Tanks, but No Tanks
“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments i...
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Czechs and Balances
In the 16th century, a tiny village nestled in the valleys of Bohemia known as Jáchymov struck gold—or rather, silver. After a period of crisis in the Bohemian mining industry, the discovery of rich...
Truth Be Sold
“I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I’m resigning.” Liz Wahl had gone off script. In 2014, the American anchor resigned live on a...
No Path Across
Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs, thousands of migrants...
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Inaction Speaks Louder than Words
January 3rd, 2026 marked a turning point in the legitimacy of state sovereignty when President Donald Trump’s administration seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Following this capture, Trump d...
Czechmate: How Moscow Rewrote the Czech Parliamentary Election
Note: This piece was written between October-November 2025. Politics are constantly evolving, and so there may have been multiple developments by the time of publication. Most notably, Andrej Babiš wa...
Military Makeover
Moscow’s Shift from Wagner to AfricaCorps signals greater control over African affairs
A Colonizer, Looted
What can you achieve in 8 minutes? You can hard-boil an egg. You can listen to 80 percent of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” (10-minute version). Or, you can walk from the SciLi to Andrews Hall. In Pari...
Beyond the Numbers: Roots, Rituals, and Resentment in Saxony-Anhalt
Lessons I learned from a month of working in and exploring old East Germany’s historic countryside
Chișinău at a Crossroads
The European Union should look beyond Moldova’s economic and social frailties in evaluating the country’s accession aspirations
Buck of the Irish
American corporations dictate Ireland’s tax policy—at the expense of the world and the Irish people
Stubbing It Out: Envisioning an End to England’s Smoking Problem
Policy-makers in the United Kingdom face a difficult task as they tackle the question of how legislation could effectively reduce tobacco consumption in the nation given that simply the widespread ack...
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The Autocrat’s Golden Ticket
In Gjadër, Albania, towering barbed-wire fences enclose the many migrants who dream of a better life in Italy. The village’s stunning pastoral landscape and the tranquility of the grazing sheep are no...
Life is a Highway; Nordic Men Can’t Keep Up
Men are lagging behind globally in terms of academic performance; Norway and Sweden adopted vastly dissimilar approaches to this problem.
Spin a Story, Sell a Lie
Structural misogyny in France is upheld by rigid linguistic norms and will persist until the structure of the language is changed to reflect a more egalitarian society.
Echoes of the Past
Celebratory gunfire signals the systemic legitimization of violence in the Balkans
A Literal Minefield
A durable peace in Ukraine requires both belligerents to recognize that the land they are contesting is a liability, not an asset
Sailing the Narrows
European NATO countries might be looking to play a greater and unprecedented role in upholding a free and open Indo-Pacific alongside the United States, specifically as it relates to managing rising t...
Cherry-Picked Charity
Scandinavia’s Sterilization Stratagem and the Shameful Origins of Sweden’s Welfare State.
