On July 17th, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight #17, a Boeing 777-200 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot out of the skies above eastern Ukraine. Aboard the aircraft were 298 passengers and crew, all of whom perished in the crash. At first glance, there is much controversy and mystery surrounding the incident, but a […]

One year ago on July 15 we saw pictures and videos of military personnel and civilians engaging on the Bosphorous Bridge, in the streets of Istanbul and the greater Anatolia region. 300 died and over 2100 people were injured in the span just 24 hours. President Erdogan of Turkey was on vacation when he got […]

The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) is a nation that has largely become recognized as the most dramatic example of centralized State-oppression known in the world today. The DPRK is consistently represented as something akin to being the world’s largest prison, a completely militarized society wherein all individualism is consumed by the collective […]

The modern state of Montenegro gained independence in June 2006, and the small Balkan country promptly singed up for the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program in December of that year. Montenegro, militarily weak on its own, seeks to integrate with NATO to bolster their defenses and help share the burden of security with other […]

Bahrain has announced it is cutting all ties with Qatar after hackers in Qatar, allegedly linked to terrorist groups, “interfered with the internal affairs” of Bahrain. Qatar has been accused by Bahrain of supporting international terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Daesh, along with having financial ties with groups linked to Iran. Qatari diplomats […]

The article you are about to read depicts suffering beyond my full comprehension,and therefore does not intend to assume or wholistically interpret the experiences of people of color in America, rather it serves as an educational piece promoting justice and understanding. Know that this article does engage heavily with race/minority politics, including discussions about structural […]

This page will act as an archive of domestic US reactions to the announcement by American president Donald Trump of his intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. It will be updated as necessary. On June 1, 2017, three states (California, Washington, New York) announced their intention to continue to hold to the provisions […]

Recently, tensions on the Korean peninsula have ratcheted up dramatically, with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea, henceforth DPRK) testing several ballistic missiles over a relatively short period of time. The missiles, some of which have been nuclear-capable, have flown toward Japan and Russia, and with relations between China and the DPRK at […]