Tag: global affairs

• The Illiberal International: Authoritarian Cooperation Is Reshaping the Global Order

  December 26, 2025

  Authoritarian cooperation is reshaping the global order. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/illiberal-international-cheeseman-bianchi-cyr?utm_medium=newsletters&utm_source=twofa&utm_campaign=NEWS_FA%20This%20Week_122625_The%20Illiberal%20International&utm_content=20251226&utm_term=N more ›

• Marshall Islands launches world’s first universal basic income scheme offering cryptocurrency

  December 18, 2025

  Quarterly payments of $200 to be offered via stablecoin or traditional currency in a scheme designed to ease cost of living pressures in the Pacific nation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/17/marshall-islands-launches-universal-basic-income-scheme-offering-cryptocurrency-in-world-first?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›

• Blackwater’s Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business

  December 17, 2025

  Prince has a new guns-for-hire firm to take overseas security jobs the White House doesn’t want to pay for https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/erik-prince-mercenaries-vectus-global-5a166dca more ›

• Microsoft Asked FBI for Help With Israel-Gaza Protests

  December 15, 2025

  Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week. Executive Brad Smith said he welcomed discussion but not disruption. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/microsoft-asked-fbi-for-help-with-israel-gaza-protests?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NjIyMDc1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzU2ODI1NTUwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMUxMOEpHUFFRR1UwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGOENBMUZGREZGMEI0M0E1ODRENTk5MEQ3NDAwNDkzMCJ9.ZxRrVJ29dvRDmuie-Z8dWFKR1_o_HzD4hLa-kAzRlVc&leadSource=uverify%20wall more ›

• Sun, Cigars, and Sexism: How Spain’s Marbella Became a Hotspot for ‘Manosphere’ Influencers | OCCRP

  November 28, 2025

  The city on the Costa del Sol has become a stomping ground for male influencers and entrepreneurial friends of Andrew Tate. Through tracking social media connections, business ventures, and public… more ›

• Invasion Metaphors in Conservation Biology Pose Real-World Risk

  November 28, 2025

  Opinion | Comparisons between invasive species and human migrants in the literature can get hijacked for political ends. https://undark.org/2025/10/02/invasion-metaphors-conservation/?utm_source=Undark%3A+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=00d7f4a4e8-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cee408d66-185e4e09de-176234770 more ›

• Another Reckoning – The Ideas Letter

  November 27, 2025

  Wang traces the emergence of multiple generationally distinct “reckonings” with China among different groups: There are the young Americans who encounter the country as offering a sleek, TikTok-mediated vision of…… more ›

• ‘It was like a city at war’: Covering the November 13 Paris attacks

  November 13, 2025

  On November 13, 2015, three commandos associated with the Islamic State group perpetrated a series of coordinated attacks in the Paris region. The terrorists killed 132 people and injured more than 350 in… more ›

• China is the new science power: How will Europe respond?

  November 5, 2025

  China is taking the lead in international science: A new study shows how China overtakes the US in key areas of research and increasingly dominates the agenda. What does this… more ›

• The Great Reckoning – The Ideas Letter

  November 2, 2025

  The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about… more ›