ExxonMobil and its affiliates hit the jackpot in their offshore oil exploration with the Liza-1 well discovery in the Stabroek Block in Guyana in May 2015. Multiple oil discoveries since…
In the eighteen months before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, public opinion about climate change underwent unprecedented transformations. That period is over. Now, few people are thinking much about…
In the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) headquarters in Brussels, one may be surprised to find that the co-chair rule governing the activities of the congress requires joint male and…
Defending the foreign assistance program of the United States has always been a political challenge. There are multiple audiences whose interests must be taken into account: the Congress and taxpayers;…
Hong Kong, once renowned as an apolitical and orderly British entrepôt, is now seething with political discontent, student unrest, and pro-democracy protests. Nothing less than the future of “one country,…
In the wake of Boris Johnson’s seizure of power, Brexit has re-entered the international conversation. The United Kingdom’s future seems no clearer than it was on the day Brexit was…
The Leave side’s message in the United Kingdom’s referendum on European Union membership was simple: “take back control.” In more formal terms, this amounted to reasserting national sovereignty that was…
Venezuela continues to buckle under the autocratic rule of Nicolás Maduro. Street protests and social pressure, however, have not succeeded in dislodging the president or bringing about the democratic change…
The following is the second of a two-part series. The Rise of Jihadism It was not until the Soviet war in Afghanistan, as the Cold War withered away and jihadi…
