The Sahel is a vast biogeographical region in Africa, stretching from Senegal to Sudan. Not only is it an epicenter of criminal activity, disinformation,…
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Cryptocurrency and the Global Economy
by Chaitanya Kishore May 20, 2024On March 14, 2024, the cryptocurrency bitcoin peaked at a value of $73,750 and a market capitalization of $1.44 billion. Bitcoin’s increasing popularity forces…
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The Innocent Ones: The Escalation of Conflict between Congo and Rwanda
by Nathan Akiyoshi May 20, 2024Since the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, tensions have been high between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. Thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees…
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The Reshuffling of Power in the 21st Century
by Jade Faircloth April 8, 2024The international system is marked by shifts in power. Historically, the international power structure has cycled through a carousel of unipolarity, bipolarity, and multi-polarity,…
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Back to the Bloc? Putin Sure Hopes So.
by Madeline Abellera April 8, 2024The official dissolution of the U.S.S.R. in 1991 was a watershed moment in global affairs celebrated by many in the Western world. The fall…
Global Deadlock At the Munich Security Conference on February 16th, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a dire assessment of the current state of global…