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Although the peace created by the ceasefire has been unstable, with some noting it to be only temporary- it has put a pause on the hostilities that have enveloped millions of people for the last 15 months. As the new year begins, the world must remain hopeful that a lasting peace can be achieved through multilateralism and faith in our international institutions.
Though there are many reasons why rich countries are rich and poor countries are poor, a large modern contributing factor is emigration. The growth of interconnected global economies has allowed brain drain to materialize, which many developing regions have been grappling with in recent decades.
The history of California can be traced along the axis of water as well: during the Mexican-American war, one month before Mexico’s surrender of the land that is today California, a man named James Marshall found gold on the banks of the American River.
The idea that gentrification caused a decrease in crime is a misdiagnosis. D.C.’s crime went down in 2024, but there has been a significant overall surge from pre-pandemic numbers in the past few years. This has fueled a prevalent public perception of D.C. as being overrun with crime.
Politicians have found a new haven on social media as it has given them the ability to make use of new tools such as virality and accessibility to increase the outreach of their political platforms. AI has changed the nature of the same social media platforms that politicians are utilizing in a crucial way.
By looking at historical examples, it’s made apparent that nuclear weapons have become a double-edged sword that simultaneously encourages and threatens peace in the international arena.
It’s a worrying paradox—information used to evaluate trust in the media is itself vulnerable to distrust. It is indicated that there is a consensus in the numbers across the political divide—Americans’ trust in the media is at an all-time low.
Hurricanes aren’t expected to get any weaker. In fact, Hurricane season is expected to become more intense as the amount of rain hurricanes bring with them increases.
An often neglected aspect of political parties is their broader participation in transnational political organizations, referred to as political internationals. A political international is a transnational organization comprising parties with a common ideology or political outlook.
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