FOCUS Archives - The Diplomatic Envoy

November 2024 Focus

November 11, 2024 Joseph Brennan

FOCUS on Uruguay Faces Runoff in Presidential Election

On November 23, Uruguay will host runoff elections after no presidential candidate received a majority of the votes during the initial round of voting. As Uruguay heads into the final round of its 2024 presidential election, The Associated Press says all eyes are on the showdown between two political candidates: Yamandú Orsi, representing the left-wing Broad Front (Frente Amplio), and Álvaro Delgado, the candidate for the center-right National Party (Partido Nacional).

November 2024 Focus

November 11, 2024 Sophie Ulm

FOCUS on Georgia Opposition Parties Doubt Validity of Election Results

On Sunday, October 26, parliamentary elections in Georgia resulted in the ruling Georgian Dream party receiving 54 percent of the country’s vote, with the two main opposition parties, the Coalition for Change and the United National Movement, bringing in 11 percent and 10 percent of the vote, respectively, reports CNN.

November 2024 Focus

November 11, 2024 Christian Montanez

FOCUS on Japanese General Election Results Spell Political Uncertainty

On October 1, Shigeru Ishiba, the former defense minister of long-time Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, was elected by the Japanese parliament to replace Fumio Kishida as the prime minister, states NPR. In the week leading up to Ishiba’s appointment, he was selected as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which effectively cleared the way for him as the LDP holds the majority in parliament and has ruled Japan almost every year post-World War II.

2024 Focus

October 20, 2024 Karissa Kromminga

FOCUS on: The Powers of the ICC in the Face of Global Conflict

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established by the United Nations on July 17, 1998, with the passage of the Rome Statute. It came as a response to horrific crimes committed during conflicts throughout the twentieth century – namely the World Wars, the Cold War, and the conflicts in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

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October 20, 2024 Sophie Ulm

FOCUS on: Adding African Nations as Permanent Security Council Members

Africa has long called for more representation in global governance, and recent calls for more representation at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have been gaining attention.

2024 Focus

October 20, 2024 Andrew Travis II

FOCUS on: G20 Summit One Year On, Countries face a new opportunity with November summit in Brazil

International preparations for the G20 2024 summit in Brazil are underway, as the summit is set to expand for the first time since its foundation in 1999.

2024 Focus

October 20, 2024 Christian Almestica

FOCUS on: The World Bank’s Rocky Reputation: Impact and Accountability

Since its inception in 1944, the World Bank has played a vital role in universally supporting and developing financial initiatives to decrease poverty while simultaneously stimulating economic growth in various nations with limited resources.

2024 Focus

September 23, 2024 Christian Montanez

FOCUS on Tension Between China and Myanmar

Since February 2021, Myanmar has transformed from a young country with hopes of democratic reforms to a nation devastated by ethnopolitical civil war. In the aftermath of the 2020 elections, which saw the National League for Democracy (NLD) win the parliamentary majority over the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a political party known for supporting the military, or Tatmadaw, a coup ensued.

2024 Focus

September 23, 2024 Catherine Anderson

FOCUS on Mongolia’s Failure to Arrest Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Mongolia, defying the warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), on September 3.

2024 Focus

September 23, 2024 Neve Walker

FOCUS on Geopolitical Tension on Trade

Geopolitical tensions and risks that are caused by-elections, polarization, and conflicts within states have unintentionally caused chain reactions that affect the global economy, as well as individual countries. Whether it is increased tariffs or an unstable government, this year especially as been affected negatively.