![China’s Modernized Military Poses a Serious Challenge to the United States, Says Senior Army Official]()
by Zoya Mirza | Dec 2, 2021 | Foreign Affairs, Military
WASHINGTON –– China’s rapid economic, technological and military expansion over the past two decades poses serious competition and an imminent threat to the United States, according to the Secretary of the U.S. Army, Christine Wormuth. “We shouldn’t be seeking, in my...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Activists placed thousands of pairs of flip flops on the National Mall last weekend to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs that has resulted in more than 30,000 extrajudicial killings in the country. Demonstrators also lobbied for...
![Lawmakers stress importance of U.S. leadership in upcoming international elections]()
by Julia Mueller | Nov 18, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON — The United States needs a strategy for upcoming elections at several key international organizations, lawmakers said Thursday during a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on U.S. leadership in the United Nations. The last U.S. administration...
![Human rights crises in Western Hemisphere demand U.S. attention, lawmakers say]()
by Julia Mueller | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Threats to human rights and democracy were central to lawmakers’ conversations Tuesday at a House Foreign Affairs hearing to examine the Biden administration’s policy priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is a turbulent time for the Western...
by Mark Dovich | Jul 6, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — Members of the Uyghur community gathered on Monday in front of the White House for a commemorative march to the State Department headquarters. The demonstration was organized by the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, a Washington-based non-profit...
by Augusta Saraiva | Apr 7, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — Before “fake news” became a buzz phrase worldwide, Cristina Tardáguila founded Brazil’s first fact-checking news agency in 2015 to combat the rise of what she feared could become a global threat of out-of-control disinformation. Now, she continues doing...
