Secretary of State Antony Blinken Meets with Chinese President Jinping
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and senior Chinese officials met in Beijing late last week with the goal of reaching diplomatic consensus on key issues.
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Author: Madeline Field
FOCUS on the Rise of AI: Warfare
Reactions to AI and its regulations thus far have largely been based on what a state values. As AI will significantly impact digital everyday life, Foreign Affairs depicts how different countries have reacted differently to digital regulation for AI.
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The Robust Roles of Women in Terrorism Cannot Be Overlooked
Many women are eager and active members of terrorist groups and participate in terrorism at higher rates than is assumed. Thus, studying women in terrorism is essential to further gendered perspectives on counterterrorism
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US Evacuates Citizens from War-Torn Sudan
At least two government-sponsored convoys carrying hundreds of American citizens, embassy staff, and allied nationals departed Khartoum and arrived safely at Port Sudan more than 500 miles away.
Read MoreThe UK’s Plan to Resettle Migrants in Rwanda Should Go On
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman visited Rwanda earlier this March, according to CNN. In light of this visit, it seems that the British government is one step closer to beginning its new controversial immigration scheme: resettling select asylum seekers in the small East African nation of Rwanda.
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Fentanyl is an American Foreign Policy Issue
In 2022, fentanyl killed 70,000 people in America. The drug’s overdose death toll per week, the Drug Enforcement Agency reports, is the equivalent of an entire Seton Hall graduating class.
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Belgian Courts Begin Trying 2016 Terror Attacks Perpetrators
Belgium’s largest-ever criminal trial began December 5 as the country seeks to bring to justice the perpetrators of the March 22, 2016, Brussels suicide bombings, NPR reports.
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FOCUS on Growing Protests: Moldova
According to Reuters, global protests aimed at rising inflation and unaffordable gas prices have reached Moldova. Euractiv reports that Russian gas companies have threatened to stop gas supplies due to alleged Moldovan nonpayment, worsening the state of the country’s struggling economy and angering political groups that criticize Moldova’s dependence on Russian energy. Protests have broken out across the country.
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One Year After Afghanistan: A New Terror Landscape Emerges
The Taliban’s quick rise to power sparked “joy” and celebration amongst a variety of militant groups that admired the Taliban’s commitment to their ideological goals. The international community’s concerns that Afghanistan will become a safe haven for terrorist activity, as in the 2000s, remains steadfast.
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The Compounding Terror and Migration Crises
Violent, Islamic-extremist terrorism has captured headlines around the world for much of the last two decades, with the number of deaths attributable to Islamic terrorism, sharply increasing in both the West and the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. This rise in terrorism across the Middle East has spurred a migration crisis, as desperate people flee to neighboring countries and across the sea to Europe in hopes of escaping violence, economic despair, and civil repression.
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