One key element to the establishment of U.S. global hegemony was the exportation of American culture. However, opinions of the U.S. among foreigners have soured in recent years as a result of Trump’s “America First” doctrine, leaving a vacuum that China is strategically fit to fill.
Despite a history of martial law declarations and rising polarization between the People Power Party and Democratic Party, there lies a strong undercurrent of civic responsibility and democratic engagement in South Korea.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on crime has brought unprecedented safety to the nation, but it comes at the cost of democracy, dissent, and the country’s most vulnerable populations
Just as oil can bring wealth and prosperity to a nation, it can bring poverty and crisis as well. The country of Venezuela is an unfortunate case in point.
The brazen radicalism of the MK party and its success in upending the ANC's 30-year reign over South African politics reflects an intense backlash to the failures and shortcomings of the ANC’s rule.
History suggests that Gaza’s “new dawn,” built on the same neoliberal and technocratic peace formulas that have failed time and again, will soon join the long record of temporary truces mistaken for peace.
