Early Life Akihito was born on December 23, 1933, to Emperor Shōwa(Hirohito) andEmpress Kōjun in the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Despite the fact that he was…

The Strait of Hormuz is strategically vital as most of the oil in the region is transferred to Europe, North America, and Asia via the waterway. Since the end of the Second World War, there have been…

We often forget that the Internet is not as wireless as it seems. Most online data still flow through physical fiber-optic cables laid out across several hundred thousand miles of ocean…

Iran has recently been revisiting a familiar threat: to block the vital Strait of Hormuz. On April 22, the United States announced it would end sanctions waivers for countries importing oil…

As the United States increases sanctions on Iran and its proxies, conventional debates surrounding Hezbollah’s designation as a partner or proxy of Iran have resurfaced in Beirut and…

Illustration by Ali Mandalowi 1 - Born in 1957, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf is a career military man who took over the country for just 24 hours on 11…

Like its friend across the Atlantic Sea, the United Kingdom has had a long history of a two-party democratic system. While today people associate the two-party system with the Conservative Party and…

The Venezuelan political crisis has reached a familiar stalemate. In the two and a half months since it began,National Assemblypresident Juan Guaidó’s challenge to President Nicolás Maduro’s…

The prospect of an end to the conflict inAfghanistanhas led manyU.S.foreign policy experts to ponder the ignoble conclusion of another war, now a half century past.Vietnamreportedly offers a…

While the Obama administration pursued accommodation with Iran in the belief that its government was rational and deterrable, the Trump administration has opted for a path of containment…