In a meeting held in Tokyo on March 22, foreign ministers from China, Japan, and South Korea discussed strengthening trilateral cooperation amid rising global tensions. They focused on shared challenges such as aging populations, declining birthrates, the green economy, and economic collaboration in the face of geopolitical uncertainty. However, divisions remain, particularly regarding China’s support of North Korea, its military activities around Taiwan, and its ties with Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In January 2025, the World Bank, African Development Bank, and various investors provided a $35 billion loan to expand electricity access across Africa. Half of the funds were allocated to solar and wind projects, reflecting a global shift away from fossil fuels. Despite Africa’s high solar potential, many regions face unique challenges that hinder this transition. The experiences of Tunisia, Tanzania, and Kenya highlight the importance of prioritizing local development over large-scale, centralized projects.

Argentine President Milei posts to X supporting LIBRA, a new meme coin that had huge amounts of investment following the post and crashed just a few hours later. The implications of such an action might cause impacts as he works to achieve his campaign promises of economic reform for Argentina.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was charged with leading a military insurrection by Brazil’s Supreme Court, adopting recommendations made in a federal police report from November. The plot included declaring a state of siege as well as a plan to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as well as Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes.

In the global transition to clean energy, the Lithium Triangle countries—Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile—have adopted varying degrees of resource nationalism to advance economic development and industrialize their lithium sectors. As Bolivia and Chile move toward greater state control, China faces both opportunities and constraints in its effort to dominate the global lithium supply chain and enhance its geopolitical influence in Latin America.

While international economic sanctions and the ICC have helped weaken Min Aung Hlaing’s current regime, they have not solved the plight of the Rohingya. The story of the Rohingya isn’t the first of its kind, and unless the international community shifts to a more proactive approach for humanitarian causes, it certainly won’t be the last.

Skyrocketing gas prices, the perceived encroaching threat of communism, the Iranian hostage crisis, and the Vietnam War had dealt serious blows to the country’s morale. Then twenty young Americans overcame all odds to beat the Soviets, the best team in the world, before going on to win gold in the Olympics… As Eruzione puts it, ‘For some people, it was a hockey game. But for a lot more people, it was far greater than a hockey game.’

On October 16, 2024 , the Italian government passed a cross-border surrogacy ban, criminalizing anyone who seeks to have a child through surrogate parents outside of the country. While officials have argued this prevents the exploitation of women, others have worried about the impact on LGBT families and their lack of options to legally start families.

For decades, the Guatemalan military has cooperated with foreign and domestic elites to stymie public efforts at combating racial and social inequalities. State repression is so embedded into the Guatemalan political system that corruption has been made contingent for the state to function. Nevertheless, various transitional justice initiatives which emerged at the end of the Civil War, such as the Equipulus I and II agreements and the REHMI and CEH reports, carried positive changes to the modern Guatemalan state.  The strategies used in this time can inform the Semilla party in its anti-corruption mission.

In a meeting held in Tokyo on March 22, foreign ministers from China, Japan, and South Korea discussed strengthening trilateral cooperation amid rising global tensions. They focused on shared challenges such as aging populations, declining birthrates, the green economy, and economic collaboration in the face of geopolitical uncertainty. However, divisions remain, particularly regarding China’s support of North Korea, its military activities around Taiwan, and its ties with Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In January 2025, the World Bank, African Development Bank, and various investors provided a $35 billion loan to expand electricity access across Africa. Half of the funds were allocated to solar and wind projects, reflecting a global shift away from fossil fuels. Despite Africa’s high solar potential, many regions face unique challenges that hinder this transition. The experiences of Tunisia, Tanzania, and Kenya highlight the importance of prioritizing local development over large-scale, centralized projects.

Argentine President Milei posts to X supporting LIBRA, a new meme coin that had huge amounts of investment following the post and crashed just a few hours later. The implications of such an action might cause impacts as he works to achieve his campaign promises of economic reform for Argentina.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was charged with leading a military insurrection by Brazil’s Supreme Court, adopting recommendations made in a federal police report from November. The plot included declaring a state of siege as well as a plan to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as well as Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes.

In the global transition to clean energy, the Lithium Triangle countries—Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile—have adopted varying degrees of resource nationalism to advance economic development and industrialize their lithium sectors. As Bolivia and Chile move toward greater state control, China faces both opportunities and constraints in its effort to dominate the global lithium supply chain and enhance its geopolitical influence in Latin America.

While international economic sanctions and the ICC have helped weaken Min Aung Hlaing’s current regime, they have not solved the plight of the Rohingya. The story of the Rohingya isn’t the first of its kind, and unless the international community shifts to a more proactive approach for humanitarian causes, it certainly won’t be the last.

Skyrocketing gas prices, the perceived encroaching threat of communism, the Iranian hostage crisis, and the Vietnam War had dealt serious blows to the country’s morale. Then twenty young Americans overcame all odds to beat the Soviets, the best team in the world, before going on to win gold in the Olympics… As Eruzione puts it, ‘For some people, it was a hockey game. But for a lot more people, it was far greater than a hockey game.’

On October 16, 2024 , the Italian government passed a cross-border surrogacy ban, criminalizing anyone who seeks to have a child through surrogate parents outside of the country. While officials have argued this prevents the exploitation of women, others have worried about the impact on LGBT families and their lack of options to legally start families.

For decades, the Guatemalan military has cooperated with foreign and domestic elites to stymie public efforts at combating racial and social inequalities. State repression is so embedded into the Guatemalan political system that corruption has been made contingent for the state to function. Nevertheless, various transitional justice initiatives which emerged at the end of the Civil War, such as the Equipulus I and II agreements and the REHMI and CEH reports, carried positive changes to the modern Guatemalan state.  The strategies used in this time can inform the Semilla party in its anti-corruption mission.