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.

This week’s episode covers the Russian ship that sunk off of Spain in 2024, Trump’s visit to China, and Ukraine’s new stance towards the United States.

Soldiers walk toward a cargo plane on a wet tarmac at sunrise. American and German flags wave near the Brandenburg Gate. Mellow mood. The decision by the United States to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany has brought up once again the concerns regarding the future of European security and the stability of the transatlantic alliance. The move came after comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz who criticized the way the US is handling the war with Iran, adding that Wash

Photo Credit: AI Earlier this month, a group of astronauts travelled around the moon for the first time in fifty years. Artemis II is considered a successful scientific mission and has increased the interest in space exploration once again. Americans and Canadians travelled to the dark side of the moon to learn more about the celestial body that orbits around the Earth. But there are thousands of satellites that orbit the Earth every single day that we think little about. The

It has been quite the week since Donald Trump’s social media post issued on Easter morning. Many American conservative commentators that were supportive of his MAGA agenda believe that this pronouncement appears fairly unhinged. Although, in Trump fashion and concerned for the stock market volatility, he followed his usual TACO decision-making process by announcing a ceasefire with the attacks on Iran. It is difficult to understand the full process that he follows to make th

Introduction: Somaliland constitutes one of the most durable and paradoxical cases of de facto state in the contemporary international system. Former British protectorate that became independent in 1960, before unifying a few days later with former Italian Somalia, the territory in the northern region in the Horn of Africa declared its independence in 1991. Taking advantage of the civil war during this period, Somaliland has since been able to administer its territory, reinfo

Introduction : As the US-Israeli campaign against Iran escalates, Western Europe is finding itself in an increasingly uncomfortable geopolitical position. Governments across the continent have advocated for a de-escalation, but that appears unlikely in the short term. Despite the urge for peace, an increasing number of European naval vessels are making their way to the eastern Mediterranean. This contradiction exposes a strategic dilemma facing Western European allies. While

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

Just before 9:00am in Iran, Operation Epic Fury and Roaring Lion was launched on military targets in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, and Kermanshah. The Trump administration and Israel conducted their strikes to help push Iranians to overthrow their country and attack regime leadership. Some of the sites that were targeted were the residences of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as other major Iranian mi

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

Introduction: Chinese leadership began 2026 with increased diplomatic engagement with Western states and multilateral institutions, at a time where U.S. commitment to multilateralism seems to be waning. In recent weeks, China met with Ireland, the U.K., Finland, and the African Union (A.U.), framing these meetings, particularly those with Finland and the African Union, around support for international law, multipolar governance, and the important role of the United Nations. W

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