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Analysis: U.S Arctic Policymaking Under President Donald Trump and How it Affects Debates
Ever since Donald Trump was sworn into the Oval Office, he has made dramatic shifts in U.S. posture towards the arctic. As he has taken multiple executive actions, the arctic’s geopolitics and regional development have adapted alongside them.
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Israeli Airstrikes Kill and Injure Lebanese Citizens — Janelle Lee, April 8
US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire — Christina Yang, April 8
Somalia Kickstarts First Offshore Oil Drilling Operation — Steven Zhang, April 7
Pope Leo Condemns Trump’s Recent Threats Against Iran — Rosa Qin, April 7
Trump Targets Kharg Island in Retaliation — Audrey Han, April 7
Iran Rejects US Peace Proposal, Issues Demands of Their Own — Daniel Song, April 6
Russia Claims to Have Fully Annexed Luhansk Region — Ibrahim Khan, April 6
Iranian Strikes on Data Centers Signal New Phase of AI Warfare — Vivaan Gupta, April 5
Job Market Report Posts Strong Results — Arnav Goyal, April 5
US Involved in Upcoming Hungarian Election — Aryan Kondekar, April 5
Trump Threatens Iran in Explicit Truth Social Post — Brogan Jones and Arnav Goyal, April 5
EU Nations Push for Tax on Energy Profits Amid Price Surge — Sophie Baryalai, April 5
EU Ministers Call for Windfall Amid Energy Profits — Jack Zhou, April 4
Senegal Bans Ministers From Foreign Travel — Jai Shenoy, April 4
NASA Shares Photos of the Earth Taken by Artemis II Astronauts — Adrienne Wang, April 3
Federal Judge Dismisses DOJ Lawsuit Against Denver and Colorado Sanctuary Laws — Esshan Kharat, April 3
Attorney General Pam Bondi Fired — Rebecca Gehlmann, April 2
Death of Rohingya Refugee Ruled as Homicide — Janelle Lee, April 1
Trump Signs New Executive Order on Voting — Elisa Ma, April 1
Massacre at Gold Mine in South Sudan Exposes Regulatory Failure — Steven Zhang, March 31
Iran’s Foreign Minister Denies Trump’s Claims of Peace Talks — Adrienne Wang, March 31
Latest Weekly Briefs
Read a PF analysis about the implications of President Trump’s continued escalation in Iran on America’s ability to maintain the current global order. In CX, read about ways the Trump administration has changed America’s Arctic approach in the past year.
In domestic news, learn about President Trump’s reasoning behind his recent decision to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi, understand why Trump’s war rhetoric regarding Iran has been so controversial, how the Iran war has caused Treasury yields to soar to an 8-month high, and why Graham Platner—running for Senate Republican Susan Collins’ Alaska seat—might be the Democratic Party’s next star candidate. In international news, read about the implications of Israel’s new default death penalty policy for Palestinian defendants, whether Cuba’s decision to release over 2,000 prisoners included political activists as well, President Trump’s renewed threats to destroy Iranian nuclear sites, and Hungarian President Viktor Orban’s party seeing increasingly poor polling ahead of a tight parliamentary election.
In domestic news, read about the landmark 10-2 decision finding Meta and Youtube liable for addictive social media platforms and what Democrat Emily Gregory’s win in Trump’s home Congressional district means for the midterms. In international news, read about the US’s controversial decision to relax oil sanctions on Iran following skyrocketing energy prices, suspected espionage operations within Taiwan, Israel’s latest military push against Hezbollah in war-torn Lebanon, and how the EU and Australia have finally signed a record FTA together.
In domestic news, read about the partial government shutdown that began in February of this year, an analysis on mixed messages from Trump, the Commander in Chief, regarding the recent Iran conflict, and a federal judge’s ruling over RFK Jr.’s transgender care policies. In international news, see briefs on Cuba’s energy crisis and total electrical grid collapse, why NATO is pulling out troops while allies resist an escalation to the war in Iran, an overview of the most serious envrionmental consequences of the Iranian conflict, and a look into the deadly strikes in Sudan and why the conflict continues to devastate the country.
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