Famous worldwide, Lisbon—Portugals’ charming capital— is known for its endless sunny days, and a perfect blend of culture, gastronomy, history, and nightlife. The best...
During Spring break, second-year International Relations students, Angel Alonso and Borja Santos embark on a two-week journey through the Himalayas to reach Everest base camp.
Over the spring break, a group of SPEGA students were able to hike up to Mt. Everest's base camp in Nepal, led by Sherpa guides native to the region. While on the hike, students were able to immerse themselves in the culture of this ethnic group. With the goal of spreading the culture of the Sherpa people, who often go under-appreciated, Lucy Ball writes of the lessons she learned from the group's Sherpa guides while trekking up the mountain.
In 2021, Spain proposed and began to undertake its ambitious 2050 climate action plan, outlining 50 goals for progressive implementation. The goal: achieve climate...
Welcome to the 25th World Scout Jamboree! 48,000 scouts of all ages gather together in South Korea before logistical mishaps, extreme weather phenomena, and organisational canyons turn the dream into a nightmare.
Since beginning his second term a month ago, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced, imposed, and floated a raft of trade policies that have threatened previously strong relationships with countries allied to the United States, economically and otherwise. Chief among these fairly unprecedented—but not particularly unexpected—measures was the announcement of “a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China," with “a lower 10% tariff” on imports of Canadian energy resources.
On January 17, 2025, the day after violence broke out in Catatumbo, Petro announced that the peace talks with ELN would be suspended due to their use of violence in the region. Petro was elected on many promises, one of the most important being his promise to achieve “total peace” with all the remaining armed groups in the country.
In what came as a surprise to many, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, won a majority of constituencies in the recent Delhi elections, which took place on February 5, 2025. The right-wing BJP, the party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had been out of power in India’s capital for nearly three decades, with power being held by either the centrist Congress party or the center-left Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, which had been running Delhi up until this election.
