The fuss about the Nobel Peace Prize has always been excessively outsized to its relevance. Like most prizes, the panel is bound to have its treasure trove of prejudices and eccentricities in reaching any decision. Thin resumes have swayed the Norwegian committee to acts of dottiness. Surprising moments of dark […]
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When Regulations Fail: How Opioids Became America’s Deadliest Crisis
“The worst drug overdose epidemic in history”. This is how the current situation in the United States was described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose, once relatively uncommon in the United States, have surged dramatically over the past 25 years, […]
The Strike In The Caribbean And Pressure On Venezuela
The United States began using armed force under the guise of combating drug trafficking Donald Trump said that on the morning of September 2, on his Orders, the US Military Forces in the in the SOUTHCOM (Southern Command) area of responsibility launched a kinetic strike against the Narcoterrorists, who were […]
U.S. Policy Toward Latin America Under Trump (I)
The Western Hemisphere, a region historically central to U.S. geopolitical interests, has largely remained in the shadow of American foreign policy in recent decades. However, under the administration of Donald Trump, particularly from his first days in office, this area has begun to receive unusually high attention. The tone of […]
The US: Gunboat Diplomacy
Despite Donald Trump’s statements of his desire for peace, his decisions on Venezuela demonstrate the opposite. Earlier, US President Donald Trump decided to deploy a flotilla of amphibious assault vessels and a submarine to the shores of Venezuela as part of a special operation against international drug cartels. White House […]
US Painkiller Culture: The Social Policy Failures Behind The Fentanyl Crisis
The United States has recently announced another bunch of tariffs on China related to the fentanyl issue. Despite the Chinese government’s efforts to aid the US in tackling this crisis by implementing controls over fentanyl-related substances since 2019 and despite the US Department of State recognizing these efforts in a […]
The Extreme Extent Of America’s International Aggressiveness
In the only two multinational polls that have been done of questions about which nation the peoples in the various nations thought posed the greatest threat to peace in the world, the United States has come out in both polls as being called that by more people in more nations than any […]
Public Safety In Mexico (I)
Amid the steady increase in global military spending over the past decade, which has surpassed $2.4 trillion according to SIPRI, Latin American countries stand out as a notable exception. Since the 1960s, the region has maintained its status as a nuclear-free zone, marked by a minimal number of armed conflicts […]
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