As part of its goals to become an overall leader in technology, the Trump administration has brought semiconductor manufacturing to the United States in partnership with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
The United States faces geopolitical tensions, largely with Russia and China in the present day. Years after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the war remains to be resolved and there are debates within the U.S. on what the new role should be for the U.S. in providing aid to Ukraine.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have high vulnerabilities to climate change effects, which are largely driven by climate change-induced changes in the ocean. Rising sea levels, ocean warming and acidification, and the chain effects of these on marine life have already begun to affect SIDS.
As the potential for large gains from competitive technology has increased through the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, the European Union has struggled to perform at the same level as global tech leaders such as the United States and China. The EU despite its regulatory advances, however find itself to be on the lower end of the leaderboard in the global tech race.
In early 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 pandemic had reached a state of international public health emergency (Mphande-Nyasulu et al., 2024). Three years later on May 5th, 2023, the WHO announced that the virus no longer…
Africa’s overall debts have reached disastrous heights in recent years, mirroring the continent’s debt crisis of the 1980s/1990s, yet action for debt alleviation, through restructuring and relief, remains limited. By the end of 2023, total external debt owed by African…
Asia’s geopolitical landscape has changed drastically in the 21st century, particularly so in recent years as new power players – India, China, and Russia – have emerged. Currently, many nations in the continent face internal struggles – South Korea’s recent…
The global climate crisis has brought sustainability to the forefront of policy conversations, and these have particularly focused on the energy transition. The energy transition requires financing, and this has presented issues in African countries, given the growing debt crises…
Decreasing violence has long been a political priority in Mexico, as the country remains with high homicides and violent crime rates, particularly as related to its drug cartels. Drug trade presence is not a new phenomenon in Mexico, however the…
Historically, Nigeria has ranked highly in terms of terrorism and oil production, respectively. Nigeria holds a vast amount of wealth in its energy sector, possessing the tenth-largest oil reserves and serving as the sixth-largest exporter of oil (and the largest…