US in Turkey
Photo Credit: Paul Loebb, New York Times Despite once-strong ties with Turkey prior to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, the United...
Controversial Reform to Finally Help Irish Addicts
Ireland is making a very controversial and extreme shift in drug policy. Minister of State Aodhán Ó RÃordáin made an announcement on...
Hindsight should be 20/20
Photograph: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images As the topic of the post suggests, the U.S. isn’t blameless in the current situation of the...
The US' Role in the Rebalance of East Asia
The United States' role of facilitating a strategic rebalance in Asia is now more important than ever. The United States' objective is to...
An Underwhelming Response From the US
Photo Credit: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters With the United States being such an international power, one would think their actions in the...
Requiem for a Nascent Democracy
From the ruins of a twelve year civil war, Burundi held presidential elections in August of 2005 to a great deal of optimism. Only a...
A US Perspective Long in the Making
Standing in the Roosevelt Room, President Obama spoke on October 15th, 2015 in support of his plans to maintain a small presence of...
The Importance of the Police
One of the leaders of the 2014 protest is Hong Kong student Joshua Wong. During the protests, he was only 17 years old, yet his...
Every Step You Take...
How far can government surveillance affect our daily lives? How effective is mass surveillance in preventing terrorists or future...
Current Situation in Cuba
To start off this week’s blog post, I first wanted to take note on a recent event that will affect the modernization/integration of Cuba...