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Puerto Rico, a current territory of the United States, is once again at a crossroads regarding its political future. This issue was a central focus of the 2024 gubernatorial elections, with the island’s main political parties offering competing visions for its relationship with the United States (PR51st, 2024). The New Progressive Party (PNP), led by […]

The connection between migrant workers and their employers, known as kafeel, is governed by the kafala system, sometimes called the sponsorship system. As expressed by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Kafala system is extensively utilized in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and […]

For decades Sri Lanka faced a deadly civil in the Northern part of the country. The ethnic Tamil minority make up 12% of the 22 million Sri Lankans, started a movement for an “independent ethnic state.” By 2009, when the war proceeded to end, an estimated 40,000 individuals lost their lives (Al Jazeera). With the […]

Terrorist groups have become increasingly prevalent in West Africa as they strive to gain territory and overthrow the governments of these countries (Office of the Director of National Intelligence). As Ukraine and Russia are fighting for each other’s territory, the two countries have expanded their efforts beyond Eastern Europe to garner support and exercise their […]

Dental care is vital to individuals’ well-being. Dental care can help prevent future diseases such as bacteria from the mouth spreading onto other parts of the body, causing further infection and chronic disease (Penn Dental Medicine, 2022). From common cavities to abscess or periodontal disease that require teeth removal, individuals are likely to face oral […]

Multiple reports from government offices in the United Kingdom (UK) are bringing attention to increasing migration to Scotland from the rest of the UK, which includes England and Wales as well as Northern Ireland. This is a change from the previous century when Scotland had negative net migration until 2001, according to an article from […]

Venezuela, once one of the richest nations in Latin America (Harvard Kennedy School) is presently facing a humanitarian crisis. Access to food, medicine, and clean water has become impossible for millions of Venezuelans due to years of economic incompetence, conflict over politics, and international sanctions. As the situation deteriorates, the fight for survival intensifies, with […]

Sudan’s precarious social, political, and economic fabric faces another tear as the Arbaat Dam collapses. What has now become 500 days of war in Sudan is characterized by the fighting between Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group vying for control over the now failing state, and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the military forces […]

On Saturday, September 21st, 2024, the South Asian nation of Sri Lanka voted in its tenth annual presidential election (Reuters). This was the first election for the island since the insufficiency of foreign currency pushed Sri Lanka into an unprecedented economic crisis in decades (Reuters). Sri Lanka’s crippling economy came after they defaulted on their […]

In recent years, there has been a push to increase the diversity of the federal government’s Intelligence Community (IC). The IC is the 18 organizations of the federal government that protect national security through the conducting of intelligence operations (ODNI 1). They hire individuals to collect or analyze intelligence, but they also have a need […]