Essays & News

  In late December, United States President Donald Trump reasserted his desire to acquire Greenland. He appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as his special envoy to the island and plans to present a proposal to Congress. This announcement sparked outrage across Europe, which views it as yet another example of the president’s “outrageous” behavior and erratic […]

  Russia has steadily expanded its presence across Africa since 2017, establishing operations in several countries through a combination of military contractors, energy partnerships and infrastructure projects. This engagement builds on Soviet-era relationships while pursuing modern strategic goals: securing natural resources, countering Western influence and demonstrating Russia’s relevance as a global power despite international sanctions […]

For more than a century, America’s greatest strength has been its ability to attract the world’s most talented people — the scientists, engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs who made the U.S. the center of global innovation. The H-1B visa was introduced in 1990 and became the modern tool for sustaining that legacy, offering a structured pathway for highly […]

  The world is constantly changing; some periods feel relatively calm, while others are marked by rapid innovation, disruptions, challenges and even wars. We are clearly in one of the more turbulent phases right now, but also one that is defined by truly fundamental shifts that could prove as transformative as the transition from the […]

  Growing up as a Catholic in the Netherlands, in my formative years between childhood and adulthood, I witnessed the seemingly irreversible process of secularization and the increasing de-Christianization of European society. I never expected in my lifetime to see the halt of those developments or their reversal. Yet this is what I am seeing […]