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 →
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 →
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 →
Margo Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Taylor Bishop On September 24, 2026, President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for the next round of high-level talks amid rising tensions between the two powers, this time in Washington, D.C. In the months and weeks leading up to the event, scholars and policy... Continue Reading →
Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Madelynn Linet For decades, Russia has remained one of Central Asia’s largest suppliers of oil and petroleum products. However, recent disruptions to Russia’s oil-refining industry and the introduction of restrictions on fuel exports have exposed the risks of high dependence on Russian energy supplies. Russian... Continue Reading →
File:Red Sea 37.95521E 21.41271N.jpg. (2026, February 19). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved September 28, 2026, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Red_Sea_37.95521E_21.41271N.jpg&oldid=1168454132. By Mia Durham In February of 2026, the United States and Israel led a joint attack against Iran, sending much of the world's attention to the critical economic chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed since the... Continue Reading →
IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Noah Eubanks Southeast Asia is giving nuclear power a second look, and as governments look for ways to support artificial intelligence and data center growth, nuclear energy is increasingly being discussed as part of the infrastructure needed to sustain the region’s digital ambitions. Countries including Malaysia, Indonesia,... Continue Reading →
Semiconductor PanelFritzchensFritz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Katie Braman On February 12, 2026, the United States and Taiwan finalized a new trade agreement between the two nations. This agreement brings along major tariff reductions, lowering the U.S. tariff rate for imports from Taiwan to 15% from the previous 20,% as well as committing Taiwan to a schedule for lowering or eliminating tariffs on nearly all US goods. Taiwan... Continue Reading →
Gathering for Tarique Rahman, 2026 Frameofashik, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Noah Eubanks Bangladesh’s 2026 election is a pivotal transition to democracy following the Gen-Z protests that forced leader Sheikh Hasina into exile in 2024. Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won by a landslide on Thursday, positioning Rahman to become the... Continue Reading →
By Sam Dantzler North Korea has reengaged in nuclear saber rattling over the last few weeks with missile launches into its eastern waters, artillery flashes near disputed zones, and South Korean intelligence warning of North Korean nuclear sites being reactivated on short notice. None of this is happening in a vacuum. The global conversation around nuclear... Continue Reading →
