The “Lost Decade(s)” that have beleaguered the Japanese economy are rarely lost on anyone. In 1985, the Plaza Accord strengthened the Japanese yen. This, alongside overzealous financial deregulation, fueled an asset bubble that eventually burst i...
Note: This piece was written between October-November 2025. Politics are constantly evolving, and so there may have been multiple developments by the time of publication. Most notably, Andrej Babiš was sworn in as Czechia’s prime minister on Decem...
Albania’s newest cabinet member is pregnant…with 83 babies. But do not worry, she is not human. Meet Diella, Albania’s “AI minister.” Diella was “born” on January 19, 2025, with the job of managing Albania’s ‘e-Albania’ platform, ...
On September 8, 2022, Mexican deputies voted to pass a constitutional amendment granting the Ministry of National Defense control over the National Guard until 2028. Not only is the amendment corrupt by giving the executive branch unchecked power, bu...
On September 8, 2022, Mexican deputies voted to pass a constitutional amendment granting the Ministry of National Defense control over the National Guard until 2028. Not only is the amendment corrupt by giving the executive branch unchecked power, bu...
It may be forever unknown whether a London barrister named Sir Cyril Radcliffe, sketching a map in the summer of 1947, pondered the words written a century earlier by a fellow countryman: “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Still, the lines Rad...
It may be forever unknown whether a London barrister named Sir Cyril Radcliffe, sketching a map in the summer of 1947, pondered the words written a century earlier by a fellow countryman: “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Still, the lines Rad...
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured public imagination. Be it Indiana Jones or Laura Croft, the heroes often encounter violent insurgent groups that ...
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured public imagination. Be it Indiana Jones or Laura Croft, the heroes often encounter violent insurgent groups that ...
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170 kilometers horizontally through the Arabian desert. Or ‘Hyperloop’—Elon Musk’s proposed high-speed tran...
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170 kilometers horizontally through the Arabian desert. Or ‘Hyperloop’—Elon Musk’s proposed high-speed tran...
“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of thousands, sporting the bright yellow of Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), erupted in cheers. Alt...
“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of thousands, sporting the bright yellow of Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), erupted in cheers. Alt...
As a grotesque, albeit limited, conflict in Ukraine sows fear across the West, some are wondering who could be capable of sparking all-out war across Europe. It might well be Aleksander Vučić, the current President of Serbia. Standing at 6’6”, ...
As a grotesque, albeit limited, conflict in Ukraine sows fear across the West, some are wondering who could be capable of sparking all-out war across Europe. It might well be Aleksander Vučić, the current President of Serbia. Standing at 6’6”, ...
“It has been a long time since we last met, and I hope it will be a long time before we have to part.” In his address to the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this line from an old Hainanese folk song. Less than a week...
“It has been a long time since we last met, and I hope it will be a long time before we have to part.” In his address to the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this line from an old Hainanese folk song. Less than a week...
Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts. However, the mountainous nation recently broke its long-standing tradition of neutrality when, on February 28, the Swi...
Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts. However, the mountainous nation recently broke its long-standing tradition of neutrality when, on February 28, the Swi...
Today’s energy crisis harkens back to the 1973 oil shock, during which Arab petrostates instituted an oil embargo against Western countries that led to skyrocketing prices and astonishingly long lines at the gas pump. Since then, oil importers have...
Today’s energy crisis harkens back to the 1973 oil shock, during which Arab petrostates instituted an oil embargo against Western countries that led to skyrocketing prices and astonishingly long lines at the gas pump. Since then, oil importers have...
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian government. They stood packed together, nervous with anticipation and ready to celebrate. And that evening, they ...
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian government. They stood packed together, nervous with anticipation and ready to celebrate. And that evening, they ...
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...
The current political situation in the United Kingdom is in disarray. Uncertainty reigns throughout Parliament as it reels from Prime Minister Liz Truss’s resignation. Her ignominious exit makes her the shortest-serving prime minister in the nation...
The current political situation in the United Kingdom is in disarray. Uncertainty reigns throughout Parliament as it reels from Prime Minister Liz Truss’s resignation. Her ignominious exit makes her the shortest-serving prime minister in the nation...