Cricket was last played at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games, with Great Britain and France as the sole participants. After 128 years, Cricket is set to return to the LA28 Olympic Games. The tournament is expected to follow the exciting…
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In September of 2023, a memorandum of understanding was signed in Brussels between a colorful cast of state actors - the United States, European Commission, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Angola and The Africa Finance Corporation…
Youth-led protests over restrictions on freedom of speech, frustrations with a lack of economic mobility, and anger over authoritarian governments have been breaking out across Southeast Asia, specifically in the Ladakh region of India, Nepal, and Indonesia. Ladakh, a Buddhist…
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In Need of a Hardware Update: An Analysis of the EU’s Chips Act In August of 2025, Intel Corporation, the U.S. based semiconductor manufacturer, officially canceled the construction of its new €30 billion semiconductor factory in Magdeburg, Germany, symbolizing Europe’s…
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Dictators of the twentieth century — Hitler, Stalin, Mao — utilized terror as a means of control. But a pivotal realization occurred at the end of the century: to exert greater control over the population, power must disguise itself. Dictatorships,…
Read More The Great Authoritarian Makeover: A Look Into Today’s ‘Spin Dictators’
The Corridor Interoceánico de Isthmus de Tehuantepec (CIIT) is a Mexican infrastructure megaproject that includes a 188-mile corridor of railways, industrial parks, and other commercial infrastructure that stretches across the isthmus of southern Mexico. It is hailed as Mexico’s alternative…
The Drug Enforcement Agency describes the Sinaloa Cartel as “one of Mexico’s oldest criminal organizations, and one of the most violent and prolific polydrug-trafficking cartels in the world.” Based in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the modern iteration of the…
Read More What the Zetas-Gulf Split Reveals About the Sinaloa Cartel’s Civil War
In just one growing season, Afghanistan’s opium fields — once the source of more than 80% of the world’s opium — have all but vanished. A near-total ban enforced by the Taliban since their return to power in 2021 wiped…
Read More Opium’s New Frontiers: The Taliban’s Poppy Ban and its Ripple Effects
Tbilisi remains a flashpoint of political unrest as Georgians continue their fight against the government’s controversial “foreign agents” law, which critics argue is designed to suppress civil society and push the country closer into Russia’s orbit. Despite months of mass…
Read More Grassroots Resistance in Georgia: The Battle Over Democracy Enters a Critical Phase
