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Opinion: When will America let the Monroe Doctrine go?

December 15, 2025January 1, 2026 By Gemma Gradwell

The United States’ long history of interventionism in Latin America is no secret. From the 1823 Monroe Doctrine, which established Latin America as

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#Africa #Latest #Politics #Russia #World

PMCs on Safari – How Russian Mercenary Groups are Shaping Geopolitics from within Africa

December 11, 2025December 12, 2025 By Joshua Robinson

The Africa Corps are back on tour! One might plausibly mistake this for Rommel’s infamous North Africa Campaign; however, this tribute act is instead a Kremlin-backed private military corporation. The African continent

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#China #Latest #Politics #World

Could America Be Losing the Trade War With China? 

December 7, 2025December 12, 2025 By Joshua Cooreman

The trade war between the United States and China has been one of the defining economic conflicts of the past decade. It began

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#Central America #FEATURED #Latest #Politics #US Politics #World

Deep Dive: Trump’s Neocon Shift

December 4, 2025December 12, 2025 By Michael Mammadov

In 2024, Trump promised to bury the Republican Party’s discredited neoconservative foreign policy forever, pledging to end the new wars in Ukraine and

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#Africa #Africa #Justice #Latest #Politics #World

Who is Samia Suluhu Hassan and What is Happening in Tanzania?

December 4, 2025December 4, 2025 By Ria Brown-Aryee

President Samia Suluhu Hassan is the sixth president of the United Republic of Tanzania who assumed power in 2021 following the death of

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How Tanzania’s Elections Reflect Africa’s Democratic Collapse

December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 By Sukhveer Singh

When Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president in 2021, many hoped she would usher in a new chapter

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#Editorial Tab #Gender #Middle East #Opinion #Women's rights #World

Opinion: How Palestine and Sudan expose the fragility of western feminism

November 23, 2025 By Elizabeth Pinkney

When I discovered feminism my whole view of the world and my place within it became disorientated. The Beauty Myth by Niaomi Wolf

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#Asia #Latest #Politics #Students #World

Explainer: Who is Sheikh Hasina?

November 22, 2025November 22, 2025 By Cara Challand

In November 2025, the tribunal found Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity, citing unlawful killings, widespread brutality, and systematic repression of civilian protestors. She was sentenced to death in a trial held in absentia.

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Opinion: Senae Takaichi: Japan’s Iron Lady

November 21, 2025December 5, 2025 By Caspian Davies

Last month, Japan elected its first female Prime Minister in its history, as Sanae Takaichi was became leader of the Liberal Democratic party

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The Dismal Case of the Russian War Machine 

November 11, 2025 By Joshua Robinson

What do Flamingos, an Epidemic and a Drone Factory all have in common? They signify the dismal state of the Russian war machine. With the frontline growing more stable, this year has highlighted the

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