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12/04/2018

Europe and Central Asia Emmanuel Macron, French President, held emergency meetings following anti-government riots. The

11/19/2018

East Asia and Pacific Saturday at the APEC Summit held in Papua New Guinea, Vice

11/12/2018

Europe and Central Asia On November 11th, the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, French President,

11/11/2018

India's geoeconomic rise is reshaping the political and economic landscape of Afghanistan. Read one of our featured articles from the Patterson Schools 2018 fall conference:

Esha Narola India’s foreign aid and investments in Afghanistan provide an example of how economic

11/07/2018

East Asia and Pacific Australia is set to redevelop a South Pacific naval base, once

10/29/2018

Sub Saharan Africa Zimbabwe has announced its intention to continue its multi-currency regime despite the

10/22/2018

Latin America and The Caribbean The migrant caravan traveling north from Honduras has reportedly swelled

10/15/2018

Latin America and The Caribbean A large caravan of Hondurans are headed towards the U.S.

10/01/2018

East Asia and Pacific The inhabitants of the island of Sulawesi in the eastern region

09/10/2018

Check out the first World This Week of the Fall 2018 semester! More news to come soon once we have our whole team together!

The World This Week: September 10th, 2018 September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 PattersonBoard Migration The nationalist Swedish Democrats gained over 18% of the vote in Swedish parliamentary elections held Sunday, which is up from their share of 12% in 2014. The gains mark a continuance of the popul...

04/04/2018

Check out The World This Week on our new site!

The World This Week 4/2/18 April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 PattersonBoard East Asia and Pacific News China retaliates against President Trump’s tariffs with a levy on US fruits and meat imports. Starting this Monday, the implemented tariff accounted up to 25% on $3bn food imports from the US. Analysts ...

02/27/2018

Our latest edition of The World This Week!

Europe and Central Asia Fifthteen women were recently tried and sentenced to death by hanging in an Iraqi court for being part of ISIS. Most of the women, between the ages of twenty and fifty, admi…

11/27/2017

Our latest edition of The World This Week!

Europe and Central Asia President Macron of France has recently publicly condemned domestic violence in the nation and reaffirmed his commitment to improving gender equality and making France safer…

11/14/2017

Here's what's going on in the world this week!

Europe and Central Asia More is coming out about last week’s “Paradise Papers” leak as deeper investigations are underway. Among the names of those implicated in the leak are large corporations lik…

11/06/2017

Need a quick update on today's top news stories? Check out our latest edition of The World This Week!

Europe and Central Asia This weekend in the United Kingdom, news broke of a leak, termed the “Paradise Papers,” from the tax haven of Bermuda. The papers revealed a list of celebrities and big busi…

10/31/2017

This week one of our board members, Dimitri Silva, writes about recent corruption scandals in Brazil.

In Brazil, corruption in politics has become as common as samba and soccer. In recent years, top government officials have been accused of siphoning, laundering and improperly distributing money, b…

10/31/2017

Here's our latest edition of The World This Week!

Asia Pacific Ahead of President Trump’s trip later this week, the US administration appears to be planning to revive the so-called Asia-Pacific “Quad” security forum including India and Australia. …

10/23/2017

Our latest edition of The World This Week

Latin America and the Caribbean Millions turned out to vote in crucial Argentinian mid-term elections. Turnout approached 80% of the 33 million registered voters in the country, marking a potentia…

10/20/2017

This week one of our Managing Editors, Courtney Neltner, writes about the situation in Catalonia.

Monday, October 16, was the deadline for a formal declaration of Catalan independence. This comes after the controversial October 1st independence referendum held in the region. Spanish Prime Minis…

10/16/2017

Our new edition of The World This Week!

Latin America and the Caribbean Socialists win governor seats in Venezuela despite claims of fraud. President Nicolás Maduro claimed the results as a victory for Chavismo, his particular party’s st…

10/10/2017

Happy election day to Liberia! To celebrate, an anonymous contributor shares insights on some of the key candidates.

Today, Liberia is heading to the polls once again to vote on their next President. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the current President of Liberia and the first woman to lead an African country, will step …

10/03/2017

ExPatt's Digital Editor Laurel Anderson writes on Aung San Suu Kyi's response to the Rohingya Crisis.

As the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar (formerly Burma) continues, so do calls for the country’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to publicly condemn the Burmese military. On September 19th, she broke h…

10/02/2017

Here's what's going on in the world this week!

Europe and Central Asia This week Europe saw extremes: outbreaks of violence in some places, caution in others; progressive display of equality contrasted with laws restricting religious expression…

09/25/2017

Today we are starting a new section called The World This Week. Every week our writers will give a brief update on the issues to watch this week.

Europe and Central Asia This week in Europe and Central Asia, a great deal hinged on the humble casting of votes. The past seven days have born witness to a great deal of political turmoil in Spain…

09/12/2017

This week a guest blogger, Elliot Maynard, writes about Russia's history of cyber attacks.

Since the advent of the internet age, the world has turned upside down. Between Facebook, Wikipedia, and eBay, our lives are a far cry from how they might have been only a century ago. It hasn’t al…