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- An Introduction from Thomas Friedman '75
- What Can the History of Brandeis Teach Us About Liberalism? An Interview with Stephen Whitfield
- How Do We Uproot the Tyranny of Merit? An Interview with Michael Sandel
- Paternalism, Autonomy, Public Health Ethics: A Justification for COVID-19 Restrictions
- No Contact: COVID-19's Impact on Democratic Campaigning
- Counting Political Issue Saliency During Crisis: An Initial Inquiry
- Biopolitics: What the Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic Tells Us About the Nature of Power
- The Heightened Risk of Biological Weapons in a Post-Coronavirus World
- Presidential Decision-Making: Lessons from the Past
- The Government Owes Me Money?
- The Federal Covid-19 Response: Let the States Handle It
- Impacts of COVID-19 on Asian American Women
- America's Trade Dependence on China is a National Security Threat. It's Time to Start Treating it that Way
- Taiwan's COVID-19 Success: Island Isolation or Pandemic Prudence?
- It is Time to Pass a New Fairness Doctrine
- Regime Stability in the Middle East
- Crimea and the Eurovision Song Contest
- Citizens of the World: The Cosmopolitan Case for Open Borders
- Climate Displacement in the Maldives
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Sub-Saharan Africa Section
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- Burgeoning Cities and Suffering Publics: The Lagosian Infrastructure Trade-Off
- An Explosive Climate: Spiraling Security Politics in the Lake Chad Basin
- Africa's Digital Advance
- The Language of Crisis
- The African Gold Rush
- Adowa Dance: Black Feminist Practice
- The Panda’s Approach to Pandemonium: Managing Corruption in Nigeria
- Student Movements in South Africa: Decolonization, Language, and Racial Justice
- Foreign Investment in Africa: A Legacy of Unequal Relationships
- The Politics of Inclusion
- Uganda: The Politics of Persecution
- The Politics of Destabilization: Interpreting Al Shabaab’s “Terrorist Attack” in Kenya
- Senegal's Arduous Path Forward
- Political Relations with Major Powers
- A Half-Hearted Commitment to the Central African Republic
- A Conflict-Free Congo: Can Corporations Revise Their Use of Conflict Minerals?
- Rituals or Rights? The Politics of Female Genital Modification in Somalia
- Mali: Tensions Between Islam, Ethnic Differences and the State
- Manufactured Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Two Nigerias in Conflict: The Emergence of Boko Haram and its Implications for Nigerian Stability
- US-Africa Summit: A Turning Point in Relations
- A Change in Leadership at a Critical Period
- The African Union and the International Criminal Court: Selective Justice?
- Is the Fairytale Over For South Africa?
- Interpreting US AFRICOM Toward a Future of Military Engagement on the African Continent
- From Decentralization to Secession: Tuareg Rebels and the Quest for Balance in Mali
- The Dragon's Gold: Chinese Investment in Africa
- Deconstructing Boko Haram: Institutional Reform on the Path to Peace
- Oil Money: Ghana’s Economic Considerations in the Global Oil Surplus
- Protests in Ethiopia
- Africa's Infrastructure: Leapfrogging the Traditional
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Americas Section
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- Three Kinds of Representation: The Case of Argentinian Women in Congress
- American Military Presence in Okinawa: An Obsolete Endeavor
- Abolish ICE: A History of the Agency and The New Movement for its Elimination
- I Don’t Want to Talk About Vietnam”: U.S. Counterinsurgency between Saigon and Baghdad
- Refugees in Canada: A Closer Look at the Safe Third Country Agreement
- Sovereignty Under Attack?: The Costa Rican Case
- Who, When, and How? Social Democracy Awaits in Cuba
- Ni Una Menos: Twitter's Role in Fighting Femicide in Argentina
- American Saber-Rattling Not Enough to Destroy Trade Relations with Canada
- The Beaver and the Dragon: Canada's Strategic Embrace of China
- Room For Improvement: Macri’s Economic Reforms, Argentine Political History, and the Argentinian Poor’s Protests
- The More, The Merrier: Democracy, Corruption, and Impunity in Honduras
- The Problem of Bouterse
- The Socio-Economic Risk Factors that Culminated in the Zika Virus Outbreak
- Trump’s Unfettered Populism and What It Could Mean for U.S. Foreign Relations
- Cyber Attacks and Political Hacks: Implications of the 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment Hack
- The Past, Present, and Future of the American Immigration System
- The Path to a Global Internet
- Threat from the East: China's Pivot to Latin America
- State of Anarchy: The International Void Created by Maras in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
- Redefining Cuban Relations: A Closer Look at the End of the Cuban Embargo
- The Dilemma of Mutual Understanding
- The End of an Era: The Normalization of U.S.-Cuban Relations
- Leader by Default: Why the Sun Has Yet to Set on American Global Leadership
- Colombia and the FARC: Peace at Last?
- Brazil’s Elections: The Long-Term Implications of a Tight Presidential Race
- The Enduring Popularity of Rafael Correa and the New Left
- The Secret Ingredient: Why Drones are Vital to U.S. Hegemony
- Effects of Snowden’s NSA Leaks on U.S. Foreign Relations
- The Failure of The United States’ Arab Spring Strategy
- Apocalypse Postponed: The Enduring Importance of Maintaining the Arms Control Regime
- Judicial Review or Institutionalized Racism?
- Negotiating with North Korea: Try and Try Again
- Celebrating Fifty Years of Diplomatic Gridlock: U.S.-Cuba Relations in 2012
- Regional Integration and Private Sector Growth in Cuba
- The Prospects of Slavery Reparations in the Caribbean
- Protests Reflect Infrastructural Inadequacies in Brazil
- History in the Making or a Recipe for Disaster? El Salvador’s Gang Truce Examined
- Debating Iran: Can the United States Make a Deal with the Devil?
- Priority for 21st Century Defense: A Sustainable U.S. Military Strategy
- The Rise of Drones in American Foreign Policy
- From a Dirt Road to a Green Cup: Brazil 2014
- Leftward Shifts and Power Shifts: Latin America’s Pink Tide
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Asia-Pacfic Section
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- No Country for the Rohingya: An Explanation of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
- The Future of American Trade Fear in East Asia
- Entering The Chinese Room: China's Quest to Lead a New World Order
- A Second Red Wedding: The Complications of Sino-Russian Relations
- The Break Up: China and North Korea’s Toxic Relationship
- Instability in the Middle Kingdom: The Shaky Foundations of China's Rise
- The New Red Scare: An Examination of Cross-Strait Skepticism
- A Realistic Move: China's New Silk Road
- The Cost of Voting: How Xi Jinping Simultaneously Increased Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Fishing For Trouble: The Economic Costs of Conflict in the South China Sea
- The Danger of the Thucydides Trap: Xi Jinping's Visit to the United States
- David vs. Goliath: The Philippines-China Arbitration Case
- Xi's Return to Maoism
- A Cause for Optimism?: China’s Energy Policy Post-COP21
- The Show Goes On: Vietnam's Balancing Act
- Redefining The State: Nationalism and the Push for Constitutional Revision in Japan
- China’s Resources Policy: Expanding Influence
- China’s Maritime Strategy: The Pursuit of Regional Dominance
- China’s Geo-economics: Politics of Inequality
- China’s Transition of Power: Domestic Struggles for Political Dominance
- Confrontations Between Tibetan Protestors and the CCP Police Continue
- 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster and Aftermath
- Why Would China Want a Democratized Hong Kong?
- East Asian Regional Integration
- Stronger Together: A Case for ASEAN Military Integration
- Capitalism Fights to Survive in China’s Special Administrative Regions
- China’s Increased Involvement in Afghanistan Divergent from U.S. Wants
- The Future of the Tibetan Problem
- The Geopolitical Implications of the Indo-Japanese Abe-Modi Summit
- Australia Experiences Heightened Degree of Geopolitical Influence U.S. and China Eye Each Other’s Moves in the Asia Pacific
- Xi Jinping’s AntiCorruption Campaign: Stalinist Purge, or Second Chance for the Chinese Communist Party?
- South China Sea Territorial Disputes ‘Rock The Boat’ of Regional Security
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Europe Section
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- Nominal Interests: A Breakthrough in the Ongoing Name Dispute Between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece
- The Reinvention of the National Front
- Democracy in Transition: Hungary's Descent into Authoritarianism
- (Un)Orthodox Nationalism
- Something is Rotting in the State of Denmark: Ethnic Nationalism Takes Root in Scandinavia
- Blood, Oil, and Tears: Azerbaijan's Tradeoff Between Corruption and Growth
- The Bear Awakens: Russia's Strategy to Sow Chaos in the West
- Russia’s Return to Religion Signals Changes in Politics and Society, but Not Secularization
- Spain: The Forgotten Frontier
- Bye Bye Britain: Euroscepticism Threatens EU Solidarity in June Referendum
- Europe's Migrant Dumping Ground: Serbia's Refugee Crisis
- Regional Reconciliation: Evaluating Whether Cuba Will Join the OAS and the Subsequent Implications
- Has Europe Got Milk?
- Lifting the Iran Curtain: The Future of Economic Relations Between the EU and Tehran
- Europe’s Take on the Rising Cost of Healthcare
- Contrasting Eurozone Economies: The Good, the Bad, and the Corrupt
- Europe's Take on Income Inequality
- Russia’s Role in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Sustainer of Peace or Tension?
- The Failure of Austerity
- The Rise of Kazakhstan: A Solution for the EU’s Russian Energy Dependence?
- Scotland After the Independence Referendum
- Closing the European Security Gap
- Europe Trading Up: The Strategic Importance of the TTIP
- The UK to Tighten Immigration Restrictions
- Old Powers, New Glory: U.K. and France’s Changing Roles in the New European Commission
- Greece’s Political Pressure Cooker: the Rise of Radicalism
- Caps Off: Analyzing the EU's Influence on Swiss Immigration Policy
- Bulgaria and Romania’s Entry into the Schengen Treaty to be Further Postponed
- Catalan Secession and Subsidiarity
- The View from Independence Square
- US-Russian Antagonism Reignited Over Human Rights Policy
- The Dynamics of the Russia-China Relationship
- European Action to Limit Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emission
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Middle East and North Africa Section
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- Confessionalism, the Rise of Hizbullah, and the May 2018 Elections in Lebanon
- The Dilemma of Rebuilding the Cultural Heritage of Aleppo
- Stars and Stripes in the Middle East: American Involvement in the Yemen Civil War
- Unlikely Bedfellows: Israeli-Saudi Security Ties and the Middle East's Worst Kept Secret
- The Constructed People: Kurdistan's Challenge to Iraqi Nation-Building
- Globalism, Nationalism, and the Armenian Diaspora
- The Turkish Coup Attempt: Was it an Erdogan Hoax?
- Counterterrorism and Monarchical Power in Morocco
- State and Familial Prostitution in Egypt
- Post-Revolution Tunisia: The Challenges of Regional Inequality to the Political Transition
- Examining Jordan's Influence in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
- Democracy in Tunisia
- A Cold Peace: The Future of Egyptian-Israeli Relations
- Can He Do It? Examining the Significance of Hassan Rouhani Regarding Iranian Relations
- The Iranian Interim Deal: Perspectives and Implications
- Transcending the Sunni-Shia Divide; An Overview of Al Qaeda-Iranian Relations
- Turkey: The Middle East’s “It” Country, or Has It Outgrown Its Fifteen Minutes of Fame?
- Religious Minorities in the MENA: The Baha'is and Druze in Israel
- The Invisible Hand Behind the Arab Spring
- Egypt as a Litmus Test
- Instability in Yemen: A Rebel Takeover
- Hitting Home: Understanding the Appeal of the Islamic State in the West
- Lessons From Afghanistan
- The Role of the US in Mediating the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict
- The Everlasting Struggle: The Genius of Erdogan’s Political Rhetoric
- Libya: Before and After the Fall of Muammar Gaddafi
- Recent NGO Crisis Exposes Divisions in Egyptian Politics
- The Revolution Will Be Live Streamed: The Role of the Internet in the Arab Spring: The Role of the Internet in the Arab Spring
- Lebanon to join the Arab Spring?
- The Persian Gulf and U.S. Strategy: Past and Future
- Disintigrating Under Pressure: Saudi-U.S. Relations and the Syrian Conflict
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Micro-finance Institutions in Jordan and Beyond
- Prosecution, Politics, and Peace: Palestine’s Admittance to the International Criminal Court
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Central and South Asia Section
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- GST: India's Largest Economic Reform Since 1992
- Investing in Kazakhstan: A Model of Chinese Power Acquisition
- The Rise of Intolerance in India
- The Past Guiding the Present: How Mongolia’s Soviet Past is Shaping its Development in the 21st Century
- Will India Choose Israeli Technology or Iranian Oil?
- The 2014 Indian Elections: The Rise of the BJP
- Examining Modi's Defense Policy
- The Indo-U.S. Relationship: Through the Lens of Republic Day
- Hegemon Games: The Indo-Pak Question
- Growing Forces: Foreign Investment in Central Asia
- The Rupee Stumbles – What’s India’s Next Step?
- The Enemy Behind the Gates: Pakistan's Teetering Talks
- Indian Foreign Policy: In Search of a Direction
- The Collapse of the India-Pakistan Talks
- The Global Race to Myanmar
- Trade: Is This the Way Ahead for Resolving Outstanding Disputes Between India and Pakistan?
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Theme Section
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- Economic Effects of Brexit: Should The UK Leave?
- Will Demographics Drive China’s Debt Towards Disaster?
- Using Realpolitik to Understand American Involvement in NATO
- Security, Money, and Culture: The Role of the WTO in the Resilience of the U.S.-Japan Alliance
- The Effects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Influence, Trade, and Resources
- The Responsibility to Protect: A Well-Meaning yet Inadequate Solution to the Battle Between Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention
- Disconnecting Dissent: The Dilemma of Privatized Public Speech and Free Information Online
- Who Owns the Internet?: Control and Mastery of the New Public Sphere
- Online Community Building: The Emotional, Social, and Political Challenges of Adapting to a New Way of Being Together
- “The Great Firewall” as an Inefficient Barrier
- Borderline Open: The Barriers of Schengen
- The World’s Most Dangerous Border: Refugees in the Mediterranean Are Fighting for Their Lives
- Overcoming the Physical Barriers of Natural Disasters: Despair and Hope in post-Hurricane Dominica
- From Past to Present: The Porous Nature of the DRC’s Borders
- India's Struggle for Gender Equality
- A False Sense of Protection: Failure of the UN to Address Allegations of Sexual Assault Against Peacekeepers
- Scapegoats of Politics: How the Malaysian Transgender Community Fell Victim to the Politicization of Islam
- Adversity and Perseverance: The Story of Bangladesh's Garment Worker
- "Bye, Honey!": Brazilian Women Fight for Their Rights After Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment
- Mexico's Unstable Democracy: Self-Defense Groups, Cartels, and the Struggle Over the Rule of Law
- Obama to Trump: Immigration Policy Rhetoric and Resistance
- Translating Democratic Theory into Constitutional Design: A Conversation with Professor Jefferey A. Lenowitz
- The Reign In Spain: Analyzing the Catalan Threat to European Democratic Order
- Reaching for the Sky: The New Age of Connection in Sri Lanka
- The Battle for Ukraine
- North Korea’s Strategy of Escalating Threats and Its Problems
- Accusations of Pinkwashing in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Economies in Transformation, A Continent in Transition
- The Dynastic Dictatorship Continued: The Internal Dynamics of North Korea and What to Expect From the New Leader
- Russia's Gas Diplomacy
- The "Oldest Profession" Organizes: A Conversation with Professor Gowri Vijayakumar
- An Amazonian Legacy of Military Rule
- Soldiers of Destiny, Deferred: Marriage Equality and Reproductive Rights in Irish Politics
- A Tale of Two Courts: Why Chinese Capitalism Does Not Come With the Rule of Law
- A Failure to Rise to the Occasion: Syria and the Future of “Responsibility to Protect”
- South Sudan: Democracy Or Despair
- Protests and Repression in a Digital Age
- Wiping the Slate Clean: Modi's Water Conundrum
- Increasing Oil Production: A Sound Approach to Achieving U.S. Energy Independence?
- Water's Influence on Middle Eastern Policy: A Conversation with Dr. Mahmoud Abu-Allaban
- A New Era for the Nile: The Effects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
- Getting Past the Green Monster: An Analysis of Germany's Energy Transition
- Theme Section Graphics
- The African Union and a New Scramble: A Continent in Transition
- Regional Perspectives
- Pervasive Issues in China's Continued Urbanization
- Art, Power, Politics, and Protest in Saudi Arabia
- Should Europe Brace Itself for Brexit
- Energy Analysis
- Composition & Organs
- African Union Timeline
- The Rohingya Refugee Crisis
- Interview with Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee, Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies
- A Historical and Political Understanding of Aid: The Implications and Conditions of Aid Packages
- Park Geun-hye’s “New Kind of Korea” Prospects for Re-envisioned Inter-Korean Relations
- Interview with Professor Nyangoni
- Interview With Professor Padraig Carmody of Trinity College of Dublin, Author of The New Scramble for Africa
- Timeline of U.S. Refugee Resettlement
- A closer look into North Korea
- How Does North Korea Stack Up?
- According to the Expert: Interview With Professor Eva Bellin
- Fulfilling an Ideological Destiny? An Insight into United States Policy Regarding the Syrian Conflict
- PIS Off: Polish Women Mobilize to Reject Tightening of Abortion Restrictions
- Brain Drain in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Downside of Migration
- Grand Master and Pawns: Looking at the United States and Russia
- In Putin’s Element: Why the U.S. Needs to Let Russia Take the Lead in Destroying Syria’s Chemical Weapons
- In Syria, It’s the End of the Line
- Greenback Boogie: The Story of Remittances from Central Asian Immigrants in Russia
- Regional Perspectives
- The EU as a Passive Actor
- In Search of Home: The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the International Community
- Vladimir Putin: The New Leader of the Free World?
- Modi's Pakistan Strategy
- Resistance Infographic
- Mexico's Other Border: Human Rights Abuses of the Trans-North American Migrant Crisis
- Most Significant Refugee Producing Countries
- Syrian Conflict Statistics
- The View From Moscow: Contention and Cooperation in the Middle East
- A Discussion of the EU with Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
- EU Timeline
- Turkey's Membership in the EU: A Holy Venture?
- Al-Shabaab and the Threats Posed to International Peace and Security
- Interview with Professor Robert J. Art
- Instability and Nationalism: Why Ecuador's Colombian Refugees Face Discrimination
- ISIS Timeline
- Interview with Professor Gary Jefferson
- Contemporary Cyber-Terrorism
- ISIS’ Rise to Prominence and Implications for the Future: A Conversation with Ambassador Dennis Ross
- Qatar: An Uncertain Ally Against IS
- Red to Pink: The Continued Evolution of the Chinese Internet Space
- Russia’s Separatist Subversions: Return of the Steamroller, or Running Out of Steam?
- Shifting Sands: Arab Tacit Support of Israel during the Recent Gaza Conflict
- North Korea’s Other Crisis
- China’s Korean Dilemma
- State-Sponsored Separatism: the Specter of Russian Influence in Post-Revolution Ukraine
- The Iraqi Crisis: The Effects of Sectarian Politics and Religious Divides
- The Islamic State and the Rise of Western Jihadism: Interview with Professor Jytte Klausen
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