So, we have yet another election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Most Americans hate this fact. They hate that they have to choose between a man unable to use a staircase or talk, and a man who doesn't seem to understand what the words "overthrowing the government is bad" means. How'd we get here? I'll clue you in,...
On February 21, 2024, the Jesuit J.W.A.C. (Junior World Affairs Council) competed in its first competition of 2024, the Dallas Area Academic World Quest. Jesuit's team competed against 95 other teams from schools all over the Dallas area, all in the hopes of winning and going to nationals in Washington D.C. Also, the Jesuit J.W.A.C. team was pleasantly surprised...
April 10, 2024 marked Eid-Al-Fitr, one of the holiest holidays in Islam, when the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan is reached. During this day, over a billion Muslims spend time with their families, visiting mosques for Eid prayers, and they often feast, making up for the fasting during Ramadan. It is meant to be a time of...
Welcome to the last article in my quest to turn The Roundup into Israeli state media. We've covered around 100 years of history to some extent or another by now. But this article was always meant to be the ultimate one of the series, and all the previous ones were really meant to lay a foundation for this article....
"America's ground forces will have to be prepared to perform the tasks Caesar assigned to his Legions - win wars, restore order, and preserve a stable and prosperous peace... wherever direct American influence is required."
The preceding quote was written in 1997 by veteran U.S. Army Colonel Douglas A. MacGregor, who wrote the groundbreaking book Breaking the Phalanx: A New...
The events of October 7th saw jarring cruelty against Israeli civilians in Hamas's unprovoked invasion, and a subsequent response from the international community that continues to limit Israel's options with retaliation. This war has proven, above all else, that people inside and outside the US know nothing of the history of the region. So in this series of articles,...
Along with intensifying geopolitical tensions, the US also confronted numerous global and domestic issues. The 2020s decade began with COVID-19’s catastrophic impact on the global economy and countries’ functioning.
Thousands of businesses were forced to close down, as millions of Americans lost their jobs within weeks. Meanwhile, educational institutions had to minimize the spread of COVID by conducting online...
Amid the countless geopolitical issues, many economic and political trends are developing in the realm of international affairs. Even though one might deem the trends as irrelevant, other superpowers' maneuvers to utilize the trends to maximize their geopolitical power will affect American foreign policymaking. Specifically, these trends come through de-dollarization and intensified competition for allies.
BRICS & De-Dollarization
In 2001, while...
