North America

In her landmark Ley de Economía Digital, Mexico mandates electronic payments across government and key commercial sectors to reduce informal cash flows and strengthen North American supply chain integration. However, by hardwiring critical infrastructure into digital networks, the law exposes the state to heightened cyber vulnerability and structural dependence on foreign technology.

America's AI ambitions are facing growing public resistance as data centres drive up energy demand and put pressure on local communities. Could this domestic backlash affect Washington's technological competition with China and what does it mean for other democratic countries?

In a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, President Trump has waived a bipartisan law that would have imposed secondary sanctions on Russia to allow the purchase of Russian diesel. A comprehensive analysis is necessary to understand the trajectory that has led the United States to its current state.

Alberta's path to self-determination and autonomy resonates deeply within the province and beyond. The implications of self-governance and the capacity for local decision-making highlights the geopolitical issues.

The recent US sanctions placed on businesses and people closely aligned with the Cuban government is seen as an escalation, while the people experience energy and food shortages.

For citizens of western states, it is difficult to imagine what it feels like to live in a failed state. There are almost zero public services, the feeling of insecurity is rampant, and the people in charge can be anyone from proclaimed elected officials or a local drug lord. Failed states run the gamut of how far along statehood has spiralled into chaos. For Haitians, they are on life support as an anaemic failed state. Jean-Germain Gros provides a detailed description of a

The motto of Silicon Valley is “Move Fast and Break Things,” but when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, the potential of this technology could lead to some pretty devastating consequences. What the United States has planned for the future of AI in the military is an important topic to understand and what will be its global repercussions. We are already beginning to see those implications in the Middle East as well as the discussions between the US government and AI tech co

The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency has repealed the landmark climate finding, which hinges on the government's ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The Guardian explains that the endangerment finding “states that the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare, has since 2009 allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit heat-trapping pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industrial source

One of the first executive orders from the second Trump Administration was to formally withdraw from the United Nations’ World Health Organisation. Established in 1948, the WHO tasked itself with the improvement of public health through international cooperation. The organisation was given the “ mandate under its constitution to promote the attainment of ‘the highest possible level of health’ by all peoples.” Public health has changed vastly in the last eighty years and has

Several countries of Latin America have been at the other end of regime change instigated by the United States. The last time regime change like this happened was when the United States arrested Manuel Noriega, the former dictator of Panama. Yesterday’s large-scale strike on Caracas as well as the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has sent shockwaves throughout the world. The reasoning and the seizure of power in the region have become clearer over the last 24

On December 6 th in Washington D.C during the official draw for the 2026 World Cup, FIFA awarded U.S. President Donald J. Trump with the inaugural “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World”. An award that was given to Trump without any transparency in regards to a list of nominees, the judges or the criteria. The decision landed less like a sporting honour and more like a diplomatic signal. In a world where football has become one of the most effective instruments of soft

Artificial Intelligence is seeping into everyone’s lives. At this point, you might think it is on the periphery of your life, unless you work somewhere in IT, but there is almost no space where it can be avoided. I am sure you are inundated with content about AI, where it is highlighted in the news or watching a video on social media that was created using AI. In many ways it has become somewhat of a boogeyman for several economic and political issues, but there is nothing wr

In Edward Fishman’s book Chokepoint: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare , he describes the U.S. dollar to be considered as the “world’s default account and medium of exchange” for states around the world. Being the most powerful currency is a huge responsibility, which should not be taken lightly when it comes to weilding its power. Since the Bretton Woods system was established in 1944, the U.S. pegged the dollar to a gold standard. and became an economic powerhou

Vice Presidents have remarkable latitude when it comes to foreign policy. In the United States, they are the principle diplomat and the highest ranking official to meet with and persuade other foreign leaders to come around on the American agenda. The power of a vice president was something that Dick Cheney understood very well while leading the 2000 Republican Vice President Search for George W. Bush. With his own deep resume of Wyoming’s congressman, White House Chief of St

I recently travelled back to the US to visit family and the county in Maryland where I spent the majority of my life is fairly rural. The county has developed significantly due to its proximity to Washington, D.C., but my family home is still surrounded by family farms. Some of the nearby homes have enough property to grow their own vegetable gardens, another farm was recently converted into cultivating hemp, but the majority of the farms rotate corn, wheat, and soybeans. Whe

The United States is no stranger when it comes to meddling in its backyard of Latin America. The Trump Administration is pivoting in a new direction when it comes to policing drug trafficking. It is important to state that there is an entire government department dedicated to enforcement when it comes to drug trafficking, which is called the Drug Enforcement Administration, or the DEA. This department has always taken the lead on investigating drug-related crimes since it was