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-7 posts tagged "Global politics"
Letter to the Editor | Monday, October 4, 2021
If you were perpetually consigned to choose between stale pancakes or runny scrambled eggs each morning, would you not develop an aversion towards breakfast? For avid followers of international affairs, 2021 has been a terrific year for observing and learning about the ways things are done differently, as voters in countless countries scattered across the
Trevor Lwere | Monday, September 20, 2021
As I followed the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on the U.S., I was struck by the similarity in outlook of both the U.S. leadership and the al-Qaida leadership. Defense Secretary Gen. Austin’s remarks during the commemoration reiterated the readiness and determination of U.S. troops to defend the “American way
BridgeND | Friday, September 3, 2021
Nine hundred miles south of my dorm room in South Bend, my friends are sitting in the dark. New Orleans is laid low once again, this time to Hurricane Ida’s wrath, and almost the entire city is without power. We’ll see how much damage was done in the coming days. New Orleans lost power, but
Renee Yaseen | Monday, September 14, 2020
When writing fiction, I’ve frequently heard the advice, “Let your location be a character in itself.” For example, when writing a great chase scene through a forest, maybe your hero’s foot gets caught in a malevolent fist of brambles. Perhaps he takes a moment to catch his breath and re-evaluate his strategy at the flank
Brennan Buhr | Monday, September 16, 2019
St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyred for his faith in the second century, remains one of the most compelling witnesses to the truth of Christ in Church history. Although very few biographical details are known about this great saint, Ignatius wrote a series of letters to various local churches in the eastern Mediterranean region describing the
Holden Perrelli | Thursday, February 28, 2019
On the same day President Donald Trump met with North Korean leadership and Kim Jong-Un at a summit in Vietnam, Sean King, an East Asia expert, and George Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., professor emeritus of peace studies, held an open discussion on the subject of U.S. and North Korea relations at the Hesburgh
Stephen Raab | Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Renowned economist Stuart Chase once remarked, “True nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.” Although the nuclear age may have dealt a mortal blow to the concept of state sovereignty, the coup de grâce was the creation of the Internet. In the modern world, information zips across national borders and over