February 8, 2026
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Liam Dowd, Business Administration and Computer Science 2028

Liam Dowd, Business Administration and Computer Science 2028

National

Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Beyond Voluntarism

Critical infrastructure refers to assets, systems, and networks essential for maintaining everyday life, including electrical grids, communication networks, water treatment facilities, healthcare systems, and transportation networks. These systems remain dangerously unprotected in the United States because of a fragmented regulatory landscape. When adversaries can damage, disable, or steal sensitive information from these decentralized systems, they […]

Global

Hope at Last: A Venezuelan’s Perspective on Maduro’s Arrest

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 […]

National

On Executive Power and the Independence of Central Banking

In early January, the Department of Justice issued the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) multiple grand jury subpoenas regarding planned renovations for two Fed buildings in Washington, D.C. The renovations themselves are outstandingly banal: in a July 17 letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell specified the renovations, […]

National

Immigrants Get the Job Done: How a Lack of Immigration Will Affect the U.S

On September 23, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security issued a boastful press release, claiming that they had removed or encouraged the self-deportation of over “two million illegal aliens” out of the United States in less than 250 days. This aggressive enforcement effort has been carried out by the Trump Administration’s deployment of Immigration and […]

National

Development Without Democracy: The Authoritarian Consequences of Dismantling USAID

Nature abhors a vacuum. So does geopolitics. Most Americans believe that foreign aid consumes nearly a quarter of the federal budget. In reality, it has historically accounted for less than 1 percent. This widespread misconception is precisely what made it politically possible for the United States to decimate its primary development agency overnight with little […]

Europe

A Country for Sale: The Hidden Costs of Greek Debt Repayment

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 […]

Europe

Small Powers, Strategic Innovation: The Potential of Nordic Disarmament Diplomacy

Conflict is the world’s greatest threat to stability. As multilateral institutions atrophy and hegemonic powers embrace militarism, small and middle powers (SMPs) must navigate a precarious future. Yet, the dissolution of unipolarity also presents opportunities for SMPs to lead diplomatic innovation by leveraging strategic coalitions with civil society and with each other. Should these states […]

National

Police, Prisons, and Premature Death in Black America

The United States is confronting a disturbing reality: the criminal legal system has become one of the most consequential forces determining who survives long enough to grow old. New evidence shows that the greatest threats to Black Americans’ life expectancy are not solely medical, but structural. Where policing, incarceration, and environmental injustice converge, premature death […]

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