May 2, 2024
April 10 marked the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The accord brought an end to a 30-year cycle of sectarian violence that cost 3,500 lives, wounded thousands more, and left much of Northern Ireland locked in a perpetual state of unrest characterized by hopelessness and revenge. The final agreement ending […]
November 15, 2021
This article was first published by American University in Cairo’s Cairo Review of Global Affairs. It was published as part of UCF’s partnership with AUC, thanks to the generous support of Jonathan and Nancy Wolf. As a frequent traveler to China, having been to several cities there in November and to Hong Kong in […]
June 23, 2020
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health announced that the nation’s 24-day streak without new COVID-19 cases ended after confirming two new cases (NPR). On June 16th, Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand’s director-general of health, announced the origin of the two cases (CNA). Bloomfield stated that two women arrived from the United Kingdom to Auckland and later tested […]
March 31, 2020
Economists warn that Britain’s economy is facing a coronavirus-induced recession that could mirror the 2008 financial crisis (FT 1). There is vast uncertainty over the depth and timeline of the forecasted recession, but with unemployment surging most economists agree it is unavoidable (FT 1). Britain faced criticism from Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health […]
