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Venezuelan President Criticized for Not Being a Proper Dictator

Hot off the newswires are shocking tales of democratic elections in Venezuela, grassroots organizations forming food cooperatives, and repatriation of migrants. What will one of the media establishment’s most demonized “authoritarian regimes” do next? By Roger D. Harris Maduro criticized…

The US’ Coercion Of Panama Over The Canal Presages Impending Military Tensions With China

The US wants to preemptively neutralize as many of the means as possible through which China could asymmetrically respond to this scenario in plausibly deniable ways such as by having its company that controls port facilities on both sides of…

Baguio Central University Supreme Student Council Recognized as a UNESCO Club

Took Part in the  International Youth Assembly  by Ivy Grace M. Bunnat What does it take to fulfill a university endeavor? For the Supreme Student Council (SSC) of Baguio Central University (BCU), it takes courage, time, group effort, initiative, careful…

Beyond the Absence of War: Rethinking Peace as a Way of Life.

The White-West notion of peace is largely associated with the absence of war. Even the origins of the peace symbol stem from the denuclearization movement. But what do we mean when we talk about peace? If someone were to ask…

One Second Closer to Doomsday

“Cada segundo cuenta (every second counts),” said Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia, as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their symbolic “Doomsday Clock” one second closer to midnight on January 28th of this year. By Timmon Wallis for…

Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plans To Build An Iron Dome For America

This is a game-changer in the New Cold War since it’ll take the US’ rivalry with Russia and China to a qualitatively more dangerous level through the consequent hyper-militarization of space. Trump signed an Executive Order to build an Iron Dome for…

Private and Public Sector Partners in Eliminating Lead Paints Honored by the EcoWaste Coalition at its 25th Anniversary Celebration

1 February 2025, Quezon City.  In a unique display of collaborative relationship built through years of dialogue and advocacy, civil society organization EcoWaste Coalition feted the paint industry association of the Philippines and seven of its member companies, as well…

Canada’s Policy in the Ukraine: Do as I Say, Not as I Do

By Nigel Martin and Yakov M. Rabkin Once, at the Foreign Press Club in Tokyo, during a discussion on Canada’s foreign policy, a Montreal journalist began his talk with a succinct statement: “There are three countries that are important for…

DeepSeek is showing us that another tech world is possible

How one Chinese company’s AI tool has slashed trillions from the US stock market, and revealed a future for technology without American tech hegemony. By Nuvpreet Kalra Last week, a Chinese startup, DeepSeek, released R1, a large-language model rivaling ChatGPT,…

WURI Foundation Hosts 2024 Meeting and Webinar: Inspiring Innovation for the 2025 Global Rankings

By Genevieve Balance Kupang The World University Network of Innovation for Presidents (WUNI-P), Leaders (WUNI-L), and Experts (WUNI-E) participated in an enlightening webinar organized by the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) on December 5, 2024. Before this webinar, the…

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