BlackRock No Longer on Texas Boycott List
June 06, 2025Following its exit from several climate-focused investment groups, BlackRock has officially been removed from a Texas boycott list.
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State Department Overhaul Intended to Focus on "Western Values"
May 30, 2025
The Trump Administration is planning a major overhaul of the State Department, which will include a "refocus" of the human rights bureau on "Western values."
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The United States and Argentina Plan to Launch an "Alternative" to the WHO
May 29, 2025
Following the Trump Administration's withdrawal from the World Health Organization, top U.S. health officials have announced plans to create an "alternative international health system" with Argentina.
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Hungary to Withdraw from International Criminal Court
May 02, 2025
In a vote held on April 29th, the Hungarian Parliament approved the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court ("ICC").
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BlackRock No Longer on Texas Boycott List
June 06, 2025
Following its exit from several climate-focused investment groups, BlackRock has officially been removed from a Texas boycott list.
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The EBA Works to Streamline ESG Rules
May 27, 2025
The European Banking Authority ("EBA") has proposed new ESG disclosure requirements, with the aim of making compliance easier for banks.
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A Call to Eliminate Biden's "Environmental Justice" Agenda
April 25, 2025
James B. Meigs, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, calls on President Trump to use his executive power to undo the Biden administration's environmental justice programs.
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EU Advocate General Claims Hungary's LGBTQ+ Content Law Violates Human Rights
June 09, 2025
The European Union's advocate general has issued a non-binding opinion that Hungary's 2021 "childprotection law", which regulates LGBTQ+ content in educational material and TV programming, violates "basic human rights and freedom of expression."
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Withdrawal of Dutch Anti-Immigration Party Should be a Warning to European Elite
June 06, 2025
The "open borders" policies of European elites are out of touch with "ordinary people," according to Mark Almond of The Telegraph.
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German Court Rules that Germany Must Adhere to EU Asylum Policies
June 06, 2025
The Berlin Administrative Court has ruled that it is unlawful to turn away asylum seekers at Germany's border unless it follows EU procedure, hindering Chancellor Friedrich Merz's promised attempts to crack down on migration.
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Austria Would Do Well to Heed the Advice of Its Native Economists
June 09, 2025
As Austria struggles to stay afloat economically, it would do well abandon its welfare-based Keynesian economic policies and embrace the individualist philosophies of 19th century Austrian school economists such as Menger, Hayek and von Mises, according to analyst Matthew Karnitschnig.
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Mexico's Judicial Elections Move it Farther Away from "the Most Democratic Country in the World"
June 09, 2025
Contrary to promises made by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's recent judicial reforms take power away from the people, greatly weaken the separation of powers, and underminde "legal security and predictability."
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Mexico's First Judicial Elections are Met with Controversy
June 06, 2025
While the Mexican government hailed it as a success, the country's first-ever judicial elections were met with low turnout and confusion around the complicated process.
