I never expected to be saying goodbye to International Insight so soon. 

I’ve been writing International Insight for a year and a half now, and the sheer volume of the things that I’ve learned while writing it cannot be put into words. As someone who never really ventured into the world of international politics, International Insight allowed me to learn about all sorts of situations all across the world and just jump around the globe to look at issues from different countries and continents.

I’ve had the best time writing International Insight, too. I’ve gotten a chance to read up and explore so many topics that I’ve always wanted to learn and explore and, as boring as it sounds, take my existing body of knowledge and combine it with all I was learning to make something new and more. 

Nevertheless, I’ve decided that it’s time to bring International Insight to a close. Don’t get me wrong, I’m tremendously grateful for everything International Insight has taught me and given me. But, over the last few months, I’ve just felt like things have gotten so formulaic and stagnant, and for a long time, I’ve been mulling over the idea of starting something new.

As bittersweet as bringing International Insight to a close is, I’m glad that I’m starting something new and I’m quite excited about seeing where it takes me. While I haven’t finalized a name or a strict topic for my new column (which will start next semester), I do know that I plan on sticking to political and political-adjacent content, just from a more 1) domestic and 2) casual and opinionated lens, kind of like my article from two weeks ago about record revenues reached by weapons manufacturers.

So, as I write this last article, I’d like to leave off with just one last thing – what I’ve hoped to emphasize with each and every International Insight article: there’s always more to the story than what we see at first glance. 

In our extremely political, extremely polarized world, it’s easy to read a headline and stop, it’s easy to watch a reel and not verify the details, it’s easy to believe what you want to believe and not question the why behind it. So, as we go into 2026, I hope that you take a moment to not stop, but pause. Pause and consider what you just read or watched or heard holistically – in terms of other political perspectives, in terms of historical and cultural context, in terms of something wider than our own little bubbles.

And with that, I say goodbye to International Insight and hello to a world of new learning and new experiences in 2026. Thank you.