, he's threatening to strike...
New START Treaty Expiry Raises Nuclear Risk Between U.S. and Russia
Signed in 2010 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, New START is the last major nuclear arms control agreement between...
The Great Abdication: How America’s Retreat Is Ceding the Global South to Its Rivals
The End of an Era for American Influence
The signing of the “Rescissions Act of 2025” on July 24, 2025, is a major milestone in...
The “Rules Based International Order” is Crumbling: Should We Mourn Its End?
On January 20, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at the annual WEF meeting in Davos. Immediately, a chorus of praise...
FBI searches Georgia election office amid Trump’s 2020 fraud claims
The FBI searched an election facility in Georgia’s Fulton County on Wednesday as part of an investigation tied to U.S. President Donald Trump’s false...
China rejects U.S. pressure on Bolivia over Iran-linked groups, as Latin American influence shifts
China's position on US pressure on Bolivia regarding Iran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and US pressure on the Bolivian president to designate...
The New Orientalist Order: Trump, Kushner, and the Art of Ungoverned Power
The Promise of a Post-Imperial Age
It is comforting to believe that Orientalism belongs to another century. When Edward Said coined the term, he was...