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Laos Is Turning to Its Neighbors to Loosen China's Economic Grip
Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?
Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid to put pressure on Rwanda to withdraw its support.
Border security at sea: Sen. Ruben Gallego cosponsors bill to expand US territorial waters
The bill would give US Customs and Border Protection more authority. Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema previously introduced a ...
The Wenatchee World1d
Canada ends border crossing permit for hikers on Washington stretch of Pacific Crest Trail
Canada Border Services Agency announced that it will no longer issue permits on the Pacific Crest Trail for those who want to ...
Why this B.C. fence along the U.S. border may be violating War of 1812 treaty
An unguarded, black chain-link fence erected in B.C. along the U.S.-Canada border is now the subject of an international ...
Armenian Weekly2d
The regional and international implications of electing Joseph Aoun as Lebanon’s president
The election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency of Lebanon has profound implications for the country, both domestically and ...
Stars and Stripes2d
Armed troops arrive in Texas, California to begin work at the southwest border
Mexico border as part of the military’s fulfillment of an order by President Donald Trump to make border security a top ...
Illegal Immigration and Fentanyl at the U.S. Northern and Southwest Borders
In recent remarks to the press, President Donald Trump restated his intention to impose 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...
The Bulwark2d
Why America Needs Birthright Citizenship
But, no, we don’t know very well that the United States is the only country in the world that grants unconditional birthright ...
Cfr.org3d
Lebanon: How Israel, Hezbollah, and Regional Powers Are Shaping Its Future
An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...
Western Slope farmers fear impact of mass deportations and labor market changes
Pena argues that shocks to the labor market from mass deportations, the pressures of tariffs on incoming foodstuffs, the ...