On March 20th, 2003, then-U.S. President George W. Bush and then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair invaded Iraq on the pretext that Iraq was an “axis of evil,” with Saddam Hussein possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The invasion mobilized a devastating eight-year-long war, ending in 2011, that tore the fabric
In efforts to deter asylum seekers from crossing the English Channel via small boats, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is the leader of the Conservative Party, has put forth an immigration policy to “stop small boats” through processes of criminalization, detainment, and deportation. The new policies would reject asylum
On January 16th, France’s Eiffel Tower was lit up in support of Iranian protesters against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Slogans with “Women. Life. Freedom” and “#Stop Executions in Iran” were splayed across the monument. The September arrest and subsequent death of Jina “Mahsa” Amini by Iran’s morality police catalyzed
On January 9th and 10th, leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States assembled in Mexico City for the 2023 North American Leaders’ Summit (N.A.L.S.). United States President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discussed a range of goals and challenges related to
