Day: November 17, 2025

United States Absent From COP30- And What That Means

For the first time in three decades, the president of the United States is not sending a delegate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The 30th annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, colloquially known as COP30, is currently being held in Belém, Brazil. This

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From Monroe to Maduro: The Enduring Politics of Sovereignty in the Caribbean

The Trump administration’s declaration of a war on “narco-terrorism” through aerial interdiction has initiated a significant development in Caribbean security policy. In recent months, the U.S. government has focused on combating maritime drug trafficking in the region, specifically targeting criminal organizations such as Venezuela’s Tren De Aragua, led by Nino

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