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The New York Board of Regents will vote on the final changes to graduation requirements in June.

New York State Assembly member Micah Lasher wrote on X that dropping Regents requirements seems like a way to cover for the absence of a strategy to improve K-12 education.

Regents exams are currently required for most New York high schoolers to graduate.

New York Board of Regents voted to make standardized Regents exams optional for high school graduation.

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The US, France, and the UK are among countries that now spend more on debt servicing than on defence.

Advice: The US objective in Sudan should be to prevent the creation of new parallel armies, not just end the current war.

Areig Elhag previously held senior roles at the US-funded Middle East Broadcasting Network (MBN), including senior interview producer and presenter of the award-winning program 'Between Two Niles'.

Advice: Integration of commanders into a unified Sudanese army should require rigorous vetting to ensure accountability for abuses.

Areig Elhag holds BS and MS degrees from Sudan University of Science and Technology, an executive master’s from CSIS, and a graduate certificate from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

Areig Elhag is the Arabic content editor at The Washington Institute.

The Joint Force entered Sudan's political and military scene through the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement.

Following the Juba Peace Agreement, armed movements gained political representation, but the integration of their forces into the security sector remained unfinished.

Advice: A political settlement in Sudan requires supporting transparent mechanisms for disarmament and integration of armed forces.

Advice: Disarmament and military integration should be part of Sudan peace negotiations from the beginning.