Boris Johnson has had an incredibly difficult year, full of twists and turns. The UK’s Prime Minister spent the past year taking his country out of the European Union, got divorced, and then engaged. And that’s not all. He also spent time in intensive care thanks to contracting COVID-19 after …
Read MoreIn case you might have forgotten with all the other crises happening in the world, Brexit is still moving forward in the UK. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the negotiations with the EU have been slow and fraught with contention on both sides. Now, it seems as …
Read MoreIn 2005, the US called Belarus Europe’s “last outpost of tyranny.” Their reasoning? The government of Alexander Lukashenko. Since 1994, Lukashenko’s government has reigned over the former Soviet state. Following the Cold War, Belarus was one of the more relatively prosperous former Soviet states. However, Lukashenko took power and began …
Read MoreIf you’ve been following the news, you might have heard about Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader. He was recently poisoned, according to reports from Russia. Navalny’s party suspects that Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, could have played a role. Moreover, they suspect that the poisoning was intended to kill …
Read MoreIn 2016, the UK voted on a referendum that would sharply divide the country along partisan fault lines. That referendum’s political cycle was defined by allegations of fake news, racism, xenophobia, and a general lack of understanding of basic politics. Even bringing up Brexit, years after the referendum, is sure …
Read MoreIt’s been surprising to watch the United State’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the globe, industrialized nations trusted good science and implemented measures to stop the spread of the disease. In fact, many of them followed the advice of American doctors. Methods for responding to pandemics are well-known due …
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