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Rome’s Fall Is America’s Warning: Civic Neglect Can Topple Even the Mightiest Republics

History shows that even the strongest republics crumble when leaders and citizens neglect their duties. Invading armies can topple a state, but republics are often undone from within—by the neglect of those sworn to their care. Rome, with its Senate,…

The West Is Posing New Challenges To Russia Along Its Entire Southern Periphery

The question arises of why Russia’s regional partners are going along with this in the first place. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned last week that “NATO and the EU are building their own dialogues and interaction frameworks with Central Asia and…

Mexico, the Country That Digs Over Its Dead: Necropolitics, Silence, and Resistance in the Mass Graves of Jalisco

The earth groans when the shovels of the Madres Buscadoras —the Searching Mothers— strike what the State ignored: black plastic bags and bones amid the disturbed soil of Zapopan, Jalisco. Less than twenty kilometers from the green grass of the…

One Year Later, Novi Sad Leads Serbia’s Call for Accountability and a Transnational Civic Awakening

Exactly one year after the collapse in Novi Sad, candles flickered once again across continents. In hundreds of cities worldwide — from almost every European capital to major cities in the Americas and Australia — the Serbian diaspora gathered under…

Two years of war in the Middle East: an assessment and what comes next

The series of events triggered by the operation of October 7, 2023, revealed pre-existing realities that had remained hidden until then. Before October 7, the Middle East was evolving in a way that sidelined the Palestinians and disregarded their rights…

The Arms Control Association Responds to Trump’s Reckless Nuclear Testing Remarks

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” In response, ACA Executive Director Daryl G. Kimball stated, “Trump appears to be misinformed and…

The Integrity Uprising: A Fight Against Corruption Across Generations

By: Sheryl M. Langwas (Baguio Central University participant) Corruption is not a recent problem. It began many years ago, but as time passes and generations pass, it has gotten worse in the majority of the world’s nations. There is no…

The Nepal GenZ Revolt: Excitement, Hope, Awe and Dismay

 by Raghu Ghimire This paper on the recent GenZ revolt in Nepal was presented during a recent regional forum, ‘Can generational movements end systemic corruption? Lessons from Nepal, Indonesia, and the Philippines.’  It depicts some vital aspects of the recent…

Art Against Corruption: Don Angelou Laureta’s Luha ng Buwaya

In a time when corruption continues to bleed the nation dry, artists across the Philippines are joining the Concerned Artists of the Philippines’ (CAP) campaign called KORAPTOBER. This movement transforms anger and frustration into creativity, calling out the systems of…

Putin’s Offer To Extend The New START Is A Goodwill Gesture To Trump

Goodwill gestures are meant to make the recipient trust whoever does them with the expectation that they’ll then be reciprocated for improving their relations. Putin offered in late September to extend the New START, which is the last arms control pact between…

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