A data-driven education system involves collecting significant volumes of data on student outcomes in order to track performance and tailor learning to students.

The Prices and Incomes Accord (PIA), also known as "The Accord," was a series of agreements between the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 1983 to 1996. It aimed to manage inflation and promote economic reform by having unions moderate wage demands in exchange for improvements in the "social wage" (like social security, healthcare, and superannuation). 

In 2025, Croatia reintroduced mandatory military service. Male citizens aged 18-27 will spend 8 weeks per year in paid training. Participants are also able to choose to work for the civil service, but at an extended time period of 3-4 months per year.

The signing of the Dayton Accords in 1995 ended the war in Bosnia. They established the complex governmental system that runs in Bosnia and Hercegovina to this day. They also created the role of the 'High Representative', a foreign-appointed official whose job it is to oversee the enforcement of the Dayton Accords. They are appointed and can be dismissed by a council of 55 foreign states (Peace Implementation Council). The High Representative has a set of powers known as the 'Bonn Powers': they can impose and veto laws, and appoint and fire officials. The current 'High Representative' is Christian Schmidt, a former German politician.

The Albanian election is tomorrow. For the first time, non-resident citizens will be allowed to vote by mail. The Albanian diaspora represents 44% of the total Albanian population.

Extended joint criminal enterprise (EJCE) is a criminal doctrine in which an individual can be held liable for the criminal actions of others where they have agreed to commit a crime together, but their partner commits an additional crime. For example, if you agree to rob a grocery store and your partner kills the cashier, you can be charged with murder. It must be proven that you foresaw the possibility of this additional crime.

Decarceration refers to a set of policies aimed to decrease the number of people in prison by limiting custodial sentences, limiting arrests and diverting people from prison systems, generally emphasising community based and restorative justice. A reformist approach aims to improve the conditions of prisons such that they decrease recidivism.