Great Power Rivalry
This U.S. Navy base, located in the Pacific, is key to supporting the American naval presence in the region amid rising tensions with China.
What is Guam?
This African militant group, known for the 2014 Chibok schoolgirl kidnappings, pledged allegiance to ISIS in 2015.
What is Boko Haram?
This president of Belarus has been in power since 1994 and is often referred to as “Europe’s last dictator” due to his long-standing authoritarian rule.
Who is Alexander Lukashenko?
The second Trump administration announced sweeping changes to this U.S. agency with a employees on leave and the accelerated removal of people from their posts abroad.
What is USAID?
In 2013, this whistleblower leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs?
This U.S. naval strategy, focused on maintaining dominance in the Indo-Pacific region, faced increasing competition from China's rapidly expanding fleet, which now rivals the U.S. Navy's in size and capability.
What is the Pacific Deterrence Initiative?
What is Operation Neptune Spear?
This president of Egypt ruled for nearly 30 years until his ouster in 2011 after mass protests erupted in what became known as the Arab Spring.
Who is Hosni Mubarak?
This new AI model from China has U.S. artificial intelligence firms concerned about their ability to compete with China technologically.
What is DeepSeek?
Who famously said: "Because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know"
Who is Donald Rumsfeld?
The rivalry between the U.S. and China in the South China Sea revolves around this disputed area, which is believed to be rich in natural resources and critical for global shipping routes.
What are the Spratly Islands?
This Sri Lankan separatist group, known for pioneering the use of suicide bombings, fought against the government until its defeat in 2009.
What are the Tamil Tigers?
This Haitian president was ousted in a 2004 coup, leading to years of instability in the country.
Who is Jean-Bertrand Aristide?
As of last week, this Latin American country announced it will not renew its participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative and will study the possibility of ending it early.
What is Panama?
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted the American Flag after a U.S. airstrike killed this foreign general.
Who is Qasem Soleimani?
This African nation in an effort to transform itself into a commercial trade hub, allowed Chinese companies to build military facilities on its soil, leading to tensions between Western powers.
What is Djibouti?
The controversial 2011 drone strike in Yemen killed this American-born al-Qaeda operative, sparking debate over executive power.
Who is Anwar al-Awlaki?
This president of Panama was known for his ties to drug trafficking and was ousted by a U.S. invasion in 1989.
Who is Manuel Noriega?
This country mourns its founding father, Sam Nujoma, who led Namibia’s fight for independence from South Africa and became its first president in 1990.
What is Namibia?
This U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel became infamous for his role in the Iran-Contra Affair, where he was convicted for his involvement in the illegal sale of arms to Iran.
Who is Oliver North?
In 2023, this new type of hypersonic missile, developed by China, was officially tested and raised concerns about the potential for an arms race and shifts in global military power.
What is the DF-27 hypersonic missile?
In 1995, this Japanese doomsday cult carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, marking one of the most deadly terrorist acts in Japan's history.
What is Aum Shinrikyo?
In 1996, the U.S. covertly supported a military campaign by Rwanda and Uganda to overthrow this long-time Zairian leader.
Who is Mobutu Sese Seko?
These three junta-led states withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 30th, after ECOWAS members lodged diplomatic objections—and some financial sanctions—against their military rule.
What are Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger?
"The End of History", is a post-Cold War theory popularized by this political philosopher, where he argued that liberal democracy was the endpoint of ideological evolution.
Who is Francis Fukuyama?