Clinton Era Blueprint Reveals U.S. Strategy to Reshape Post-Cold War Eastern Europe
A declassified White House strategy document from the Clinton Presidential Archives reveals a sweeping plan to reshape Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) following the fall of the Soviet Union - a critical moment that the administration saw as a litmus test for the...
The Day Nixon & Mao Opened China to the West
In a room thick with symbolism and silence, two of the 20th century’s most powerful and ideologically opposed leaders sat face to face. The private meeting between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, held on February 21,...
Kosovo’s Long Road to Policy Reform and EU Integration
Kosovo’s ambition to join the European Union hinges not only on diplomacy but on its internal ability to build a functioning, coordinated policy-making system. A detailed review by SIGMA - an OECD-EU initiative - lays bare the challenges and incremental progress of...
New U.S. Federal Bill Seeks to Standardize Obscenity Laws & Ban Porn
A new bill introduced by U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) aims to standardize the legal definition of “obscenity” across all 50 states - a move his office says is necessary to bring the Communications Act into the digital age. The proposed legislation, titled...
New Bill Aims to Dismantle America’s Broken Classification System
A rare moment of bipartisan unity has emerged in the halls of Congress - one aimed at tackling a threat not from abroad, but from within: overclassification. On July 9, 2024, Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Classification Reform for...
