Over the past two decades, when facing international crises, American policymakers have increasingly come to rely on sanctions as their foreign policy measure of first resort. At first glance, this choice is reasonable.

This research analyzes the effects of the implementation of educational technology (EdTech) on Latin American competitiveness from a qualitative approach. A literature review is conducted along three axes: the strengthening of human capital; innovation and economic dynamism; and the improvement of employability. The theoretical framework explains the strengthening of human capital through three variables: educational accessibility, educational quality, and skills development. The findings show that EdTech contributes to regional competitiveness by fostering technical/digital, cognitive, and soft skills aligned with the demands of a technological labor market. However, structural challenges such as limited technological infrastructure, socioeconomic inequality, and insufficient innovation-oriented policies persist. Addressing these barriers requires coordinated efforts among governments, the private sector, and educational institutions to promote inclusive digitalization and strengthen human capital across the region.

Nigeria continues to grapple with a multidimensional security crisis that impacts all regions of the country. While the natures of the threats have evolved, their intensity and geographic spread have increased over the past decade, overwhelming state capacity and eroding public trust. Over the past decade, the actors, tactics, motivations, and strategies have all evolved. Yet one constant remains: the Nigerian government’s persistent inability, or unwillingness, to respond effectively and systematically to improve its security issues. 

The ICJ’s historic climate opinion affirms the duty to protect intergenerational equity, yet young generations remain sidelined from the world’s premier climate science institution. Nomination quotas and a dedicated inclusion policy can fill this gap and make the IPCC a truly intergenerational enterprise.

This paper aims to provide a brief overview of how the European Union, and the United States (aim to) address the same kind of challenges, both in their own way.

A population disenfranchised from civic and political engagement leaves little to be felt of national belonging. For many Syrians, this has been a defining reality for more than a decade. Sixty years of an oppressive dictatorship followed by fourteen years of a protracted, proxy conflict hollowed out civic space and eliminated opportunity for safe and democratic political participation, silencing many by fear and livelihood pressures. But events of December 2024 marked a turning point for the fate of the nation.

Global public debt surpassed $108 trillion in 2024, with developing countries carrying over $31 trillion, and facing debt-servicing costs that now exceed their health and education budgets. The status quo is clear: debt will not be erased, and many countries will not be able to repay it under current conditions. To move beyond this reality, innovative solutions must be deployed outside existing mechanisms. The Social Solidarity Currency is one possible innovation to address this issue. The Social Solidarity Currency is a personal proposal developed by the author and does not reflect the views or official positions of the UN Special Envoy on Financing for Development, the United Nations, or any affiliated institution.

“Every time, as a small state, we come to the United Nations, we never look at ourselves in the context of 238 square miles and 185,000 people. We believe that today we are conducting our struggles on the battlefields of ideas and so we attempt to enter the global conversation.”, says Saint Lucian Foreign Minister Alva Baptiste during our Columbia University interview at the sidelines of this year’s UN General Assembly in New York. This article contributes to this idea and narrative landscape by introducing the new narrative for a changed global order for states that are today mainly being referred to as small ocean states.