Students from USF’s Global and National Security Institute present their views on “The Ties that Bind” the U.S. internationally – the treaties, alliances, coalitions, and shared challenges that impact their futures and shape our world.

Prospects of steep tariffs and prolonged trade disputes threaten the USMCA trade agreement. The new U.S. Administration promises mass deportations of illegal immigrants, many of whom fled Latin American and Caribbean countries traumatized by violence, corruption, and instability.

The Sahel struggles with convulsive brutality and political upheaval, but other areas of this resource-rich continent, with its young, dynamic population, show promising signs of economic growth, business development, and investment.

Updates on political changes, shifting alliances, and issues affecting Japan, China, and other countries. Previews on the new administration’s expected approach to diplomacy, security, and trade in the region.

Experts share their observations and experiences in international trade, weighing issues of globalization, development, and the expansion of prosperity.

As Roving National Correspondent, Langfitt covers lesser-known stories, including those about democracy, economics, politics, and culture, that illuminate a changing America.

Journalists working around the world share views of U.S. Foreign Policy.

With the surge in misinformation, disinformation, alternative facts, deepfakes, and lies, are credibility and expertise dead? How do democratic governments make and evaluate policies to best serve their citizens?

“The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World.” Interviewed by Eduardo Cue, Amb Eizenstat will discuss the greatest diplomatic negotiations of the past 50 years. Based on interviews with more than 60 key figures in American diplomacy, including presidents, cabinet secretaries, and military leaders.

Experts discuss NATO and other international organizations and their effectiveness as forums for information-sharing, deterrence peacekeeping, and power projection.