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Unlocking Engagement with Pyongyang: Lessons from US-Vietnam Reconciliation

February 4, 2026

By Marialaura De Angelis | Rising Expert on Multilateralism and Diplomacy | February 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: Flickr Vietnam has often been cited as a potential model for North Korean economic development, contingent on denuclearization and a transformed security environment that would enable Pyongyang to pursue reforms similar to Vietnam’s Đổi Mới.…
How China is Making Europe Rethink Its Economic Diplomacy in Africa

January 23, 2026

By Patrycja Jasiurska | Rising Expert on Multilateralism and Diplomacy | January 23, 2026 | Photo Credit: Flickr “If I ask China to build a road, I’ll be driving down it in the time it takes the World Bank to approve the loan.” This statement, attributed to an African head of state, briefly…
To Survive, West Africa’s Fragile Union Must Deepen Its Cooperation

January 20, 2026

By Alec Soltes | YPFP Member | January 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: Flickr The Economic Community of West African States is in the throes of a legitimacy crisis. This regional political and economic bloc, known as ECOWAS, fractured when the junta leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger left and subsequently formed…
Health Impacts of Withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention: A Global Threat to Lives and Livelihoods

December 16, 2025

By AJ Rehman | Rising Expert on Global Health | December 16, 2025 | Photo Credit: Flickr This past summer has set a dangerous precedent for international law and its conventions as 6 European Countries [Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland] have formally withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention, formally known as the…
Rivers, Reason, and Rage: The Grand Political Experiment on the Rio de la Plata

December 13, 2025

By Henry Trop | Rising Expert on Climate Change | December 13, 2025 | Photo Credit: Wiki Commons The Rio de la Plata is vast – but not big enough. The political persuasions of the two ruling parties across the water, Argentina’s Buenos Aires and Uruguay’s Montevideo, have incompatible views on how to…