The New Global Order

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk plans to fortify Poland's eastern border to prevent illegal immigration.

Sweden and Finland have joined NATO and has similar motives in doing so. Now, the Russian threat of a military standoff hovers over them.

President Javier Milei's ultraliberal policies, including the radical deregulation plan signed into decree DNU 70/2023, aim to revitalize Argentina's economy by reducing state involvement and promoting private sector growth. Argentina's lithium industry, critical for the global energy sector, stands to be significantly impacted. The country, poised to outpace Chile as a top lithium producer by 2027, faces major changes under Milei's governance which emphasizes alignments towards U.S. interests and potentially increases foreign investors' power, raising concerns among local and Indigenous communities about sustainable development.

Giorgia Meloni opposes the EU's Nutri-score system that is proposed to score foods in supermarkets due to the system ignoring benefits of caloric dense products such as olive oil.

Civic Space has been situated in the public sphere until the development of the internet, where new restrictions and technology has led to heightened security and means to repress society. In Europe, there has been a rise in surveillance capabilities and lawsuits targeting political participants, leading to the necessity to look into possible restrictions on the freedoms of expression and participation.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has fallen largely under Russia’s sphere of influence. However, China has had its eye on the region in recent years and is increasing efforts to dominate the land mass as part of its narrative of rebuilding its historic glory as the “Middle Kingdom”.