By: James Hood In today's post-COVID landscape, one would assume unified multi-national responses to the outbreaks of viruses have both the adequate infrastructure and lived experience to result in efficient protocols being in place to halt the spread of deadly diseases. The recent outbreak of Ebola in Africa, however, challenges this presumptive rationale and exposes the dire state of contemporary humanitarian intervention. In May 2026, concerning reports emerged of a signi

By: Maryam Munshi From mandated ICE raids to foreign invasions, it increasingly appears that effective political power in the USA is concentrated within the White House. Trump’s dominance over federal legislatures across both domestic and foreign policy has led many observers to question whether the world’s leading liberal democracy is sliding toward autocracy, and what such a shift means for the country’s political future. As his presidency reaches its midpoint and the midte