May 26, 2026
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North America Opinion Politics

Statecraft and Faultlines 11: Globalization, Isolationism, Extremism, and Critical Thinking

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman How can societies remain deeply dependent on global systems while becoming more ideologically isolated, transactional, and vulnerable to extremism? Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle […]

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Conflict Minerals and the End of the USAID: What the Future Holds

by Scott Morgan On March 25th a hearing was held in the US House of Representatives Foreign Relations committee regarding conflict minerals, mining and the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The timing of the hearing was both crucial and impeccable. One of the drivers of the current newscycle happens to be the successful […]

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