America, once the clear global hegemon, is retreating from its previously dominant leadership position in the world order.

Moving through life day by day, it can feel unnatural to start thinking consciously about foreign affairs suddenly. Except, acknowledging foreign affairs in our lives is like acknowledging the elephant in the room. Foreign affairs are everywhere – the floodgates are open.

Reconciling with economic and cultural change as a society, particularly after a global financial crisis or a major technological innovation, inevitably engenders widespread fear.

With entry-level employment conditions at a critical point of complexity, with the most university-educated competition in history, an AI shock to the workforce, and substantial cost-of-living crises in major cities across the globe, it feels almost impossible as a young person entering the workforce to let yourself breathe.

The current ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is part of a broader agreement under the U.S.-constructed 20-point peace plan, the first phase of which was agreed to by both parties on the 8th of October.

Tech companies consistently oppose AI regulation, using disagreement among experts over the risks of AI as leeway against its sweeping implementation.

Proxy wars are conflicts in which a third party intervenes indirectly in a pre-existing war to influence the strategic outcome in favour of its preferred faction1. Proxy wars are a mechanism that allows state or non-state actors to further their own strategic goals without directly engaging in warfare themselves.

From the Renaissance to the present day, from Impressionism to Surrealism, from Hermès to Chanel, France has consistently demonstrated its ability to nurture great passion and innovation in the arts.

On September 8, 2024, the NFL announced that Kendrick Lamar would be the performer for their Super Bowl halftime show. The Super Bowl halftime show is the number one most-watched TV program in the U.S., ranking among the most-watched in the world.

In the early 2000s, platforms like Facebook and Myspace – the first of their kind – were built with the primary goal of connecting groups of people on a scale never possible before.

At the turn of the century, personal symbols of luxury and social status were a capitalist’s fantasy. A Cartier love bracelet (or a stack of 7), a brand-new Rolex, a Range Rover or G-Wagon, a good injector, even a luxury logo monogrammed tracksuit would do the trick.

“Propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state… the bewildered herd won’t know any different” – Noam Chomsky, 1991.

In recent years, the U.S. political landscape has gotten extremely volatile. As spectators, it’s impossible not to tangibly feel how commoditised it has become for online spectacle, taking up the majority of the hour on any American news free-to-air channel (not to mention those of its allies).

Vogue’s appointment of Chloe Malle as its new head of editorial content marks a shift in priorities for the iconic magazine, refocusing on depth and substance over purely visual allure.

For years, social scientists have documented the rise of antisocial behaviour and the beginnings of an “anxious generation” – attributed mainly to mass unregulated screen time of young children right into their teens, which reduces dopamine sensitivity and dysregulates executive functions in the brain.

On the 3rd of September, China held its Victory Day Parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

The negotiation between competing interests has become ever more valuable, a true marker of intellect and emotional intelligence—arriving at an educated conclusion with another living, breathing human being. And to make this one’s profession? That is the ultimate in chic—a distinguished icon of sophistication.

Brain rot – the Oxford Word of the Year, 2024. Skibidi, galaxy brain, the list unfortunately goes on. The concern about the shortening of attention spans in young children started years ago, but the concern about that of adults in recent years and months has become increasingly popular.

Fashion has always been a steadfast pillar in society, a form of expression that is a wearable representation of cultural trends. When it takes over people in warm washes, when individuals invest their hard-earned money in the same piece as someone in a different country, that item of representation has then gone beyond individual taste and instead emerged as a communal icon of expression.

Cubism was founded in the early 1900s, ripe with the context of a brewing world war. Amidst growing nationalist rhetoric and the rapid industrialisation of Germany, European states yearned for self-determination and accordingly, engaged in an accelerated process of militarisation. This fuelled suspicion and fear among allied countries, which the outbreak of WWI only exacerbated.