Carmen Hernández

Carmen is pursuing a Masters in International Affairs from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She is also an avid painter.

Europe·Opinion

October 23, 2026

How Much of Europe’s Populist Surge is About Migration?

Economic stagnation, inflation, public debt and bleak prospects for the young are the usual explanations for Europe’s fraying political centre, and they are well supported. But a diagnosis that leaves out migration

Americas·Opinion

October 15, 2026

How Legal Immigration Fell 2.7 Times More Than Illegal Entries

Debate over the Trump administration’s immigration agenda has fixated on the southwest border, where images of quiet crossings have become a political talking point. But the biggest reductions in the number of

Asia·Opinion

October 3, 2026

Pakistan’s Paperwork of Impunity

In a Faisalabad courtroom in the spring of 2026, judges looked at a Christian girl whose birth record said she was thirteen and decided she did not look it. Maria Shahbaz had

Tying ICE’s Hands? Or Restoring Constitutional Guardrails?

In the wake of a tragic shooting that has inflamed tensions across Minneapolis, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that significantly curtails the crowd control tactics available to Immigration and

January 17, 2026

Americas·Opinion

Airstrikes, Arrest, Takeover: How the US Seized Venezuela Overnight

The United States has carried out large-scale airstrikes in Venezuela and removed President Nicolás Maduro from power in a lightning operation that has stunned Latin America and triggered a global debate over

January 3, 2026

Americas·Explainer

Permitting Reform is Washington’s Test of Seriousness on Prices; and Trump is Ducking It

Washington loves to talk about affordability. It loves it even more when the word can be wielded as a political cudgel. But the grinding, unglamorous work that actually lowers costs rarely gets

December 23, 2025

Americas·Opinion

Australia’s Social Media Ban Arrives, and the World Is Taking Notes

Australia has just crossed a threshold that many governments have considered but few have dared to enact. As of this week, anyone under 16 is officially barred from creating accounts on major

December 10, 2025

Australia·Explainer

Why America Can No Longer Afford to Bully India

Putin’s state visit to India for the 23rd India‑Russia Annual Summit comes at a moment when three strategic pressures converge on New Delhi: Western sanctions on Moscow, sharpening US–China rivalry in the

December 5, 2025

Asia·Opinion

Why Congress Just Reaffirmed India’s Centrality in the Indo-Pacific

When U.S. Representatives Ami Bera and Joe Wilson tabled a bipartisan resolution on November 17 reaffirming the strategic depth of the U.S.-India partnership, it marked more than ceremonial solidarity. Coming amid shifting

November 18, 2025

Americas·Asia·Opinion

Generation Z Wants Change: Mexico’s Streets Turn into Battleground Against Cartels

The ongoing protests sweeping across Mexico have captured global attention as thousands of citizens, particularly young people, take to the streets demanding urgent action against the country’s worsening crime and corruption crises.

November 16, 2025

Americas·Explainer

Why the World Needs More Than a G2 Deal for Lasting Peace

The recent meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea — their first face-to-face encounter since 2019 — reignited talk of a revived “G2” model, where the United States

November 1, 2025

Americas·Asia·Opinion

When America First Meets Argentina

When President Donald Trump mentioned in passing aboard Air Force One that he planned to import beef from Argentina, it sounded like one more throwaway remark in his transactional approach to global

October 30, 2025

Americas·Opinion

Trump and Xi to Meet in Asia: What’s on the Table?

The highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting, scheduled for October 30, 2025, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea, is poised to be a significant event for global

October 26, 2025

Americas·Asia·Explainer

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Carmen Hernández

How Much of Europe’s Populist Surge is About Migration?

How Legal Immigration Fell 2.7 Times More Than Illegal Entries

Pakistan’s Paperwork of Impunity

Tying ICE’s Hands? Or Restoring Constitutional Guardrails?

Airstrikes, Arrest, Takeover: How the US Seized Venezuela Overnight

Permitting Reform is Washington’s Test of Seriousness on Prices; and Trump is Ducking It

Australia’s Social Media Ban Arrives, and the World Is Taking Notes

Why America Can No Longer Afford to Bully India

Why Congress Just Reaffirmed India’s Centrality in the Indo-Pacific

Generation Z Wants Change: Mexico’s Streets Turn into Battleground Against Cartels

Why the World Needs More Than a G2 Deal for Lasting Peace

When America First Meets Argentina

Trump and Xi to Meet in Asia: What’s on the Table?

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