By Bella Butler On September 15th, 2026, Charles Booker, Democratic nominee vying for retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat, held a town hall and rally at the University of Kentucky’s Worsham Cinema hosted by UK College Democrats and the Fayette County Democratic Party. Concluding this event, Booker asked, “Do you believe Kentucky is worth fighting for?”... Continue Reading →
By Katie Braman Through the weekend of September 18-19, the fall 2026 Patterson School cohort participated in the International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise (ISCNE) presented by the U.S. Army War College. The exercise provides a unique opportunity for students to participate in two days of fast-paced negotiation rounds guided by the privileged instructions provided to... Continue Reading →
By Katie Braman Each year, the Patterson School organizes a spring break trip to a hub of diplomacy, trade, or commerce, where students can engage in the day-to-day of what they are studying. This Spring, the 2026 Patterson cohort had the opportunity to spend a few days exploring some of what Atlanta, Georgia, has to... Continue Reading →
Sklifosovsky Insitute, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Madelynn Linet On Tuesday, October 6th, an attack was committed in the Black Sea. Two commercial vessels, in Bulgaria’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black Sea, were struck by drones, which led to the deaths of at least two people. According to the Bulgarian Prime... Continue Reading →
Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office of Israel, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Mia Durham On October 27th, Israelis will have their first national election since the Hamas-led terrorist attack on the state on October 7, 2023. It is also the first time that the Knesset has completed a full four-year term... Continue Reading →
The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Katie Braman On September 8, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) kicked off its 81st session with the first plenary meeting at its headquarters in New York City. The UNGA is the main policy-making body of the United Nations, and contrary to the Security Council,... Continue Reading →
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Imagem_de_eventual_segundo_turno.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=original By Nimi Bala On October 4, 2026, Brazil was given a choice: would Flávio Bolsonaro or Lula de Silva become president of Brazil? This decision tasked to voters was similar to that one 4 years prior, except this time it wasn’t Jair Bolsonaro who would be running against Luiz Lula de Silva for president... Continue Reading →
By Bella Butler If you live in the U.S. and have watched the news or perused essentially any social media app this week, your devices have likely been flooded with headlines regarding the death penalty. While capital punishment continues to be a contentious topic in the U.S., internationally it has been totally abolished in law... Continue Reading →
Ministry of the Presidency. Government of Spain (Attribution or Attribution), via Wikimedia Commons By Allie Heiniger In late July, more than 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on Morocco’s northern coast. Spanish authorities returned most of the migrants within days, but roughly 10,000 remained in Ceuta by early October, placing continued... Continue Reading →
By MJ Weaver Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) publicly unsealed two additional arrest warrants for senior Taliban figures Mr. Agha and Mr. Nadim. Although the warrants were initially issued on September 9, 2025, they remained sealed until October 5, 2026. Their release followed the public issuance of arrest warrants for Mr. Akhundzada and... Continue Reading →
Almaddy2022, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Brooke Bihl Five African heads of state have broken ground to begin the construction of a $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya, which is expected to significantly boost the continent's production of the commodity. Prominent African leaders who attended the ceremony include Kenya's President William Ruto,... Continue Reading →
NASA Earth Observatory, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Taylor Bishop Recent discussion surrounding the proposed $50 billion Alaska LNG project highlighted differing public statements from South Korean officials, the Trump Administration, and project stakeholders regarding the status of negotiations. According to President Trump, Seoul agreed to the aforementioned deal and even announced it in... Continue Reading →
