The United States’ National Security Strategy document, released in December 2025, dubbed President Donald Trump “The President of Peace.” This title recognized his role in securing harmony across eight conflicts during his second term in office, as well as normalizing relations between Israel and a number of Arab nations during his first term in the […]
While many question the logic and onset of the 2025 government shutdown, philosopher John Rawls would view it as predictable, far from an anomaly, a direct consequence of the breakdown in political trust and long-term erosion of public reason. It was not accidental. As Rawls posits in his conceptualization of public reason for liberal democracies, […]
Young Americans are turning out to vote in unprecedented numbers, driven by an urgent need to defend the democratic ideals to which this nation was founded. Since President Donald Trump began his second term in 2025, his administration has pursued radical conservative policies championed by the Heritage Foundation in Project 2025. In targeting issues like […]
The melting Arctic is revealing resources once inaccessible, from shipping lanes to energy reserves. As always, there are great powers ready to secure advantage where governance lags behind opportunity. For decades, Arctic governance rested on the premise that cooperation could be insulated from great power rivalry. This assumption shaped institutions, treaties, and the norms that […]
In recent months, United States President Donald Trump has intensified American focus on Venezuela. In early September, a US Special Operations aircraft attacked a small speedboat in the Caribbean, promptly exploding the boat, its cargo, and the eleven individuals onboard. Justification for the strike was tied to the boat’s alleged association with the Venezuelan Tren […]
On January 3, 2026, I woke up to the news that Nicolas Maduro—the man who led the regime that had terrorized millions of Venezuelans, including my own family, for opposing its corruption—had been captured and was awaiting trial. I do not know a single Venezuelan who has not personally suffered under Maduro’s leadership. Those who […]
Seventeen years ago, the 2008 Debt Crisis brought Greece to its knees, pushing unemployment above 27 percent and shrinking the economy by a quarter. With three relief packages totaling 289 billion euros from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union (EU), the country faced a difficult road to recovery. Finally, Greece has begun to […]
The United States’ National Security Strategy document, released in December 2025, dubbed President Donald Trump “The President of Peace.” This title recognized his role in securing harmony across eight conflicts during his second term in office, as well as normalizing relations between Israel and a number of Arab nations during his first term in the […]
While many question the logic and onset of the 2025 government shutdown, philosopher John Rawls would view it as predictable, far from an anomaly, a direct consequence of the breakdown in political trust and long-term erosion of public reason. It was not accidental. As Rawls posits in his conceptualization of public reason for liberal democracies, […]
Young Americans are turning out to vote in unprecedented numbers, driven by an urgent need to defend the democratic ideals to which this nation was founded. Since President Donald Trump began his second term in 2025, his administration has pursued radical conservative policies championed by the Heritage Foundation in Project 2025. In targeting issues like […]
The promise of equal justice under law, rooted in the Constitution and reflected in the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection, is a foundational principle in the United States — but access to that justice remains deeply unequal. Even though legal rights are formally granted, their enforcement depends on factors such as access to professional […]
In his 2025 inaugural address, the commander-in-chief of the United States promised, among other things, that “the vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department (DOJ) and our government [would] end.” This bold statement identifies three flawed, un-democratic characteristics within our Justice Department, and promises to bring these flaws to an “end.” This is […]
With thirteen Academy Award nominations, twelve British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominations, and ten Golden Globe nominations, Netflix’s Emilia Pérez defined the 2024 awards scene. Critics initially praised the movie-musical for its inclusivity, covering underserved topics such as Mexico’s cartel crisis and, within that, the struggles of the transgender community. Yet, with a […]
Pro-vegan documentaries are everywhere. Netflix alone features Seaspiracy, Cowspiracy, You Are What You Eat, the Gamechangers, and more. These documentaries offer a variety of perspectives on the benefits of veganism, emphasizing its health and sustainability benefits. Paired with an overwhelming number of studies, these documentaries might lead Americans to believe that veganism is the best […]
Candace Owens, an American political commentator, television personality, and New York Times bestselling author, has swiftly become a national star in conservative media. Boasting over four and a half million followers on Instagram, Owens has interviewed former president Donald Trump and entertained the idea of running for president herself. Owens argues against transgender rights, abortion […]
In his second inaugural address, president Donald Trump rattled off a list of legislative initiatives that he claimed would “completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal” that had been levied upon the American people. Among them were solutions to various hot-button issues which compelled voters to elect Trump to a second term, such as illegal […]
Although pre-election forecasts predicted the 2024 election would be mathematically closer than a coin flip, everything seemed to go perfectly for former President Donald Trump on Election Day. By receiving 2.5 million more votes than he did in the 2020 presidential election and flipping six of the seven swing states which voted for Biden in […]
The president’s power to pardon has been enshrined in the Constitution ever since it was first ratified at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Among the convention’s Framers, it was Alexander Hamilton who argued most fervently for the existence of pardon powers. Hamilton argued in Federalist 74 that the president’s ability to grant clemency and pardons […]
In the coming decades, there are a handful of states that could realistically align themselves with either the liberal-democratic international order—a system of international relations defined by adherence to international law, open and liberal free trade, and belief in the natural rights of human beings—or today’s autocracies. Such geopolitically fickle states hesitate to commit themselves […]
