North Korea’s Threats

As the US and South Korea begin their largest-ever military drills, North Korea has threatened “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes on the US and South Korea.  The drills in-question, Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, are an annual event that frequently generate tension, which...

Kadyrov, Putin’s Warrior

Chechen leader and former guerrilla commander Ramzan Kadyrov is a figure as flamboyant and polarizing as the man who sponsored him (Putin): fiercely loyal to Putin, Kadyrov has also proven problematic with his brutal tactics and threats to political opponents.  He...

North Korea’s Nuclear Testing

Earlier today, North Korea bragged about the “spectacular success” of its first ever hydrogen bomb test.  However, it still isn’t entirely clear if it actually happened.  The US doesn’t think it did, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest saying that the initial...

Star Wars and Its Influence

In the current age, fantasy and sci-fi has a major presence and influence in modern pop-culture.  Yet it can be easy for the millennial generation to forget that in their parents’ time, such a canon was hardly in the mainstream, with fantasy, sci-fi and comic books...

Winter Is Coming For Refugees

With the refugee crisis in Europe deepening, there are thousands of refugees across Europe that are currently homeless.  Since this influx is a fairly recent phenomenon, the elements have yet to pose a problem.  However, that could change soon; I recently came across...