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On Tik Tok and the Value of Taking Things Slowly…

On Tik Tok and the Value of Taking Things Slowly… Young people have been paying attention to Tik Tok for a long time… lawmakers are rushing to catch up. There are two main reasons why Tik Tok has become increasingly controversial. First, because Tik Tok’s parent company has strong ties to the Chinese government- this presents a privacy risk for Americans who wish to avoid […]

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A Tariff War is Not an Actual War

A Tariff War is Not an Actual War

The new Tariff policy of the United States has been dealt with very differently in various countries, but the most successful approaches tend to be the ones that treat the tariff issues as tax issues, instead of national security issues. It will often be easier to challenge a tariff with a counter-tariff, and try to […]

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Between the Song and the Tsar: Why China’s Future Hangs on a Forgotten Liberal Legacy

Between the Song and the Tsar: Why China’s Future Hangs on a Forgotten Liberal Legacy

The Song Dynasty (960–1279) was a moment in Chinese history when human creativity flourished at an unprecedented scale. It was during this period that China pioneered some of the most consequential inventions in world history — the compass, movable-type printing, gunpowder, and advanced papermaking — laying critical foundations for global trade, navigation, and communication. Proponents […]

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Rebooting Global Trade: The High-Tech Promise of the Northwest Passage

Rebooting Global Trade: The High-Tech Promise of the Northwest Passage

As Arctic ice recedes at record speed, climate change is unlocking maritime corridors once deemed inconceivable. According to NASA, Arctic sea ice has declined by roughly 13% per decade since 1979, with summer ice coverage reaching record lows. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects that the Arctic could be largely ice-free in late […]

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Programmable Finance for Accountable Development: Rethinking the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Strategy in the Global South

Programmable Finance for Accountable Development: Rethinking the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Strategy in the Global South

The United States is considering the creation of a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) — not merely as a financial instrument, but as a platform to project “U.S. economic and strategic leadership internationally.” In an era shaped by China’s expanding presence across the Global South, the question is no longer whether America should compete — but […]

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Sudanese youth call to “save civilians in Sudan”

Sudanese youth call to “save civilians in Sudan”

In Geneva, at the United Nations Square for Human Rights, also known as the “Broken Chair square”, Sudanese youth mobilized to organize the largest human rights exhibition under the theme “Save the Civilians in Sudan.” The exhibition highlighted the dire human rights situation following the war led by the Sudanese army and its allied terrorist […]

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Consequential Policy Between Generations

Consequential Policy Between Generations

The most recent generation of trade policy arose at the end of the Cold War, reaching peak theory in 2000 when the belief that trade would eventually democratize a society was applied via open trade and Free Trade Agreements. The roots of this theory came from the progressive integration of Europe after the end of […]

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International community condemns war crimes in Sudan

International community condemns war crimes in Sudan

    An international human rights coalition has issued a statement on the sidelines of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The statement, endorsed by dozens of international, regional, and Sudanese organizations, calls for urgent action to protect civilians in Sudan and to halt the violations, abuses, and war crimes committed […]

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Interview with ChatGPT: Cryptocurrency and the Future of the Global Sanction Regime

Interview with ChatGPT: Cryptocurrency and the Future of the Global Sanction Regime

Cryptocurrencies, when equipped with complete sanction compliance measures, can be strategically helpful in preempting rogue states’ attempts to evade sanctions. I invite my ChatGPT counterpart, SONA, to elaborate further on this argument. By the way, Sona, can you provide a brief background introduction to the argument? “As traditional financial systems become more interconnected and vulnerable […]

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The Silent Curtain

The Silent Curtain

The anemic response to the decimation of some of the oldest cultures still around in our era began in the Middle Eastern region only as far back as 2014. The indigenous cultures of the region suffered some of the most horrific treatment on record, and many are still in captivity. Since then, this trends has […]

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Trust Issues Between Azerbaijan and Turkey

Trust Issues Between Azerbaijan and Turkey

The unbelievable has happened. A crisis of trust between Turkey and Azerbaijan is beginning to unfold before our eyes, as Azerbaijanis feel betrayed by their Turkish brothers. As we know, Azerbaijan and Turkey consider their citizens as one people, divided between two Turkish states. The two countries cooperate on almost every issue and field, and […]

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A Call for Peace in Sudan and to end use of chemical weapons against civilians!

A Call for Peace in Sudan and to end use of chemical weapons against civilians!

A huge demonstration in solidarity with the Sudanese victims of chemical weapons attacks that called for peace in the Sudan was organized in front of the United Nations in Geneva. The demonstration gathered more than 50 people from different EU and UN organizations as well as a coalition of Sudanese human rights organizations under the […]

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Checkers, The Stealth Fighter Edition

Checkers, The Stealth Fighter Edition

Canada and Portugal look to be moving away from adopting the F-35 Stealth Fighter into their military as a response to Tariffs put on by the United States on various other industries in many countries. Portugal currently uses earlier versions of the F-16, which still hold tremendous value and would have likely found their way […]

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Welcome to the Ides of March

Welcome to the Ides of March

Tariffs have now been applied on Mexico, Canada and additionally on China by the United States. The recent tariff news seemed to have not been expected in Canada, despite it being a top local news story over the past few months. In Mexico, the President’s daily briefings detail how actions to prevent tariffs are now […]

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Have the relations between Azerbaijan and Russia deteriorated?

Have the relations between Azerbaijan and Russia deteriorated?

In recent years, diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Russia have been decent for the most part, with cooperation in various fields. Although Azerbaijan is an ally of the West and Russia is an ally of Armenia, neither country in recent years has let this interfere with having a positive diplomatic relationship. However, recently, the two […]

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…Corrupts Absolutely

…Corrupts Absolutely

The unlayering of systemic Government institutions has been the trend since the beginning of 2025, and it does not look like it will be prevented anytime soon. While the focus is coming from the new United States Administration, its actions threatening tariffs in response to security issues has opened up other national Governments to scrutiny […]

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