Imagine walking down Hollywood Boulevard with your family when you suddenly need to use the restroom. You enter a nearby store asking if you could go to their restroom when you’re hit with “sorry, we don’t allow the public to ...

By: Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan and Gwen Smith It’s a classic case of history being written by the victor.  Powerful nations feel threatened that their power might be vulnerable. Therefore, they need to obtain as much power as they can. ...

Like everything else in the South Caucasus, discourse around Armenia’s nuclear power plant — labeled “one of the most dangerous” in the world — is entangled in a mosaic of geopolitical complexity and conflicting regional interests. As the only country ...

Since the 1970s, South Korea has been a signatory of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It officially became a denuclearized country after the United States removed all its nuclear weapons in 1991.  Under the international treaty, ...

On May 22, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., a former Filipino Senator, was declared the new president-elect of the Philippines. He and his vice president, Sara Duterte, were sworn into office a month later, relieving Sara’s father, Rodrigo Duterte, of his ...

The debate surrounding nuclear energy is as old as the technology itself: is it the sustainable solution to energy deficits and climate change, or is it dangerous and harmful to our wellbeing in the long run?  This conversation has followed ...

In November 2022, the world of cryptocurrency hit the news wave as the trading giant, FTX, filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11. FTX had become a household name, valued at close to $40 billion, and was the third largest exchange ...

As the Ukraine War drags on, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ominously warned that Russia may shift its nuclear policy to a first-strike strategy rather than a defensive one, effectively introducing a nuclear threat into the conflict.  This threat of ...

Since World War II, U.S. nuclear weapons have served as deterrents of conventional attacks against the United States and its allies.  Accordingly, the United States has long maintained a strategic position in favor of nuclear first-use in its international policies. ...

North Korea began the development of its nuclear program in the 1950s, and its first nuclear facility was built in the early 1980s. In December 1985, it signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is seen as fundamental to the ...