August 2023 – Brian F. Bridgeforth

Bernardo Arévalo Brings Hopes of Stemming Guatemala’s Corruption

August 30, 2023

On August 20, Bernardo Arévalo overwhelmingly won Guatemala’s presidential election on a message of anti-corruption and social progress. His victory, which turned out to be a landslide, was considered a longshot and was run in

Kissinger Before Nixon

August 29, 2023

This year Henry Kissinger turned 100 years old. It is quite a seminal milestone in a storied life operating at the highest echelons of the American government. He has become one of the most regarded

Niger Coup Presents Challenges Far Beyond Its Borders

August 28, 2023

On the morning of July 26, Niger became the seventh country to fall to a coup in West and Central Africa in just the past three years, when its president, Mohamed Bazoum, was detained in

Prigozhin, Trump, and BRICS

August 27, 2023

In my premiere podcast episode, I discuss the death of Prigozhin, Trump’s latest arrest, and the expansion of BRICS.

BRICS Expansion and Its Discontents

August 26, 2023

This year’s BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa (held August 22-24), started with a noticeable absence of one of its leaders—Vladimir Putin. He was unable to attend because an arrest warrant issued by the International

Donald Trump vs. the People

August 25, 2023

Donald Trump now has a clear idea of the magnitude of the legal peril he faces after he was indicted in the two outstanding major cases against him. Unlike the first two indictments—hush money payments

The Prigozhin Saga

August 24, 2023

Everyone knew Putin would seek revenge over the dramatic events of June 23rd, 2023, orchestrated by Yevgeny Prigozhin, and that Prigozhin was a dead man walking. That is, everyone except Prigozhin himself it seemed. On