What Causes a Global Market Crash?
Today’s markets have sophisticated safeguards against crashes, such as circuit breakers that automatically pause trading…
Election Interference and the First Amendment
Election interference refers to illegal intervention with the electoral process to benefit a candidate or…
Nuclear Threat
Nuclear threat The threat of nuclear weapons is the focus of international efforts to prevent…
Globally, Authoritarian Rule Destroys Democracy
Authoritarian rule – one-party dictatorships, military regimes, oligarchies, and other autocracies – erodes democracy and…
Global Sanctions and Global Economic Stability
Global sanctions are a powerful political tool with major global economic implications. They have a…
Peacekeeping Missions
A Peacekeeping mission, or UN peace operation, is a military or police deployment to defuse…
Political Unrest and Businesses
Political unrest refers to periods of turbulence within the political environment that can impact governance…
Insurgency Group Embraces Strategic Restraint
An armed group that seeks to advance a popular objective through armed struggle against the…