North America

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