International Policy

Is Aleksandr Lukashenko Untouchable? How Mounting Political Pressure Motivated Belarus’s Dictator President to Engineer a Migrant Crisis in the EU

On December 6th, 1991, Belarus and 14 other independent states emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus hosted its first presidential election in 1994, where 39-year old Aleksandr Lukashenko won with 45.8% of the votes in the first round and 80.6% of the votes in the second round. The populist rose to fame […]

    ‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical?            

‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical?       The Issue of Government Procurement:             In January of 2021, President Biden signed executive order 14005, “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers.” Commonly known as ‘Buy America’, E.O. 14005 is a prime example of the Biden Administration’s commitment to reducing reliance […]