Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Journal of Political Inquiry Bringing nuance to the noise of political discourse! ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://jpinyu.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Faced with Europe’s Increasing Swing to the Right, EU President Ursula von der Leyen Takes Confrontational Tone](https://jpinyu.com/2022/10/09/faced-with-europes-increasing-swing-to-the-right-eu-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-takes-confrontational-tone/) - As Italy’s recent election of a far-right leader revives memories of a not-so-distant authoritarian age, European leaders last month invoked history of another kind in Athens at the 10th annual Democracy Forum. - [On Iran's Ambitions, Gulf States and the US Keep Passing the Buck](https://jpinyu.com/2022/10/12/on-irans-ambitions-gulf-states-and-the-us-keep-passing-the-buck/) - Much of the Middle East is facing a crisis of indecision on Iran. Despite extensive reporting on Iran’s expansionist ambitions, the Islamic Republic has been making bold demands with the expectation of both Western and Arab acquiescence. - [Emerging Conversations on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and the Legalities Behind Them](https://jpinyu.com/2022/10/19/emerging-conversations-on-anti-asian-hate-crimes-and-the-legalities-behind-them/) - On Sept. 29, the US-Asia Law Institute at NYU Law invited attorneys Jennifer Wu (NYU Law, 2004) and Lawrence Wee (Harvard Law, 1994) from the Paul Weiss Law firm to discuss anti-Asian hate crime. Wu and Wee spoke on the difficulty of prosecuting hate crimes through the nature of collecting evidence, and why the community response, both digital and protest advocacy, should be made first and foremost with the voice of the victims in mind. In a city-campus where students are already cautious of daily safety, the rise in hate crimes and the deaths of young professionals alarmed safety concerns and brought forward attention and support for the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community. - [Can the UN Security Council be Reformed?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/10/28/can-the-un-security-council-be-reformed/) - As Putin’s rhetoric and violence continues to increase, and accusations of war crimes mount against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many around the world are wondering why Russia can’t simply be dismissed from the UN Security Council or at least blocked from voting. - [Can Sensationalism Save the Planet?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/11/06/can-sensationalism-save-the-planet/) - Opening up the conversation on climate change and its devastating effects on humanity is key to mitigating these issues. But can soup throwers really change the mind of climate change deniers or the priorities of corporations? - [China’s Party Congress and the End of Political Competition](https://jpinyu.com/2022/11/06/chinas-party-congress-and-the-end-of-political-competition/) - As the recent 20th Party Congress came to a conclusion, Sino-watchers across the globe were less interested in China’s immediate policy direction. Rather, there was a profound sense that the world’s second-largest economic and military power seemed to have gone adrift; or for some, more depressingly, it highlighted the end of an epoch. - [Political Theater at the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party](https://jpinyu.com/2022/11/11/political-theater-at-the-20th-national-congress-of-the-chinese-communist-party/) - The show of force and shift in new leadership firmly established Xi’s undisputed control over party and country, making the entire week-long affair seem less about confirming political appointments, and more of a coronation ceremony for Xi. - [Jeff Bezos: Billionaire, Philanthropist, Greenwasher?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/11/17/jeff-bezos-billionaire-philanthropist-greenwasher/) - The 27th UN Conference on Climate Change, COP27, saw a pronouncement from French President Emmanuel Macron that the Bezos Earth Fund had pledged $1 billion to protect carbon reserves and biodiversity. With such a prominent pledge, many have begun to ask, what is the Earth Fund, and where is it situated in the architecture of global environmental governance? - [Poland Under Fire: What the Missile Crisis Teaches Us About NATO’s Response and the Containment of the Ukraine Conflict](https://jpinyu.com/2022/11/17/poland-under-fire-what-the-missile-crisis-teaches-us-about-natos-response-and-the-containment-of-the-ukraine-conflict/) - Regardless of the missile’s origin, we have never been closer to the risk of a global war since the start of the Ukrainian conflict. - [Fall 2022 Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/16/fall-2022-issue/) - JPI Journal is pleased to announce the Fall 2022 Journal: Democracy in Decline - [Perspective | The Everyday Oppression of Iran's Hijab Rule](https://jpinyu.com/2022/09/25/perspective-the-everyday-oppression-of-irans-hijab-rule/) - Iran’s compulsory hijab rule has always been about so much more than appearances and religious loyalty. It’s about allowing women the ability to experience so many of the joys in life that other women around the world take for granted – playing a sport comfortably outside on a warm day, feeling the wind in your hair, expressing yourself through your favorite outfit, taking off a layer when the weather finally thaws in early Spring, lying on the beach and feeling the sun bake into your skin. The women in Iran born after the 1979 revolution have never been able to experience those things in their entire lives, at least not while in their home countries. It's the form of oppression that is experienced every day, multiple times a day, and that eats away at one's humanity. It's what women in Iran are now willing to risk their lives fighting against. - [Beijing – The Next Target of US Sanctions?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/09/25/beijing-the-next-target-of-us-sanctions/) - Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has animated the use of economic sanctions in an unprecedented way. Strenuous US-China relations, exacerbated by Nancy Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan, raise the question of whether Washington would impose similar measures on Beijing in the face of a military invasion of Taiwan. - [The Grim Status Quo: A Deep Dive into the Pervasive Racism Exposed by the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis](https://jpinyu.com/2022/09/18/the-grim-status-quo-a-deep-dive-into-the-pervasive-racism-exposed-by-the-ukrainian-refugee-crisis/) - The war in Ukraine, when viewed side by side with recent wars around the world from Yemen to Syria to Ethiopia, indicates disturbing global trends. There is far too little protection for civilians, and the detrimental impact is heightened for already vulnerable groups. Civilians displaced by war sit in limbo for years, and those lucky enough to escape their war-torn countries are relegated to overcrowded and under-resourced camps. The Council on Foreign Relations reports shrinking opportunities for refugee resettlement, a result of the international community’s inability and/or unwillingness to support them or resolve the conflict that caused their displacement in the first place. Refugees in camps can face intense discrimination and fall victim to starvation, illness, and human trafficking. And the perpetrators of all this global violence and suffering tend to be met with impunity. This is the grim status quo. - [A Brief History of the US Labor Movement](https://jpinyu.com/2022/09/05/a-brief-history-of-the-us-labor-movement/) - The first national federation of unions, the National Labor Union, was created in 1872 after workers demanded for an eight-hour workday. In the following decades, unions representing an assortment of trades and demands sprang up across the US. Their goal was to protect the rights – to safety, humane conditions, and social and economic freedom – of workers as booming corporations seemingly sought to eliminate them. - [Largest Climate Bill in U.S. History Is a Start, but Is It Enough?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/03/largest-climate-bill-in-u-s-history-is-a-start-but-is-it-enough/) - Though the IRA has been praised by many both inside and outside of politics, it has also been criticized for a variety of reasons. - [China Is Lagging – The Worst Is Yet To Come](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/05/china-is-lagging-the-worst-is-yet-to-come/) - Not only is China incapable of preventing a recession — it appears that China’s recession is already underway, and there are several leading indicators suggesting that the worst is yet to come. - [A Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/08/22/a-fourth-taiwan-strait-crisis/) - On August 4, 2022, the day following the official state visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) responded by conducting the largest military exercises ever staged by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Taiwan Strait. - [Making of a Martyr](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/06/making-of-a-martyr/) - Imran Khan’s constitutional coup and subsequent dissolution of the National Assembly has polarized Pakistan; a flurry of allegations has magnified the power of the military in the country's domestic politics. - [South Korea's President Yoon Says Goodbye to the Blue House and Hello to Controversy](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/27/south-koreas-president-yoon-says-goodbye-to-the-blue-house-and-hello-to-controversy/) - After his election as the new President of South Korea in May, Yoon Suk-yeol hastily implemented one of his key promises: to relocate South Korea’s presidential office from Chung Wa Dae (Blue House) to a Defense Ministry Complex in Yongsan, an underdeveloped neighborhood in Seoul best known for its stationing of the United States military forces. - [The State of Democracy At Odds With The State of Pakistan?](https://jpinyu.com/2026/06/16/the-state-of-democracy-at-odds-with-the-state-of-pakistan/) - From an early age, I understood the bitter reality of democracy that remains an illusory concept in my country. A progressive image may be conjured by the state to stay on good terms with the Western powers and to separate ourselves from authoritarian states. Yet things are strikingly different in reality. Being a student of - [Wars Beneath the Waves: The Geopolitics of Undersea Cables](https://jpinyu.com/2026/06/03/wars-beneath-the-waves-the-geopolitics-of-undersea-cables/) - The cables that carry nearly all of the world’s international data sit on the seafloor, barely protected and easily cut–yet most of us have never heard of them, and most governments have treated them as someone else’s problem – until now. The gap between our dependence and our attention is exactly what makes undersea cables so attractive as tools of coercion. As gray-zone tactics spread, great-power competition intensifies, and the AI race drives explosive demand for bandwidth, the seabed is becoming one of the most consequential – and least understood – arenas of geopolitical competition. - [JPI's 2025-2026 Print Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2026/05/22/jpis-2025-2026-print-issue/) - [The Real Donroe Doctrine: Foreign Interference during Election Years](https://jpinyu.com/2026/04/20/the-real-donroe-doctrine-foreign-interference-during-election-years/) - The Trump administration's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and subsequent backing of his regime by naming Vice President Delcy Rodriguez his successor, has left the media, world leaders, and the public baffled. The BBC decried both the event and Trump's continued defense of unilateral action as harkening back to the age of empires. Members - [How the American Cloud Rules Over Europe](https://jpinyu.com/2026/04/09/how-the-american-cloud-rules-over-europe/) - What if, from one day to the next, you were denied access to every essential digital service? You couldn’t message your friend on WhatsApp to meet for lunch, use Google Maps to find the restaurant, or even pay for your meal with your credit card. That is the nightmare that French judge Nicolas Guillou and - [Chevron’s Wake and the Return of Judicial Spine](https://jpinyu.com/2026/04/03/chevrons-wake-and-the-return-of-judicial-spine/) - The U.S. Constitution assigns “[a]ll legislative Powers” to Congress and “the executive Power” to a single President. At first glance, this division might suggest that Congress cannot delegate meaningful authority to any other person or entity. Yet, Article I must be read alongside Article II, and in practice, the federal government has never operated under - [The Status Quo Isn’t Giving Anymore](https://jpinyu.com/2026/04/04/the-status-quo-isnt-giving-anymore/) - You know when you look down a Manhattan avenue and it just goes and goes until it disappears into the horizon? Now imagine the same view, but packed with people instead of cars, and you’d have a good idea of what 7th Avenue looked like during the No Kings protest on Saturday, March 28th. It - [How We Stopped Seeing Ourselves as Humans](https://jpinyu.com/2026/03/27/how-we-stopped-seeing-ourselves-as-humans/) - This week on Politics Decoded, Ana and Sina continue their discussion about the issue of dehumanization in US politics by tracing its most recent historical development. This episode takes a look back at the recent historical shift towards using economics as the main way to talk about every aspect of society – from the way - [In ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ Tragedy Befalls a Florida Family Under the Police’s Watch](https://jpinyu.com/2026/03/14/in-the-perfect-neighbor-tragedy-befalls-a-florida-family-under-the-polices-watch/) - Parents often complain that the children of today spend an unhealthy amount of time on their phones. They think that children do not know how to have fun anymore unless it is through a screen, which leads to a lack of social skills. The Perfect Neighbor, a 2026 Oscar-nominated documentary, shows that when Black children - [‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Gives A Simple But Heartwarming Insight Into Iranian Feminism](https://jpinyu.com/2026/03/12/cutting-through-rocks-gives-a-simple-but-heartwarming-insight-into-iranian-feminism/) - This article is part of our 2026 Oscar Documentary Feature Nominee review series - [In ‘The Alabama Solution,’ Punishment Offers No Redemption](https://jpinyu.com/2026/03/08/the-alabama-solution-punishment-no-redemption/) - This article is part of our 2026 Oscar Documentary Feature Nominee review series. - [The Left’s Blind Spot on Iran](https://jpinyu.com/2026/03/06/the-lefts-blind-spot-on-iran/) - For months, Iranians took to the streets demanding economic relief and political freedom, facing brutal repression while much of the Western left dismissed their struggle as a fabrication by Western powers to justify intervention. After the U.S.-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the conversation risks shifting once again away from Iranian grievances. This moment demands neither celebration of foreign intervention nor denial of Iranian resistance. - [Every Politician Needs Therapy, but Especially Pam Bondi and Sara Duterte](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/27/every-politician-needs-therapy-but-especially-pam-bondi-and-sara-duterte/) - On this week’s episode, Julia and guest Isa Lauchengco discuss Pam Bondi’s testimony before Congress over the Justice Department’s botched release of the Epstein files and Sara Duterte’s campaign for president of the Philippines while her father Rodrigo Duterte faces trial at the International Criminal Court. This is the Theory of Overcompensation. Soundbites: Pam Bondi’s - [Dehumanization in Society](https://jpinyu.com/2026/03/06/dehumanization-in-society/) - This week on Politics Decoded, Ana and Sina begin a discussion about the issue of dehumanization in US politics. This episode draws on the enactment of and reaction to immigration enforcement efforts by the Trump administration to begin a discussion about the way that US political culture tends towards reducing empathy towards people labeled as - [Social Media and Politics](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/20/social-media-and-politics-2/) - Welcome back to Politics Decoded! In this episode, Ana Mentar and Sina Amberg discuss the impacts of art censorship on society. From the Kennedy Center and national television to the classroom and small artists, the impact of arts censorship is being felt at every level and our hosts are determined to find out what it - [Despite a ceasefire, Israel’s strategic assault on aid continues](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/24/despite-ceasefire-israels-strategic-assault-aid-continues/) - Israel’s deliberate encroachment upon humanitarian assistance jeopardizes the lives of Palestinians and the future of civilians in conflict - [Ideological Intransigence on Israel Continues to Overrule US National Interest ](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/19/ideological-intransigence-israel-overrule-us-national-interest/) - Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence are increasing. In the West Bank, violence increased by 27% and “severe” attacks by 50% in 2025, according to data from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) indicates that “settlers have attacked Palestinians nearly 3,000 times over the past two - [A Climate Perspective: Europe's De-risking Strategy in Anticipation of a Taiwan Crisis](https://jpinyu.com/2023/09/21/a-climate-perspective-europes-de-risking-strategy-in-anticipation-of-a-taiwan-crisis/) - Taiwan is a geographically small yet integral cog in the world’s low-carbon transition. It enjoys the benefits of what is often referred to as the “silicon shield,” boasting a near monopoly in semiconductor production accounting for 92% of the world’s most advanced logic chips and nearly half of less sophisticated chips that are crucial for emerging green technologies. - [How is the rise of China reshaping the regional order in South Asia?](https://jpinyu.com/2023/10/26/how-is-the-rise-of-china-reshaping-the-regional-order-in-south-asia/) - South Asia stands out as the world’s fastest-growing sub-region, yet its sustainability hinges on substantial investments in infrastructure. China recognized this economic opportunity. Historically, India perceived its neighbors primarily from a national security perspective while undervaluing their potential as an economic market. These perceptions, coupled with South Asian countries’ needs for infrastructure, generated a vacuum in a region lacking connectivity. - [Monday Memo | Healthcare Horrors in the Middle East, GOP Debates Foreign Policy, and NYC's Migrant Shelter Woes](https://jpinyu.com/2023/11/13/monday-memo-healthcare-horrors-in-the-middle-east-gop-debates-foreign-policy-and-nycs-migrant-shelter-woes/) - World In the Line of Fire: Hospitals and Lives at Risk The current casualty count reports 1,405 dead and 5,600 injured in Israel, 11,078 dead and 27,490 injured in Gaza, and 183 dead and 2,400 wounded in the West Bank. These figures were provided by the Palestinian Health Ministry, the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and - [Munich Security Conference 2026: The Post-Cold War Era Has Come to an End, But Now What?](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/17/munich-security-conference-2026-recap/) - The Munich Security Conference (MSC) closed its 62nd and arguably most anticipated edition. The forum, which takes place annually in the German city, brings together high-ranking security leaders from around the world. This year’s edition represented a moment of serious reflection at a time when international turmoil is at the highest level in decades. “Rarely - [For Jay Rosen, American Press Needs to Become More Pro-Democracy](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/16/jay-rosen-american-press-become-more-pro-democracy/) - At a time when journalists are questioned by both the White House and the public, JPI speaks with Jay Rosen, retired professor of journalism at NYU. - [Social Media and Politics](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/06/social-media-and-politics/) - Welcome to our new podcast! Politics Decoded is a political analysis podcast hosted by Sina Amberg and Anastasia Mentar. Each episode focuses on a different theme in world politics grounded in real cases. With their mix of economic insight and philosophical inquiry, the duo hopes to make sense of trends in global politics to better - [Daddy Issues and Rich White Dude Entitlement – Breaking Down how Tulsi Gabbard and Peter Mandelson are Overcompensating](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/13/daddy-issues-and-rich-white-dude-entitlement-breaking-down-how-tulsi-gabbard-and-peter-mandelson-are-overcompensating/) - Welcome to our new podcast! Every day the news seems to get more and more bleak, and sometimes the study of international relations makes it feel like everything bad is inevitable. Instead of explaining global politics through the typical IR frameworks, like realism, liberalism, constructivism, all of which tend to ignore the psychological dimension of - [Who gets left out when literacy declines in the US?](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/10/who-gets-left-out-when-literacy-declines-in-the-us/) - In 2025, 40 percent of American adults did not open a book. This is not because books are out of fashion, but rather because Americans are struggling to read. - [The Protectionist Paradox](https://jpinyu.com/2026/02/05/the-protectionist-paradox/) - The United States has upended the free-trade status quo, a decades-long era defined by largely borderless markets and neoliberal optimism. - [Cuban Soldiers Fighting for Russia Further Strains US-Cuba Relations](https://jpinyu.com/2026/01/28/cuban-soldiers-fighting-for-russia-further-strains-us-cuba-relations/) - Reports emerged in Sep. 2023 regarding Cuban fighters supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine when the Cuban government announced it had exposed a Russian- based trafficking operation used to lure Cubans into military service. While condemning the recruitment operation, the Cuban government emphasized the country is not party to the conflict in Ukraine and - [The Cost of Trump’s Aid Cuts: A Global Rollback on Women’s Safety and Empowerment](https://jpinyu.com/2026/01/24/the-cost-of-trumps-aid-cuts-a-global-rollback-on-womens-safety-and-empowerment/) - Trump’s funding cuts to USAID drastically reduce humanitarian aid to women and girls amid the global crisis. The decision signals a critical shift in US global leadership and downplays its determinant role in threatening survival and regressing gendered consequences of war. - [The Last Nuclear Treaty Standing: How New START’s Expiration Poses a Strategic Dilemma for Asia](https://jpinyu.com/2026/01/16/last-nuclear-treaty-standing-starts-expiration-poses-strategic-dilemma-asia/) - The expiration of New START on Feb. 5 serves as a test of whether nuclear strategic stability can endure when nuclear arms control is in dire straits. The treaty remains the last legally binding limit on the United States and Russia’s nuclear weapons stockpiles. In February 2023, President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would suspend participation - [As US Funding Retreats, China and Russia Fill the Gap: Lessons for Africa ](https://jpinyu.com/2026/01/09/as-us-funding-retreats-china-and-russia-fill-the-gap-lessons-for-africa/) - In February 2025, the U.S. administration implemented significant funding cuts affecting several African countries, including funds for South Africa’s HIV/AIDS programs. It only took a few months for China to step in and fill the gap, pledging $3.49 million for HIV prevention in the country. Similarly, before U.S. intervention, President Donald Trump criticized Nigeria for - [Against Far Right Hypocrisy, English Multiculturalism](https://jpinyu.com/2025/12/27/against-far-right-hypocrisy-english-multiculturalism/) - As a Londoner, one understands that the city’s identity is not found in its grand monuments or rich history. Rather, it lies in the everyday vibrancy of multiculturalism: you smell it in the jerk chicken and curry at Broadway Market, you hear it in the tapestry of languages on the Tube, and you know it - [Nigeria Is Bleeding—But Not From a Christian Genocide](https://jpinyu.com/2025/12/22/nigeria-is-bleeding-but-not-for-the-reason-trump-claims/) - From China to Canada to South Africa, President Donald Trump has repeatedly drawn international attention and controversy with sweeping, inflammatory claims. Nigeria is his latest target. In a recent interview, Trump alleged that Christians are being killed in “record numbers” in Nigeria, even suggesting U.S. military intervention. While Nigeria is indeed bleeding from years of - [‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Nuclear Deterrence Fails In Netflix Latest Political Thriller](https://jpinyu.com/2025/12/04/a-house-of-dynamite-review-nuclear-deterrence-fails-in-netflix-latest-political-thriller/) - On a seemingly ordinary day, the military base in Fort Greely, Alaska, discovers a ballistic missile heading towards the United States. Quickly, we learn that the threat could cause an unimaginable disaster, and what follows is an annihilating countdown towards a potential nuclear catastrophe. By giving a glimpse into one of the most high-stakes military - [To Deter the Houthis, Enforce Israeli Withdrawal from the Occupied Palestinian Territories](https://jpinyu.com/2025/12/02/to-deter-the-houthis-enforce-israeli-withdrawal-from-the-occupied-palestinian-territories/) - Mainstream news has decoupled the Houthi attacks on international trade in the Red Sea from Israel’s prolonged illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territories and its ensuing genocide in Gaza. Isolating the Houthi ‘problem’ and ignoring the nationalist rights of the Palestinian people will not get rid of the Houthis. - [This Is How Football Became a Tool of Modern Imperialism](https://jpinyu.com/2025/11/10/this-is-how-football-became-a-tool-of-modern-imperialism/) - More than 150 years after the abolition of slavery, human trafficking persists—just in a different form. Two centuries later, European powers plundered Africa, exploiting its people and resources. In the 21st century, football follows the same pattern: African players are the new “exports,” lured to Europe by agents with dreams of becoming the next Mané - [Tariffs Do Not a Sanction Make: IEEPA, Congress, and the Limits of Executive Power](https://jpinyu.com/2025/10/30/tariffs-do-not-a-sanction-make-ieepa-congress-and-the-limits-of-executive-power/) - Few powers are more jealously guarded by the Constitution than the power to tax, and for good reason. The Framers vested the taxing and foreign-commerce powers in Congress, even requiring revenue measures to originate in the House.1 That design is not some quaint relic. It embodies the basic proposition that imposing broad burdens on the - [Nationalism and Empire in China: World War I](https://jpinyu.com/2025/10/02/nationalism-and-empire-in-china-world-war-i/) - This paper explores the persistence of imperial legacies in China after the 1911 Revolution through the lens of nationalism during and after World War I. While nationalism prevented China’s territorial dismemberment, it was also ambiguous and instrumentalized by political elites—from Yuan Shikai to regional warlords—who used it to justify authority and obscure failures. The Paris Peace Conference and the May Fourth Movement revealed both its mobilizing power and its divisive character. Rather than dismantling imperial structures, nationalism often reproduced them, highlighting the contradictions of China’s modern state-building. - [The 80th General Assembly will be an Inflection Point for the UN](https://jpinyu.com/2025/09/18/general-assembly-will-be-an-inflection-point-for-the-un/) - World leaders gathering in New York this month for the United Nations General Assembly will find an institution enveloped in crises. - [Richard Gowan (Crisis Group): "Morale at the UN is below zero"](https://jpinyu.com/2025/09/03/richard-gowan-crisis-group-unga80/) - Ahead of the 80th UN General Assembly, we interview the Director of UN and Multilateral Policy at the International Crisis Group. - [What the Backlash Against Mamdani Reveals About Islamophobic Panic](https://jpinyu.com/2025/08/06/what-the-backlash-against-mamdani-reveals-about-islamophobic-panic/) - Despite running on a progressive, inclusive agenda, Zohran Mamdani has been framed as a national threat, revealing how Islamophobia and immigrant identity are weaponized to suppress challenges to the political establishment. - [Banning Aid, Firing Critics: Netanyahu’s Latest Power Plays Spell Disaster for Palestinians](https://jpinyu.com/2024/11/17/banning-aid-firing-critics-netanyahus-latest-power-plays-spell-disaster-for-palestinians/) - Two recent decisions by Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, hammered two nails in the country’s right-wing populist coffin. The implications are devastating. - [287(g) and Beyond: How a Second Trump Administration Could Deputize Local Police to Carry out Federal Immigration Goals](https://jpinyu.com/2024/11/01/how-a-second-trump-administration-could-deputize-local-police-to-carry-out-federal-immigration-goals/) - If re-elected, an emboldened Trump will continue to push the limits of executive authority over local law enforcement, and American communities will suffer. - [Ahead of the Oscars, No Other Land Already Won](https://jpinyu.com/2025/02/21/ahead-of-the-oscars-no-other-land-already-won/) - No Other Land, the critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated documentary by Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, captures the brutal reality in the West Bank. The film captures a catastrophe in motion, but the reality today is that the catastrophe is accelerating, unchecked. - [The Snap That Shook Seoul: Tracking the Tremors of the South Korean Election](https://jpinyu.com/2025/07/07/the-snap-that-shook-seoul-tracking-the-tremors-of-the-south-korean-election/) - South Korea’s June 2025 snap election marked a political aftershock unlike any in recent memory. Triggered by the impeachment and downfall of President Yoon Suk Yeol, the high-speed race to replace him was not merely a referendum on his administration. It was a reckoning with a much broader reality: the volatility of the global order and the shifting tectonics of power in the Asia-Pacific. With Lee Jae-myung securing the victory amid procedural controversy, electoral polarization, and regional uncertainty, South Korea is armed with a new mandate, but is far from united in vision. As the dust settles, one question remains: In a rapidly shifting East Asia, what kind of Korea will emerge from the tremors? - [DeepSeek Claims to Be a Sustainable AI Tool. But Is It Really?](https://jpinyu.com/2025/06/26/deepseek-claims-to-be-a-sustainable-ai-tool-but-is-it-really/) - The Chinese app consumes significantly less energy than ChatGPT, but training any Large Language Model requires vast amounts of computer power. - [Who We Remember: Jenny Murray’s ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018)](https://jpinyu.com/2024/11/05/who-we-remember-jenny-murrays-las-sandinistas-2018/) - Jenny Murray’s ¡Las Sandinistas! (2018) opens a much-needed space for the women of the FSLN to tell their versions of the story of Nicaragua’s civil war many years later. It is an impactful film that does not shy away from engaging in the difficult histories of its subjects. As it concerns itself primarily with the most prominent women of the FSLN, however, it plays into its own criticism of the erasure of Nicaraguan women who would not have held similar positions of power. - [Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Jihadist Past Points to a Russian Future for Syria Unless Europe Acts](https://jpinyu.com/2025/05/27/ahmad-al-sharaas-jihadist-past-points-to-a-russian-future-for-syria-unless-europe-acts/) - The fall of Bashar al-Assad came as a shock to many after his regime survived more than 13 years of civil war. Optimism followed, but it has since faded as Russia vies for influence and sectarian tensions erupt. In a changed geopolitical landscape, European powers remain the only means to avert Syria’s trajectory towards an authoritarian, Islamist state. - [Milei Takes Argentina: Shifting Tides in Latin American Elections](https://jpinyu.com/2024/02/09/milei-takes-argentina/) - Milei stands out through inflammatory statements and a very purposeful outsider anti-establishment framing. He positions himself against the “caste” of the Argentine political system. This positioning, more than anything, defines his electoral success. - [27 Years After “The Troubles,” Northern Ireland Remains at the Intersection of Religion and Politics](https://jpinyu.com/2025/05/07/27-years-after-the-troubles-northern-ireland-remains-at-the-intersection-of-religion-and-politics/) - Did the conflict in Northern Ireland really end with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement? Brexit has now cracked open old wounds, inspiring new street violence, political instability, and a renewed debate over identity, borders, and the future of the region. With a historic change in leadership and social divisions brought to the surface once more, the future of the region is yet again uncertain. - [Bringing Back the Nineteenth Century Won’t Save Men](https://jpinyu.com/2025/05/07/bringing-back-the-nineteenth-century-wont-save-men/) - On the surface, a lot of the Trump Administration’s actions seem contradictory to their stated goals. Americans want lower prices? Let’s start a trade war that will cut off the US from the global flow of affordable goods. Concerns over the falling birth rate? Let’s refuse necessary care to pregnant women until they’re on the brink of death. But a deeper look at the political economy of hegemonic masculinity and reproduction reveals the strategy behind the American Right’s desire to return to the autarkic, isolationist, and patriarchal status quo of the nineteenth century. They want to restore the hegemony of masculinity through whatever means necessary, while packaging it as a solution to America’s masculinity crisis. But bringing back the nineteenth century won’t save men—it will bring us all down together. - [Turbulence in Seoul: The Aftermath of Political Upheaval](https://jpinyu.com/2025/05/02/turbulence-in-seoul-the-aftermath-of-political-upheaval/) - In the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, South Korea finds itself at the epicenter of regional uncertainty. Caught between resurgent authoritarian threats, unraveling alliances, and a pivotal choice between strategic autonomy and collective defense, the stakes of South Korea’s next political chapter have never been higher. Torn between democratic recalibration and nationalist retrenchment, South Korea’s next move could very well redefine its global role and influence the trajectory of peace and power in the Asia-Pacific. - [Digging Ourselves Deeper: When Climate Action Mimics Extraction](https://jpinyu.com/2025/05/02/digging-ourselves-deeper-when-climate-action-mimics-extraction/) - Climate action is increasingly mimicking the logic of extraction, as seen in the Trump administration’s interest in Greenland—not for climate mitigation, but to seize resources exposed by environmental collapse. Without enforceable global limits and accountability mechanisms, the global scramble for minerals to power the green transition threatens to reproduce the same exploitation and ecological harm that climate solutions are meant to address. - [The Silence of Others: A Nation’s Pact of Forgetting and the Endurance of Memory](https://jpinyu.com/2025/05/02/the-silence-of-others-a-nations-pact-of-forgetting-and-the-endurance-of-memory/) - Abby Ferraro explores how Carracedo and Bahar’s film captures the defiance of survivors in Spain who refuse to let Francoist atrocities be forgotten. Through intimate storytelling and haunting imagery, she argues that the film becomes an act of defiance against a political project built on erasure. - [A Decade Down the Nuclear Silk Road: The Search for Balance](https://jpinyu.com/2025/04/21/a-decade-down-the-nuclear-silk-road-the-search-for-balance/) - A decade into China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the project's vast nuclear power projects cast long shadows over regional stability, environmental safety, and human security. With China's technological prowess extending its geopolitical reach, the quest for viable alternatives becomes critical. Enter South Korea, whose potential to diversify global nuclear cooperation presents a compelling counter-narrative to the BRI's expanding influence. - [Former Philippine President Duterte’s Arrest and the Broader Southeast Asian War on Drugs](https://jpinyu.com/2025/04/11/former-philippine-president-dutertes-arrest-and-the-broader-southeast-asian-war-on-drugs/) - Ex-Philippine President Duterte’s arrest highlights Southeast Asia’s brutal war on drugs. From Mary Jane Veloso’s near execution in Indonesia to the militarized drug crackdowns in the Golden Triangle––when will the region break the cycle and establish a more humane approach to tackling drug-related issues? - [What Happened to Making America Affordable Again?](https://jpinyu.com/2025/04/11/what-happened-to-making-america-affordable-again/) - Donald Trump campaigned on a simple promise: to lower costs. Instead, Americans are facing higher grocery bills, economic instability, and a government gutted from within. From reckless tariffs to a mismanaged bird flu outbreak, the truth is clear: the promise to “Make America Affordable Again” was never about helping working people—it was about consolidating power, no matter the cost. - [Lack of the United States’s Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child](https://jpinyu.com/2025/04/11/lack-of-the-united-statess-ratification-of-the-un-convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child/) - Lack of the United States's ratification of a prominent international treaty guaranteeing rights for children raises concern for the nation’s perspective on children’s rights and, to an extent, parental rights and protection of the family unit. - [Economy Above All: Bolsonaro and the Memory of the Military Regime](https://jpinyu.com/2025/03/22/economy-above-all-bolsonaro-and-the-memory-of-the-military-regime/) - Amidst the global rise of far-right leaders, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s 2018 victory serves as an example of how economic instability can generate nostalgia for an autocratic past. By championing the former military regime’s economic successes and pledging to exploit the Amazon rainforest for agricultural gain, Bolsonaro enticed voters seeking prosperity, even if at the expense of political freedoms. Did Bolsonaro’s pro-authoritarian rhetoric foreshadow the current trend toward far-right populism worldwide? - [The NYC Russian Neighborhood Where Anora is Set Sees the Movie as an Opportunity](https://jpinyu.com/2025/03/22/the-nyc-russian-neighborhood-where-anora-is-set-sees-the-movie-as-an-opportunity/) - The unique coastal community of Brighton Beach celebrates being seen in a movie, but mixed opinions arise when discussing representation. - [The European Union: Integration in the Face of Crises](https://jpinyu.com/2025/03/17/the-european-union-integration-in-the-face-of-crises/) - The European Union may appear state-like, but its structure is more similar to a confederation, with member states sometimes making key decisions independently. The Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis, and Brexit all sparked shifts toward deeper integration within the EU, despite initial divisions. With new challenges like the war in Ukraine and rising populism, how will the EU respond—will it fracture or integrate further? - [Why is Elon Musk supporting Donald Trump? Mars, Tesla, Wealth, and Ego](https://jpinyu.com/2025/03/09/why-is-elon-musk-supporting-donald-trump-mars-tesla-wealth-and-ego/) - The alliance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is driven by a blend of political influence and economic ambition. Their collaboration has the potential to reshape America's future, disrupting industries and redefining the nation's political landscape. - [“Title 8 Aliens and Nationality” Immigration Law: Chinese Asylum from Chasing after American Dream to Struggling in Structural Violence](https://jpinyu.com/2025/03/09/title-8-aliens-and-nationality-immigration-law-chinese-asylum-from-chasing-after-american-dream-to-struggling-in-structural-violence/) - The shift from Title 42 to Title 8 immigration law has profoundly impacted Chinese asylum seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Many migrants, fleeing political persecution and economic instability in China, find themselves trapped in a system that exacerbates their vulnerabilities rather than offering protection. Under Title 8, stricter asylum conditions and the introduction of "credible fear screenings" have intensified psychological burdens, while harsher penalties for re-entry have made migration riskier than ever. This article explores how structural violence within the U.S. Immigration policy continues to shape the fate of Chinese migrants seeking refuge in America. - [Uncovering Hegemonic Masculinity's Hidden Fragility in the 2024 Election](https://jpinyu.com/2025/01/28/uncovering-hegemonic-masculinitys-hidden-fragility-in-the-2024-election/) - At a time when the American electorate feels more polarized than ever, and the stakes for the American people feel existential on all sides, explanations for the results of the 2024 election abound. Few of these explanations engage seriously with the role of hegemonic masculinity. Going deeper than the surface-level argument that men predominantly voted for President Trump because they wish for a return of their privilege and power, the inherent fragility of hegemonic masculinity offers significant explanatory power for the results of the election, and offers hope for a future where politics is not tied so closely to identity. - [Donald Trump Will Be His Own Secretary of State: What Early Days Tell Us About the President’s Foreign Policy](https://jpinyu.com/2025/01/24/donald-trump-will-be-his-own-secretary-of-state-what-early-days-tell-us-about-presidents-foreign-policy/) - The incoming President’s appointments have generated a lot of attention. But his own unconventional approach will ultimately determine the course of his administration’s foreign policy. - [Rethinking Alliances: Europe’s Path to Security Without Türkiye](https://jpinyu.com/2024/12/16/rethinking-alliances-europes-path-to-security-without-turkiye/) - In a future deepening conflict between NATO and Russia, could Europe rely on Türkiye's total cooperation as a NATO ally, considering Erdoğan's stable relationship with Putin? An EU security and defense regime separate from NATO would allow EU member states to focus solely on security threats that directly affect them without the need to worry about how Türkiye may react. - [Adapting to Change: Norway’s Expanding Role in NATO’s Future](https://jpinyu.com/2024/12/09/adapting-to-change-norways-expanding-role-in-natos-future/) - As Europe becomes more dangerous, Norway’s evolving role in NATO comes at a crucial time, marked by rapid changes in its security landscape that require significant adaptation. With Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, a New Nordic bloc is taking shape, pushing Norway to use this opportunity to secure the northern flank and refine its military strategy for the future. - [Crisis in Calais: France’s Human Rights Disaster](https://jpinyu.com/2024/11/18/crisis-in-calais-frances-human-rights-disaster/) - Over eight years after French authorities cleared the “Calais Jungle,” it remains a permanent site of tragedy, making it critical to understand what is behind the protracted crisis. - [Misogyny and Racism on Full Display in the 2024 Presidential Election](https://jpinyu.com/2024/11/03/misogyny-and-racism-on-full-display-in-the-2024-presidential-election/) - An analysis of how Trump and the GOP have pushed racist and sexist tropes in the Presidential campaign against Harris, while ignoring Donald Trump’s own history of misogyny and racism. - [Panic in Morocco is Not (Only) Coronavirus Related](https://jpinyu.com/2020/05/11/panic-in-morocco-is-not-only-coronavirus-related/) - The lives of thousands of men in Morocco have been turned upside down. Vulnerability, exposure and fear are some of the words that express how the LGBTQ community there feels right now. It is already dangerous enough to be a member of the LGBTQ community in Morocco, a country where homosexuality is forbidden. On April - [Immigration Policy: What Happened to the Kamala Harris We Thought We Knew?](https://jpinyu.com/2024/10/25/immigration-policy-what-happened-to-the-kamala-harris-we-thought-we-knew/) - Vice President Kamala Harris has shifted her immigration rhetoric, echoing right-wing talking points and focusing on border security and fentanyl smuggling. This marks a departure from her earlier progressive stance, raising concerns about her commitment to immigrant rights and humanitarian solutions. Critics urge Harris to leverage her background to advocate for policies that emphasize empathy, such as improving the asylum process and providing better resources for migrant care. By presenting a bold, compassionate vision for immigration reform, she can restore trust among her supporters and distinguish herself from opponents. - [The Brilliance of Netflix’s "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" in the Retelling of the Nazi Occupation in Guernsey](https://jpinyu.com/2024/10/19/the-brilliance-of-netflixs-the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-society-in-the-retelling-of-the-nazi-occupation-in-guernsey/) - The collective history of World War II is well-documented, with an array of archival literature and videography meticulously depicting the conflict’s tragedies and horrors. Films, in particular, serve as brilliant media for narrating the events of World War II by weaving historical facts within fictional stories. Historical fiction has the power to capture the attention - [Eleanor: The Most Powerful of the Roosevelts](https://jpinyu.com/2024/10/11/eleanor-the-most-powerful-of-the-roosevelts/) - In a political and diplomatic sphere predominated by men, including men of her own family, Eleanor Roosevelt proved to be more extraordinary than many of them — even putting one on the map while she was at it. She was one of the most influential women figures of the twentieth century who steered the path - [Perspective | The Moral Myopia of Woke Culture](https://jpinyu.com/2023/03/25/perspective-the-moral-myopia-of-woke-culture/) - It says that anyone who doesn’t abide by every single aspect of woke dogma in the West is a slaver or a fascist. But those actual slavers and fascists in the Middle East and China? Well, who are we to judge? We detest our own society so much that we aren’t willing to accept that other places may be worse. - [Highlights from Biden’s State of the Union Address](https://jpinyu.com/2024/05/15/highlights-from-bidens-state-of-the-union-address/) - The most memorable moments of the night include an awkward immigration comment from Biden, fiery remarks over reproductive rights — including an exchange with the Supreme Court Justices — and a somewhat lackluster attempt on reconciling pro-Palestinian pushback. - [Suozzi Victory: What’s Next for Migrants on Long Island?](https://jpinyu.com/2024/05/13/suozzi-victory-whats-next-for-migrants-on-long-island/) - In December, Suozzi unveiled a 10-point plan as part of his campaign, of which one of the points focused specifically on migration policy. In the document, the Congressman pledged to work toward bipartisan immigration reform in the coming term, stating that despite years of talk in Washington, neither party has “done a thing to fix it.” - [Monday Memo | Military Moves, Elections, Protests](https://jpinyu.com/2024/05/06/monday-memo-military-moves-elections-protests/) - Africa “US withdraws troops from base in Chad following government demand” The withdrawal of US troops comes a month after the Chad government sent the US defense attaché a letter demanding they leave a French military base. The withdrawal comes amid US negotiations with Niger for the safe withdrawal of over 1000 US troops in - [Monday Memo | Sanctions, Foreign Support, Escalation Concerns](https://jpinyu.com/2024/04/22/monday-memo-sanctions-foreign-support-escalation-concerns/) - Africa “Kenya doctor strike: The public caught between the medics and the government” A month-long doctor’s strike severely impacts the country’s hospitals, leaving patients without critical care. The doctor’s strike stems from massive pay disputes and the failure to hire trainee doctors, issues that exacerbate an already strained healthcare system and leave doctors and medical - [Has Global Solidarity Entered a “Danger Zone”?](https://jpinyu.com/2024/04/19/has-global-solidarity-entered-a-danger-zone/) - The current state of the world is marked by a series of global crises that leave communities in distress and force individuals to fend for themselves. Have these challenges only disrupted the international order, or they led societies to unite like never before? The findings of the first-ever data-driven study on global solidarity serve as a warning that global support may continue to plummet as institutions cannot deliver on collective action problem-solving. - [ProtestNY – A Russian Dissident Initiative in NYC](https://jpinyu.com/2024/04/19/protestny-a-russian-dissident-initiative-in-nyc/) - Over two years of active combat have ensued since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As Ukrainians all over the world have protested for the end of the war, Russians who oppose the Putin regime and its actions have looked for ways to express their discontent. In New York, a Russian dissident group began organizing weekly protests at the heart of the city in support of Ukraine. - [A Growing Indo-Sino Tussle in the Maldivian Background](https://jpinyu.com/2024/04/12/a-growing-indo-sino-tussle-in-the-maldivian-backyard/) - From a realpolitik perspective, considering the Maldives’ economy and geography, one might wonder why two Asian giants are so keenly contesting a tug-of-war over the island state. This is where the Indian Ocean comes in. - [New Jersey is a Social Justice State: Activism in the Fight Against the Elizabeth Detention Center](https://jpinyu.com/2024/04/12/new-jersey-is-a-social-justice-state-activism-in-the-fight-against-the-elizabeth-detention-center/) - A single private immigration detention center is at the center of a nationwide legal battle. The Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey has become a microcosm of the dual demands of immigrant justice activists at the state and federal level versus the Biden Administration. The legal battle thus far has not had the result activists are hoping for, but it has shown the strength of New Jersey’s social justice community. - [Monday Memo | Cross-Border Conflicts, Humanitarian Crises, Changing Legislature](https://jpinyu.com/2024/04/08/monday-memo-cross-border-conflicts-humanitarian-crises-changing-legislature/) - Africa “Extreme drought in southern Africa leaves millions hungry” A severe drought in rural Zimbabwe has caused widespread food shortages. Aid distribution efforts, primarily funded by the United States via USAID, offer temporary relief to affected communities, but aid resources are limited. Due to cuts in humanitarian funding, millions in Zimbabwe and neighbouring countries face - [Monday Memo | Controversial Votes, Resignations, Escalating Conflicts](https://jpinyu.com/2024/03/25/monday-memo-controversial-votes-resignations-escalating-conflicts/) - Asia and the Pacific “Vietnam’s president resigns, raising questions over stability” Only a year after his election, the Vietnamese Communist Party accepted President Vo Van Thuong’s resignation due to his violation of unspecified “party rules,” which the government characterized as having negatively affected the Party and the State’s reputation. The resignation comes amid Vietnam’s widespread - [Monday Memo | Humanitarian Crises, Military Disputes, Historic Decisions](https://jpinyu.com/2024/03/11/monday-memo-humanitarian-crises-military-disputes-historic-decisions/) - Asia and the Pacific “South Korea Moves to Suspend Licenses of Thousands of Protesting Doctors” After weeks of protests opposing a government plan to increase medical school admissions, the South Korean government announces a move to suspend the licenses of and heavily fine thousands of participating early-career healthcare workers. Within the developed world, South Korea - [Column | Fixing Frontex: Possibilities for Reform](https://jpinyu.com/2024/03/01/column-fixing-frontex-possibilities-for-reform/) - Frontex is an agency plagued by corruption and failing leadership—and it continues to interfere with the basic rights of migrants. Solving this starts with prioritizing reform and working to bring Frontex back to its founding principles of responsibly improving EU border management. - [Column | The Blurred Lines of Border Management: Frontex in Africa ](https://jpinyu.com/2024/02/27/the-blurred-lines-of-border-management-frontex-in-africa/) - One of the EU’s biggest partners for border management has been countries across North and West Africa. - [Diplomacy, Denial, and the Armenian Genocide: The Century-Long Struggle for Acknowledging Crimes Against Humanity](https://jpinyu.com/2024/02/13/diplomacy-denial-and-the-armenian-genocide-the-century-long-struggle-for-acknowledging-crimes-against-humanity/) - U.S. recognition, particularly of the Armenian genocide, acknowledges generational suffering on part of those who endured it during that time, as well as the descendants of those who had to flee and seek refuge elsewhere. - [The Paradox of Post-Colonialism in Hong Kong](https://jpinyu.com/2022/09/24/the-paradox-of-post-colonialism-in-hong-kong/) - As of now, Hong Kong remains a battleground not only for its own future but for the direction in which the global ideological compass will swing—the enduring Western Hegemony or the New Axis of Autocracy. A fundamental dichotomy emerges, pitting a world anchored in the principles of liberal democracy against the ascendancy of a technologically bolstered authoritarian order. I know which world I want to live in. Do you? - [ADPF 442: Is abortion decriminalization in Brazil in the works?](https://jpinyu.com/2024/01/23/adpf-442-is-abortion-decriminalization-in-brazil-in-the-works/) - As pregnant individuals and survivors of unsafe abortions in Brazil await the public hearing finalizing this case, it is crucial that policymakers in Brazil and across Latin America apply pressure on the STF to organize a hearing immediately to vote ADPF 442 into action. - [The Election Promise in Pakistan: Another Round of Political Engineering](https://jpinyu.com/2024/02/09/the-election-promise-in-pakistan-another-round-of-political-engineering/) - Although there is an upsurge in Imran Khan’s popularity among the masses — arguably for being the latest victim of persecution initiated by a system that fails to deliver on its promises to the people — public confidence in the election process was unsurprisingly low. - [Information Warfare: The Complex Dynamic of Breaking News, Misinformation and The Fog of War](https://jpinyu.com/2024/01/28/information-warfare-the-complex-dynamic-of-breaking-news-misinformation-and-the-fog-of-war/) - The mixing of truth with falsehood creates an information ecosystem in which recognizing fact from fiction becomes increasingly difficult for the general population. Under these conditions, mainstream media institutions serve an incredibly important role as gatekeepers to legitimacy, with their reporting serving as signals of veracity for the public. - [True Liberation: Navigating Queer Identity and Middle Eastern Heritage](https://jpinyu.com/2024/01/04/true-liberation-navigating-queer-identity-and-middle-eastern-heritage/) - Labeling Israel and the West as a supposed haven for LGBTQ+ rights rests on an Islamophobic assumption that most of the MENA region is inherently homophobic. While the United States and its citizens may take pride in the rights Americans possess, it doesn’t dismiss the ones Americans lack. - [Poland's Democratic Triumph and Its Ripple Effects on Europe](https://jpinyu.com/2023/12/17/polands-democratic-triumph-and-its-ripple-effects-on-europe/) - The victory of the Civic Coalition democratic opposition, led by former European Council President Donald Tusk, not only marks the end of the PiS’ eight-year rule, but also shows potential for resilience in European democracies, even in the face of illiberal challenges. - [Monday Memo | Israel-Hamas truce,  Bilateral talk between the US and China, Budget cuts to the NYC's budget ](https://jpinyu.com/2023/11/27/monday-memo-israel-hamas-truce-bilateral-talk-between-the-us-and-china-budget-cuts-to-the-nycs-budget/) - World Israel-Hamas truce extends After 48 days of conflict following Hamas' October 7 attack, a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas commenced with the exchange of captives and prisoners starting on Friday, November 24. The original four-day truce has been extended by two days, as Qatar's foreign minister announced on November 27. Combat ceased after - [Column | Absent Accountability: The EU’s Failures to Check the Power of Frontex](https://jpinyu.com/2023/12/09/column-absent-accountability-the-eus-failures-to-check-the-power-of-frontex/) - Assaults on refugees within the European Union are increasing. Frontex - the European Border and Coast Guard Agency meant to watch over such instances would benefit from a check on its own procedures. In order to initiate reforms, though, it is important first to ask: while Frontex watches EU borders, who is watching Frontex? - [Monday Memo | Israel-Gaza Conflict's Ripple Effects](https://jpinyu.com/2023/10/30/monday-memo-israel-gaza-conflicts-ripple-effects/) - World Israel-Gaza Crisis On October 7, 2023, a significant escalation unfolded in the Israel-Gaza conflict when Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel. This unexpected offensive involved at least 1,500 armed Hamas fighters breaching a border security fence and launching indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers. In addition to this ground assault, other militants - [Reevaluating the Lab Leak Theory and Media Snapback](https://jpinyu.com/2023/10/29/reevaluating-the-lab-leak-theory-and-media-snapback/) - Given that a significant portion of those who initially entertained the idea of the lab leak theory align with right-wing politics or support Trump, mainstream left-leaning media outlets tend to dismiss this theory. Instead of prioritizing journalistic integrity and curiosity, the decision to pursue a story seems to hinge on who presents it. Additionally, another significant factor contributing to this oversight is the initial subpar quality of the so-called "evidence" for a lab leak, which often resulted from mistranslations and substantial leaps in logic. This, in turn, has made people more hesitant to take subsequent claims seriously. - [China, Money Can't Buy You Love](https://jpinyu.com/2023/01/19/china-money-cant-buy-you-love/) - Why does China struggle to win hearts and minds abroad? Why is it still “uncool” in the international arena? - [The Silencing of Palestinian Journalists](https://jpinyu.com/2023/12/09/the-silencing-of-palestinian-journalists/) - The lives of many Gazan reporters and media journalists continue to be at risk of Israel’s bombardments. Despite continued threats of censorship, many have taken to social media to illustrate the reality Gazans face. Independent freelance journalists and photographers have prevailed as a beacon of light, both to Palestinians living in Gaza and those living in the diaspora abroad. - [Monday Memo | US Veto on Ceasefire, Testimonies of College Presidents Criticized, Threats to Right-to-Shelter](https://jpinyu.com/2023/12/11/monday-memo-us-vetoes-immediate-humanitarian-ceasefire-university-presidents-grilled-by-congress-over-growing-antisemitism-no-federal-funding-for-migrant-crisis/) - World US Vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire On December 8, 2023, the United States vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The veto hindered efforts to stop Israeli bombardments that have killed more than 18, 200 Palestinians in response to Oct. 7 Hamas’ - [Oppenheimer and the Nuclear Chain Reaction](https://jpinyu.com/2023/11/19/oppenheimer-and-the-nuclear-chain-reaction/) - Nuclear war is not inevitable, but it only takes one person to fire the first shot: a person with near-unlimited power. And once that act is completed, our fate will be sealed. - [Column | Mixed Messages: The EU’s Approach to Mass Migration](https://jpinyu.com/2023/11/17/column-mixed-messages-the-eus-approach-to-mass-migration/) - The European Union has long been hailed as a fierce protector of human rights, but when faced with a surge of asylum seekers from North Africa, its stance shifted. How does the EU tackle migration policy, and what leads it to deviate from decades of human rights commitments? - [Rethinking Western Drug Policies: A Chronicle of Biases and Inconsistencies](https://jpinyu.com/2023/08/18/rethinking-western-drug-policies-a-chronicle-of-biases-and-inconsistencies/) - What often goes unnoticed is how deeply ingrained these injustices are in Western politics and history. In reality, the failure to reduce the harms associated with drug use long predates Nixon’s War on Drugs. Moreover, the West’s proclaimed intention to tackle these harms is frequently overshadowed by their even stronger inclination to demonize, criminalize, and profit from drug use and addiction. - [Soft Social Credit System: The Unforeseeable Outcome of the Digital Revolution](https://jpinyu.com/2023/05/14/soft-social-credit-system-the-unforeseeable-outcome-of-the-digital-revolution/) - The disquieting reality lies not in the mere act of a few companies banning a news article that could have possibly altered the outcome of a presidential election, but in the sheer extent of these companies’ unbridled power — one unaccountable to anyone but themselves. - [Perspective | Women Made of Fire Cannot Be Burnt](https://jpinyu.com/2023/09/18/perspective-women-made-of-fire-cannot-be-burnt/) - I used to struggle with the idea that I might not be as connected to my Iranian heritage after coming out. As an Iranian-American, I am often asked by Iranians and Americans about “what it’s like” to be both, as if being queer in the United States does not bring its own set of anxieties. Some Iranians who emigrated to the United States in the wake of the 1979 Revolution assure us that, here, we can at least be queer. Can we? - [Hubris, Ingratitude, and the Unraveling of American Freedom](https://jpinyu.com/2023/09/01/hubris-ingratitude-and-the-unraveling-of-american-freedom/) - People say death imbues life with purpose. And likewise, subjugation is what makes freedom worthwhile. The human spirit harbors an innate longing to demonstrate valor, seeking both community and meaning within moments of crisis. But much of Americans today navigate life devoid of high-stakes or high-risk challenges. Undoubtedly, the absence of incessant turmoil is an immense boon. And yet, the cocoon of physical security, coupled with utter convenience and comfort (which remain inconceivable in certain parts of the world even now) is not without its unexamined tolls—ushering in an era where the word “freedom” leaves a rather lackluster taste in our mouths. - [Transatlantic Unity in a Changing World](https://jpinyu.com/2023/08/03/transatlantic-unity-in-a-changing-world/) - The eminent reminder from historian and political philosopher Hannah Arendt, that "no matter how much we may be capable of learning from the past, it will not enable us to know the future," serves as a caution against complacency. Indeed, there remains a slim chance that Europeans or Americans could opt to forsake a historically beneficial relationship. Nevertheless, the stage is now set for the transatlantic powers to forge unity in the face of unprecedented challenges. If this relationship successfully weathers these trials, it falls upon American and European leaders to take the necessary steps to ensure that any clash between the two sides of the Atlantic remains nothing more than a concern among the skeptics. - [Faculty Insights Podcast: India's Democracy & Media's Role Amid Backsliding](https://jpinyu.com/2023/06/30/faculty-insights-podcast-indias-democracy-medias-role-amid-backsliding/) - Puja Thapa and Prof. Rajagopal explore the current state of India's democracy, focusing on the role of the ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in wielding and weaponizing the media. How does the BJP manipulate narratives to suit their objectives? What implications does this have for democracy? These crucial questions are thoroughly examined and discussed. - [Navigating the 90s Legacy: Baltic States, EU, and Russia's Challenges](https://jpinyu.com/2023/06/21/navigating-the-90s-legacy-baltic-states-eu-and-russias-challenges/) - The concerns (and hopes) of the Baltic trio were primarily focused on their role within this “new” Europe. The 1990s were a defining period for the Baltic states, symbolizing their return to the free world and bringing forth a multitude of political opportunities that had once seemed distant dreams, including EU and NATO membership. - [The Truth About Torture: Depicting CIA Abuses in "The Torture Report"](https://jpinyu.com/2017/06/14/insights-the-truth-about-torture-depicting-cia-abuses-in-the-torture-report/) - In their latest graphic novel, comic authors Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón take on one of the darkest corners of the War on Terror. The Torture Report depicts the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation into CIA use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs). Closely following the structure of the 576-page executive summary, Jacobson and Colón chronicle the treatment of six men, the lies and misrepresentations of the CIA and the committee’s findings. - [“Crude Democracy” Book Review](https://jpinyu.com/2017/05/14/insights-crude-democracy-book-review/) - In his book, “Crude Democracy” Thad Dunning, a professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, has an answer to this question. The book argues that oil and natural resource wealth can promote both authoritarianism and democracy, and these outcomes rely on different mechanisms. Understanding these mechanisms is important to demonstrate the authoritarian or democratic effects of resource wealth. Do oil and other kinds of natural resources always cripple an economy, or can they be a blessing for democracy too? - [Caring for the Crazy](https://jpinyu.com/2017/07/14/insights-caring-for-the-crazy/) - No One Cares About Crazy People is a tragic book. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Ron Powers, it is part memoir, part condemnation of the ignominious history of mental healthcare in the United States. - [Historical Film Review: Quo Vadis, Aida? and the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre](https://jpinyu.com/2022/03/28/historical-film-review-quo-vadis-aida-and-the-1995-srebrenica-massacre/) - Foreign war drama, Quo Vida, Aida? offers heartbreaking and powerful insight into the July 1995 Srebrenica Massacre, an eleven day event of the Bosnian War. - [Power Politics in the Arctic: China and India](https://jpinyu.com/2022/11/17/power-politics-in-the-arctic-china-and-india/) - In the Arctic, global warming is opening opportunities for the allocation of needed resources even to non-Arctic states. - [Perspective | My Mother Ran an Illegal Kindergarten in Iran](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/02/perspective-my-mother-ran-an-illegal-kindergarten-in-iran/) - The Iranian regime allows a few hours of English classes per day but forbids teaching classes like math, ballet, or music in English except in schools affiliated with foreign embassies. My mother’s subversive, entrepreneurial solution was to turn our family home into an undercover school. She made a profit by defying the regime. - [The Role of Palestinian Force and Israeli Entrenchment](https://jpinyu.com/2023/03/18/the-role-of-palestinian-force-and-israeli-entrenchment/) - Analyzing the effects of Palestinian force against the Israeli occupation and Israel’s responsive entrenchment can advance understanding of the devolvement of the Oslo peace process in the early 2000s to the present-day status quo. - [2022: The Year Europe Made Its Energy Shift](https://jpinyu.com/2023/05/13/2022-the-year-europe-made-its-energy-shift/) - The European Union (EU) will now look back at 2022 and see it as the inflection point in its energy security. This should have been done seven years ago during the illegal Crimea annexation, but the progress made thus far is promising and will be consequential for the future of Europe’s energy landscape. - [China Briefs: The Perils of the US-China National Security Agendas](https://jpinyu.com/2023/05/02/china-briefs-the-perils-of-the-us-china-national-security-agendas/) - Is China a strategic competitor or adversary to the United States? To assess this question we must examine intent and capability — as a measure of power — within US and China regional goals in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. - [Faculty Insights Podcast: Zan, Zendagi, Azadi – Women, Life, Freedom](https://jpinyu.com/2023/01/26/faculty-insights-podcast-zan-zendagi-azadi-women-life-freedom/) - JPI's Puja Thapa sat down with Dr. Yass Alizadeh, Clinical Assistant Professor of Persian Language and Literature at NYU, to discuss the women's rights protests in Iran. - [Perspective | Being Ethnically Ambiguous in a Race-Fueled America](https://jpinyu.com/2023/02/12/perspective-being-ethnically-ambiguous-in-a-race-fueled-america/) - In this race-fueled age, where attacks have become personal and counter-movements even more so, where does one stand when they both belong with and are alienated from both sides? - ['Loss and Damage' Was the Focus of COP27. 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Meanwhile, US corporations accumulate record profits even as rising inflation squeezes average consumers. What explains this discrepancy, and how can it be reconciled? - [Privilege and Ignorance: Posie Parker's Misguided Comparison of Trans Protests to Women's Rights in Iran](https://jpinyu.com/2023/04/19/privilege-and-ignorance-posie-parkers-misguided-comparison-of-trans-protests-to-womens-rights-in-iran/) - Despite calling herself a feminist, Keen-Minshull’s anti-trans, white supremacy-laced brand of feminism has victimized yet another minority group: Iranian women. - [Gulf Peace: China’s Progress and U.S. Standstill](https://jpinyu.com/2023/03/29/gulf-peace-chinas-progress-and-u-s-standstill/) - While US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was visiting the Middle East, delegations from Iran and Saudi Arabia secretly visited Beijing and achieved diplomatic success in easing tension in the Gulf. - [Can China’s Popular Nationalism Break the China-Russia Alliance?](https://jpinyu.com/2023/04/11/can-chinas-popular-nationalism-break-the-china-russia-alliance/) - As Beijing’s ambition to rewrite the world order with the Kremlin poses a clear threat to the West, the neo-nationalist sentiment consists of great potential to break the China-Russia alliance. - [Antisemitism at NYU and Jewish Identity in Antisemitic Times](https://jpinyu.com/2023/01/29/antisemitism-at-nyu-and-jewish-identity-in-antisemitic-times/) - Do I need to have an opinion on Zionism because I’m Jewish? - [China's Political Awakening Amidst Zero-COVID](https://jpinyu.com/2022/12/06/chinas-political-awakening-amidst-zero-covid/) - If there is one thing to take away from this civil unrest, it is the flaw of a political system where an insufficient public debate has made it difficult to adjust and adapt policies in the face of changing circumstances as other liberal democracies have done. It unveils the weakness of a political system that is ruled by an autocrat whose unchallenged decision-making is a recipe for fatal mistakes. It uncovers the shortcoming of a political system whose ability to act more swiftly, unburdened by the checks and balances of democracy, is paradoxically its own undoing. - [Fall 2018 Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2018/12/20/fall-2018-issue/) - Discover captivating analyses on diverse political topics in the Fall 2018 issue of the Journal of Political Inquiry (JPI). Featuring articles such as "Economic Inequalities and Ethno-Nationalism: The Case of Catalan Independence" by Ana García Soria and "Democracy Under Strain in Europe and the United States: The Greater Implications on the Liberal World Order" by - [Spring 2019 Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2019/05/24/spring-2019-issue/) - The Spring 2019 issue of JPI represents a platform for intellectual discourse and rigorous academic scholarship. 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This issue showcases the exceptional articles crafted by our student authors who invested commendable - [Spring 2017 Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2017/05/04/spring-2017-issue/) - With rigorous research and diverse perspectives, the Spring 2017 issue of JPI presents a rich tapestry of political inquiry. From Leonardo Dinic's examination of the water crisis in Syria and Iraq to Ionut Gitan's analysis of the US-Mexico border policy in the age of terrorism, this issue provides profound insights into critical regional challenges. Additionally, - [Fall 2017 Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2017/12/16/fall-2017-issue/) - Explore the latest political research and perspectives on the most pressing global issues in the Fall 2017 issue of the Journal of Political Inquiry (JPI). This issue features a diverse collection of articles, from analyses of the Iran nuclear deal negotiations in 2015 to the relevance of NATO to American national security. Engage with discussions - [Spring 2018 Issue](https://jpinyu.com/2018/05/11/spring-2018-issue/) - Immerse yourself in a captivating journey through the intricacies of political landscapes in the Spring 2018 issue of the Journal of Political Inquiry (JPI). This edition features an array of compelling articles that shed light on diverse and timely subjects. From thought-provoking analyses of terrorism to a deep dive into Bosnia's Ottoman legacy, this issue - [Global Zero: Life without the Bomb?](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/25/global-zero-life-without-the-bomb/) - Nuclear weapons: the single most awesome form of energy ever harnessed by mankind can be controlled and condensed into a metal capsule, capable, nay, designed to obliterate cities and civilizations that have come to existence over centuries of painstaking development in the blink of an eye. Human beings have largely managed to prevent their use, - [Immunity for sexual abuses by UN Peacekeepers?](https://jpinyu.com/2015/09/26/immunity-for-sexual-abuses-by-un-peacekeepers/) - His blue helmet indicated his mission was to protect, but Amnesty International reported that the U.N. peacekeeper dragged a 12-year-old girl out of her house in the Central African Republic and raped her. This incident is one of the most recent in a stream of allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against peacekeepers that have - [The Authority to not Compromise: The New Turkish Constitution](https://jpinyu.com/2017/08/23/the-authority-to-not-compromise-the-new-turkish-constitution/) - In December 2016, Turkey's ruling party, the AKP, together with the ultranationalist MHP party launched a proposal to amend the Turkish constitution. These parties sought to alter the country's political structure by giving the president executive power over the government—and by limiting the power of parliament. The call for constitutional reform advanced on the argument - [Despite Opposition, LGBT Rights to Take Center Stage at the UNGA](https://jpinyu.com/2017/09/25/despite-opposition-lgbt-rights-to-take-center-stage-at-the-unga/) - Vitit Muntarbhorn, independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity at the United Nations, speaking at a press conference in 2014. Photo courtesy: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré NEW YORK—A little over a year ago, the United Nations General Assembly voted to appoint an independent expert to promote awareness on violence and discrimination based on gender - [Information: The Best Weapon Against Radicalization](https://jpinyu.com/2017/10/27/insights-information-the-best-weapon-against-radicalization/) - They were starved and abused. While they wouldn’t have believed any negative information about ISIS once indoctrinated, they said had they known what membership entailed six months prior to deciding, they never would have joined. This was the information Yasmin Green gained as she sat speaking with young boys who had been recruited by ISIS. - [Democracies are in decline, and our educational institutions are to blame](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/05/democracies-are-in-decline-and-our-educational-institutions-are-to-blame/) - The rise of right-wing populism has sparked the demise of democracies across the globe. Whilst this may be true, frankly, our outdated, 20th-century educational institutions are to blame. Myopic attitudes, voter ignorance, and self-enlightened interests are creating narrow margins, which has had a significant impact on democratic elections globally. Education reform is needed now more - [Tech Industry Growth is Manifesting in Right-Wing Extremism](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/22/tech-industry-growth-is-manifesting-in-right-wing-extremism/) - The global outpourings of grief, shock, and solidarity were not the only significant outcomes of Christchurch shooting in New Zealand last month. The tragedy also ended the popular conception that radical international terrorism is synonymous with Islamic fundamentalism. The threat of right-wing terrorism has been on an upward trajectory for the last several years. In - [The Pandora Papers: Why You Should Care](https://jpinyu.com/2021/10/18/the-pandora-papers-why-you-should-care/) - Dubbed the ‘Pandora Papers,’ this collection included documents, images, emails, and spreadsheets that totaled around 2.9 terabytes of data. - [Monday Briefing | October 19](https://jpinyu.com/2020/10/19/monday-briefing-october-19-2/) - Photo: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at the Labour Party election night event. Photo courtesy of NBC News, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jacinda-ardern-wins-second-term-new-zealand-s-prime-minster-n1243816. Stories to Follow: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won her second-term re-election campaign in a landslide, solidifying her role as New Zealand's "most popular prime minister in generations." Ardern campaigned on a platform - [Boko Haram: What Are We Doing?](https://jpinyu.com/2015/02/11/boko-haram-what-are-we-doing/) - Boko Haram, the Nigeria-based terrorist network, has wreaked havoc in West Africa since its reemergence in 2009. The group gained international notoriety for its kidnapping of 200 girls last spring and a series of deadly massacres in early January 2015. More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in the course of its campaigns since 2009. - [Buhari Victory: What it Means for Nigeria](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/01/buhari-victory-what-it-means-for-nigeria/) - It is official. The people of Nigeria have spoken and former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has won the Nigerian presidential election. 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The king, Mohammed VI of Morocco, was at the African Union headquarters for the first time. Though his father helped establish the organization in the early 1960s, he withdrew in protest of its recognition of Western Saharan - [Bashir is gone, transitional military is in power. But only women can make change](https://jpinyu.com/2019/05/05/bashir-is-gone-transitional-military-is-in-power-but-only-alaa-can-make-change/) - Three decades of dictatorship, gone. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, rejoiced on April 11th as Omar Al-Bashir was forced out of office. The Sudanese people have never been more united in demanding a civilian-led authority. However, these protests foreshadow not only a new chapter for Sudan, but for the Arab woman. Inclusion of women in security, governance, - [A New Hope for an Impoverished African Nation?](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/16/a-new-hope-for-an-impoverished-african-nation/) - Like many other African nations, Zambia has had its toil with corruption. - [Time for India to Take Down Dawood Ibrahim](https://jpinyu.com/2015/02/17/time-for-india-to-take-down-dawood-ibrahim/) - [Originally posted here] Dawood Ibrahim is perhaps the most notorious “underworld don” in South Asia, involved in everything from supporting terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and now Boko Haram to organized crime and even fixing cricket matches. Dawood’s connection to al-Qaeda, allowing the use of his smuggling routes out of Afghanistan into Pakistan, made him a - [Trouble in Paradise: The Island President Under Attack](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/10/trouble-in-paradise-the-island-president-under-attack/) - The Maldives archipelago inspires images of pristine blue water, white sandy beaches and palm trees. 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But she hasn’t made her position clear on the - [The Detention of Anwar Might Be PM Najib’s Undoing](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/17/the-detention-of-anwar-might-be-pm-najibs-undoing/) - On February 10, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was imprisoned on charges of sodomy, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. This is the third time he will be imprisoned for politically motivated reasons. As a result, the long-entrenched National Front is left, once again, with no opposition. Since Malaysia became independent - [Time Is Running Out for Korean Families Torn Apart by War](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/24/time-is-running-out-for-korean-families-torn-apart-by-war/) - “Do you remember all the stories and information I have told you about my parents and siblings in the North? Do never forget and please do try to find them when we are unified. Tell them I had a wonderful life with an amazing granddaughter like you and that I have not spent a second - [Lee Kuan Yew’s Last Gift to Taiwan: Funeral Diplomacy and the Future of Singapore-Taiwan Relations](https://jpinyu.com/2015/05/12/lee-kuan-yews-last-gift-to-taiwan-funeral-diplomacy-and-the-future-of-singapore-taiwan-relations/) - Even in his death, Lee Kuan Yew, the late Singaporean Prime Minister, has given Taiwan one last gift: the reaffirmation of Taiwan-Singapore relations in an age of growing Chinese influence in Southeast Asia. In other words, Sino-Singapore relations will not progress further than they have. 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That month, WikiLeaks acquired and published hacked emails from the server of John - [Slavoj Žižek talks about Greece and Syriza](https://jpinyu.com/2015/05/01/insights-slavoj-zizek-talks-about-greece-and-syriza/) - It is incredibly difficult to listen to Slavoj Žižek without allowing his personality to obscure what may be utter brilliance and innovative thought on the state of Europe, particularly Greece. He is less instantly recognizable in the Unites States, but in Europe Žižek is the rock-star version of a philosopher. In a talk given at - [Ukraine Troll Armies](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/23/ukraine-troll-armies/) - [Originally posted here] The Ukrainian government, in an attempt to counter the narrative of the Russian-backed rebels, announced last month that it would be recruiting an iArmy of media volunteers. This is not an ideal means of countering biased narratives on Ukraine. No amount of sleek propaganda can pave over the failings of a political system that cannot hold itself accountable. - [Putin’s Latest Oblast: A Constructivist Perspective](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/31/putins-latest-oblast-a-constructivist-perspective/) - Vladimir Putin’s decision to support a referendum in order to annex Crimea has sent a clear message to the international community: there is no set of rules or norms that will force Russia to behave in a certain manner. Although international institutions such as the United Nations were created to uphold international legal norms, the - [In Spain Of Thrones, Catalonia is playing dead](https://jpinyu.com/2015/05/15/in-spain-of-thrones-catalonia-is-playing-dead/) - For the first time in five years, the growing mass in favor of an independence process for Catalonia, the northeast and richest region in Spain, seems tired and bored. 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Less than one year after the bailout referendum in Greece, the integrity of the EU will be called into question again. The consequences - [Looking back in anger: The dangers of Ukraine’s decommunization laws](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/27/looking-back-in-anger-the-dangers-of-ukraines-decommunization-law/) - Ukrainian workers began in mid-March the process of dismantling the country’s largest statue of communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. It took them two days to complete the removal of the monument, which had stood tall in the southeastern city of Zaporizhia since 1964. While over 70 percent of local residents opposed its removal and protested by - [Russia's NGO law leaves environmental activists in troubled waters](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/14/russias-ngo-law-leaves-environmental-activists-in-troubled-waters/) - Jennie Sutton had nearly given up hope. 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A local - [Who is Britain's new Prime Minister?](https://jpinyu.com/2016/08/15/who-is-britains-new-prime-minister/) - Before Theresa May entered 10 Downing Street as Britain’s new Prime Minister on July 13, she spoke of her commitment to making a success of the vote to leave the EU, a decision she has promised to uphold. But who exactly is Britain’s new Prime Minister, who has made “Brexit means Brexit” her mantra? The - [Serbia and Kosovo are Pluming Their War Feathers](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/10/serbia-and-kosovo-are-pluming-their-war-feathers/) - Photo taken in Kosovska-Mitrovica (where the train was being sent). Translated from Russian it means Kosovska Mitrovica: Kosovo is Serbian; Crimea is Russian. | Photo courtesy Allan Leonard/CC On January 14, a passenger train bound from Belgrade, Serbia, to Mitrovica, Kosovo, nearly triggered a war. 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Once again, Latin American countries were ranked the most violent in the world. Central and South America captured more than a third of all global homicides, with - [Venezuela’s Maduro must take the first step toward admitting that he has a problem](https://jpinyu.com/2015/02/17/venezuelas-maduro-must-take-the-first-step-toward-admitting-that-he-has-a-problem/) - [Originally posted here] There is a common theme among leaders of oppressive regimes around the world — a rhetorical assertion that the United States is backing their opposition groups. While the theme may be tied to historical interventions conducted by the United States, it is currently being used in a systematic effort to undermine opposition - [Power to the Oppressor: The Venezuelan-Security Council Paradox](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/21/the-venezuelan-security-council-paradox/) - Tens of thousands of Venezuelan students took to the streets of Caracas to peacefully protest against an inefficient government in February 2014. Shortage of food and medicine, and the high rates of corruption and crime were among the many on-going problems for which the protesters demanded solutions. The Venezuelan government responded to these demonstrations with - [From Havana, With Love](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/09/from-havana-with-love/) - [A version of this was originally posted here] “Hello, happy holidays!” On the cobblestone streets that skirt Plaza de la Catedral and Plaza de Armas, this phrase is ubiquitous. Cubans often hurl it at passing tourists irrespective of the season. To Americans, the moment may seem like an opportunity to laugh. Look how out of - [Zika Virus: A Global Cry for Help](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/12/zika-virus-a-global-cry-for-help/) - There’s a lot we don’t know about the Zika Virus. Every media outlet reporting on the pandemic that has ravaged the Americas over the last few months has made that abundantly clear. The World Health Organization (WHO)has said that it is extremely concerned about Zika. And yet, other columnists downplay the danger, arguing the virus - [Obama in Cuba: The Eagle Has Landed?](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/24/obama-in-cuba-the-eagle-has-landed/) - In Havana, legend has it that a great symbol of US imperialism was defaced in January of 1961. Designed in 1925 to commemorate the U.S. sailors that lost their lives at the beginning of the Spanish-American war, the Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine was simple—two pillars joined with an arch crowned by - [At the United Nations and at Home, a Push to Recognize Puerto Rico’s Right to Self-determination](https://jpinyu.com/2017/12/15/at-the-united-nations-and-at-home-a-push-to-recognize-puerto-ricos-right-to-self-determination/) - Taken by the author at "Unidos against PROMESA," a protest that took place on the day that the federally appointed fiscal board was scheduled to meet in New York City (Sept. 30, 2016) | Photo courtesy Lucia Seda NEW YORK — The question of Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination did not make the agenda of - [Arrests in Marielle Franco's Death a Blow to Bolsonaro's Brazil, a Step Towards the Accountability She Fought For](https://jpinyu.com/2019/03/13/arrests-in-marielle-francos-death-a-blow-to-bolsonaros-brazil-a-step-towards-the-accountability-she-fought-for/) - Two ex-police officers were arrested in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday in connection with former Brazilian Councilwoman Marielle Franco’s death, a monumental step toward justice and countering narratives about who is held accountable in Brazil’s justice system. Ex-officers Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Vieira de Queiroz were arrested under suspicions that they carried out a shooting - [Activists Work to Keep Young Immigrant Dreams Alive](https://jpinyu.com/2019/12/19/activists-work-to-keep-young-immigrant-dreams-alive/) - Itzel Hernandez, 26, came to the United States when she was ten years old. In 1994, she and her mother made their way from Puebla, a city in east central Mexico, to meet her father, who was living in California at the time—and in search of the American Dream. After three years of being separated - [NYU Law Event: Iran, ISIS, and the Future of Gulf Security](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/05/insights-nyu-law-event-iran-isis-and-the-future-of-gulf-security/) - Iran, ISIS, and the Future of Gulf Security March 2, 2015 Furman Hall | The Center on Law and Security | NYU School of Law Moderator: Zachary Goldman, Executive Director, Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law Speakers: Admiral William Fallon, U.S. Former CENTCOM Commander Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow Saban Center for Middle - [Peace in Syria? Don’t Hold Your Breath](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/04/peace-in-syria-dont-hold-your-breath/) - Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces, part of the coalition combating the Islamic State, on the outskirts of the eastern city of Shadadi. Picture by Rodi Said | Reuters On Feb. 11 news broke of a potential breakthrough in the Syrian Civil War. Russian-backed pro-Assad forces and an umbrella group of U.S.-backed anti-regime rebels agreed - [Gay, Palestinian, Israeli: Caught between conflicting identities](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/15/insights-gay-palestinian-israeli-caught-between-conflicting-identities/) - Scene from Oriented | Pictured Film Distribution Jake Witzenfeld presented his documentary Oriented at New York University’s Gallatin School, sparking a conversation about identity crises on the Mediterranean shores. In the opening scene of the acclaimed documentary Oriented (2015), Khader, an Israeli Arab, speaks before a crowd at the Tel Aviv LGBT Community Center. He - [South Asia: Battle Ground Between ISIS & al-Qaeda](https://jpinyu.com/2015/02/12/south-asia-battle-ground-between-isis-al-qaeda/) - [Originally posted here] Since the video statement by al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri on September 3 announcing al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, South Asia has become one of the new battlegrounds for jihadi support between al-Qaeda and ISIS. South Asian terrorist groups and clerics are split between supporting Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State or remaining - [Kids on the Front Lines](https://jpinyu.com/2015/02/22/kids-on-the-front-lines/) - [Originally posted here] Because of manpower shortages, the Syrian conflict has given rise to yet another distressing phenomenon: child soldiers. 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For the - [Libya: The Islamic State's Pivot Point](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/27/libya-the-islamic-states-pivot-point/) - [This was originally published here] Thanks to Allah who kept us alive to see the dawn of the Caliphate state reemerge… And Allah’s blessing upon Libya that He bestowed upon us, young mujahideen men who answered the call of truth… and pledged allegiance to… Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi… and [thus] the blessed expansion of the Caliphate into Libya was announced. - [Why Is Israel Losing the Public Relations War?](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/02/why-is-israel-losing-the-public-relations-war/) - [A version of this originally appeared here] Israel is losing the global PR war, reveals a poll published by the BBC World Service in 2014. And the March 2015 reelection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a polarizing figure throughout the international community, likely will not serve to change this trend. Israel presently ranks as the - [Is Israel on the Brink of a Financial Crisis?](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/16/is-israel-on-the-brink-of-a-financial-crisis/) - [A version of this was originally posted here] Along with highly publicized remarks on the turnout of Arab Israeli voters and his support for a two-state solution, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu frequently touted his respectable economic record during his electoral campaign last month in Israel. As with most political boasting, Netanyahu’s “achievements” were mainly - [Arrested Development: The “New Capital” in Egypt](https://jpinyu.com/2015/05/04/arrested-development-the-new-capital-in-egypt/) - The most recent economic conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, was a grand spectacle. Not so much because of the fanfare, well-decorated conference centers or the thousands of Egyptian, American and European politicians. Rather, it was the lofty investments from various Gulf states and the unveiling of a new “capital city”—which will cost about $300 - [Russia’s exit from Syria: Mission unaccomplished?](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/19/russias-exit-from-syria-mission-unaccomplished/) - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 14 that he would begin to remove his troops from Syria, claiming that he had achieved all of the objectives that prompted the country’s military intervention last September. Putin may have removed a small number of contingency forces immediately following his announcement, but it is now apparent that - [Lebanon’s Confessionalism is a Bulwark Against Democracy](https://jpinyu.com/2016/12/08/lebanons-confessionalism-is-a-bulwark-against-democracy/) - Two years, six months, and eight days. That was the amount of time needed for the Lebanese parliament to elect a new president. On October 31, after 45 sessions, the parliament filled the 29-months-vacant presidential seat by nominating former army general and Christian Maronite Michel Aoun. It was the last hope to fill the presidential - [Turkish Women's Rights Struggle During State of Emergency](https://jpinyu.com/2017/02/13/turkish-womens-rights-struggle-during-state-of-emergency/) - A week ago the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, began a referendum campaign to support a bill that could transform the country’s parliamentary system into a presidential one, which could keep Erdogan in office until 2029. The possibility of a stronger presidency with Erdogan at its head could augur a challenging path for activism in - [Unfazed by Critics, the Crown Prince Reigns](https://jpinyu.com/2017/10/22/unfazed-by-critics-the-crown-prince-reigns/) - Prince Mohammed Bin Salman | Photo courtesy Saudi Press Agency On September 26, 2017—led by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman—Saudi Arabia issued a Royal Decree allowing women to drive. While the young Prince’s supporters and profile continue to rise, his ascension has not been without criticism. Nonetheless, his progressive vision of a modernized Saudi Arabia - [Under Different Kinds of Attacks: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon](https://jpinyu.com/2017/12/02/under-different-kinds-of-attacks-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon/) - The camp in Dalhamiyeh is among hundreds of informal clusters of Syrian refugee tents in the Bekaa Valley | Photo courtesy Dylan Collins/Al Jazeera When a refugee flees a civil war to a neighboring country, the assumption is that he or she is finally safe from a life-threatening situation. As more than a million Syrian - [Why Do Cease-Fire Agreements Mediated by Third Parties Fail?](https://jpinyu.com/2018/01/12/why-do-cease-fire-agreements-mediated-by-third-parties-fail/) - The remains of a market in Maarat al-Noaman, in Syria’s northern province of Idlib, after an airstrike Tuesday. Dozens of people were reported killed. | Photo courtesy Mohamed Al-Bakour/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Why are cease-fire agreements mediated by third parties likely to be short-lived? An examination of recent events in Syria can provide us with - [New Developments on the Stagnant Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict](https://jpinyu.com/2018/04/09/new-developments-on-the-stagnant-nagorno-karabakh-conflict/) - Photo courtesy Office of the NKR President Bako Sahakyan, the president of a mountainous Central Asian de facto state roughly the size of Rhode Island, visited Washington, DC on Wednesday, March 14. This is the first time the president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is wedged between Armenia and Azerbaijan, has been to - [A Case against Military Intervention in Iran](https://jpinyu.com/2018/10/17/a-case-against-military-intervention-in-iran/) - The Trump administration defines Iran as one of its top foreign policy threats. This is mainly due to Iran’s support of proxies in conflicts such as Syria and Yemen, its ballistic missile program, its support for terrorists in the region, and its desire to become a nuclear power. Under the belief that Iran is actively - [No Post-Conflict Decontamination Obligations Set Before UN First Committee Vote](https://jpinyu.com/2018/10/26/no-post-conflict-decontamination-obligations-set-before-un-first-committee-vote/) - NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and use of depleted uranium weaponry is its first since the U.S. military reversed earlier denials and confirmed that it used the radioactive armament late in 2015. 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No, these are not the stories of Syria or the refugee crisis that you have become so accustomed to hearing, but they may still sound - [Tackling Corruption is the Best Way to Save Iraq](https://jpinyu.com/2019/10/21/tackling-corruption-is-the-best-way-to-save-iraq/) - In 2017, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared that IS was defeated in Iraq. Without IS holding it back, Iraq would have been on the road to revitalization. One year later, instead of throwing parades to celebrate a new era of recovery, Iraqis took to the streets in heated protests that erupted all over the - [Iran May Be Disappointed When China’s Commitment is Tested](https://jpinyu.com/2020/02/03/iran-may-be-disappointed-when-chinas-commitment-comes-to-a-test/) - In his spare time, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif likes reminding his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Iran is finally ready to take on a leading role in China’s pop band, BRI (Belt and Road Initiative). Mr. Wang is pleased by Mr. Zarif’s enthusiasm and will pat him on his head, telling Zarif that - [What Does the Abraham Accord Mean for India?](https://jpinyu.com/2020/09/14/what-does-the-abraham-accord-mean-for-india/) - On August 13, Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced normalization of their relations. This deal, known as the Abraham Accord, was brokered by United States President Donald Trump. This means that the UAE and Israel would formally establish business relations, tourism, direct flights, scientific cooperation, and, in time, full diplomatic ties at the ambassadorial - [Syria and Ukraine: Two Sides of the Same Coin?](https://jpinyu.com/2022/04/18/syria-and-ukraine-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/) - As Russia continues its war against Ukraine, the similarities between Ukraine and Syria are striking. Specifically, Russia’s weaponization of civilians and refugees is a primary tactic that continues to be utilized to achieve geopolitical goals. - [Will China Become the New Middle East Power Broker?](https://jpinyu.com/2021/10/05/will-china-become-the-new-middle-east-power-broker/) - As the United States draws down its presence in the Middle East, many in the international community are wondering what actor might step in to fill the supposed power vacuum that will be left in place of the region’s main security broker. - [Hezbollah After Syria: More Lethal, Less Domestic Support](https://jpinyu.com/2022/02/18/hezbollah-after-syria-more-lethal-less-domestic-support/) - This February, Arab Gulf states engaged in talks with Lebanon, spearheaded by Kuwait’s peace plan in an attempt to repair relations with the country. - [Faculty Insights Podcast: The Global Effects of the War in Ukraine](https://jpinyu.com/2022/05/21/faculty-insights-podcast-the-global-effects-of-the-war-in-ukraine/) - JPI's Roya Lotfi sat down with Dr. Damien Leader, former Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State and Deputy Director of the Office of Russian Affairs and current adjunct professor at NYU, to discuss the global effects of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Listen below: Meet Professor Damien Leader: Professor Damian Leader was a - [JPI Photography](https://jpinyu.com/2022/10/18/jpi-photography/) - JPI Online is excited to showcase photography by NYU students of events happening at or around Washington Square Park. Justice for Jordan Neely Protest at Washington Square Park, May 5, 2023. Photos by Maud Amalie Rasmussen and Chance Padin. Ukrainian Institute of America (E 79th St.), October 30, 2022. Photos by Betty Lincoln. Vigil to Honor - [Faculty Insights Podcast: The COVID-19 Vaccine in the World](https://jpinyu.com/2022/02/22/faculty-insights-podcast-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-world/) - JPI's Roya Lotfi sat down with Mr. Robert Dry, a former counselor for scientific, environmental, technological, and health affairs at the U.S. embassy in Paris and current adjunct professor at NYU, to discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine, its development, and its distribution worldwide. Listen below: Meet Professor Robert Dry: With academic interests in environmental governance, U.S. - [Faculty Insights Podcast: Humanitarian Efforts in Afghanistan](https://jpinyu.com/2021/11/21/faculty-insights-podcast-humanitarian-efforts-in-afghanistan/) - JPI Online's Roya Lotfi sat down with Dr. Shinasi Rama, Clinical Professor of Politics and International Relations to discuss the timely topic of humanitarian efforts by NGOs and INGOs in Afghanistan. Listen below: Meet Dr. Shinasi Rama: Dr. Shinasi Rama is a Clinical Professor of Politics with the International Relations Program at NYU. He has studied - [Insights | Reducing Uncertainty](https://jpinyu.com/2015/09/15/insights-reducing-uncertainty/) - An artist's rendering of the CIA Original Headquarters Building (OHB) at Langley, Virginia. [Originally posted here] Books and movies often portray U.S. intelligence as a salacious world of secrets and spies, evoking images of Liam Neeson scaling buildings and alighting moving trains. Heroes and villains at the same time, these characters warp some of the - [Prophesying the Present: Michel Houellebecq's “Submission”](https://jpinyu.com/2017/04/22/insights-prophesying-the-present-michel-houellebecqs-submission/) - “Submission” is a novel that should bear a trigger warning. In his writing, Michel Houellebecq insults several different minorities in French society. Islam is treated as a homogeneous block, the Senegalese guard with condescension, and women with blunt misogyny. - [So you want to move to Canada, eh?](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/07/so-you-want-to-move-to-canada-eh/) - Well, well, well. How the tables have turned. It was only last month that I was still getting a constant barrage of “You’re Canadian?! That’s so cute!” or “You say ‘about’ funny!” or even better, “Is Canada even a real country?” But as the spectacle of American politics turns scarier and scarier, I find myself - [Sellouts and back stabbers: The nasty game of political endorsements](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/03/sellouts-and-back-stabbers-the-nasty-game-of-political-endorsements/) - After Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday victory, a new game of political calculation is beginning. As the days tick by till there’s a new decider in the White House, former political opponents will find convenient reasons to get past their differences and endorse the likely frontrunner. It’s American politics at its best: “If you can’t beat - [What criminal justice can teach us about the primaries](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/03/what-criminal-justice-can-teach-us-about-the-primaries/) - Power is always partially underwritten by popularity, but modern democracies make the relationship official and exclusive. Popularity is the only widely accepted basis for authority, and elections are the legitimizing vehicles that quantify popularity and then convert it into power. But what happens when the integrity of such elections becomes suspect, when the vehicle for - [What the sponsors of the Global Citizen Conference forgot to mention](https://jpinyu.com/2015/10/05/what-the-sponsors-of-the-global-citizen-conference-forgot-to-mention-2/) - 60,000 fans waved their smartphones in the air as Beyoncé joined Eddie Vedder to close the Global Citizen Conference last weekend in New York with Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” What the socially-conscious fans probably didn’t know is that to supply the minerals to power their smartphones, miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo work 15 - [Volkswagen emissions scandal dampens automotive industry credibility](https://jpinyu.com/2015/09/23/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-dampens-automotive-industry-credibility/) - Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn turned in his resignation on Wednesday in the wake of a growing scandal over falsified emissions tests in the United States. The German carmaker’s emissions cheating affects 11 million vehicles, 482,000 of which were sold in America. Other carmakers were quick to distance themselves from the scandal plaguing the world’s largest - [The World We Lost and How We Get it Back: Book Review of Ill Fares the Land](https://jpinyu.com/2015/05/05/the-world-we-lost-and-how-we-get-it-back-book-review-of-ill-fares-the-land/) - Europe has lost its direction. Seven years after the financial crisis, most of the continent has still not recovered. An unresolved sovereign debt crisis, thousands of immigrants dying to enter the European borders and increased xenophobic discourses are only a few of the problems that haunt the old continent. In Britain, Conservative and Labour parties - [Flying Through the Fog of War](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/24/flying-through-the-fog-of-war/) - The Legal Debate on the U.S. Drone Program and Why it Matters to U.S. Interests On Thursday, the White House released a statement disclosing that U.S. citizen Warren Weinstein and Italian citizen Giovanni Lo Porto were killed in an American drone strike carried out earlier this year. The White House referenced the “uniquely tragic nature” - [The US Needs To Set Clear Cybersecurity Standards](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/13/the-us-needs-to-set-clear-cybersecurity-standards/) - In February, the Obama Administration unveiled its latest National Security Strategy, and to no surprise, cyber threats are prominent on the list of concerns. The strategy stresses the government’s efforts to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure. But cyberspace—described in the report as a domain to be secured, adjoined to the familiar air, land, and sea—is - [A Leaderless Movement: Gordon Brown on Globalization](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/12/insights-a-leaderless-movement-gordon-brown-on-globalization/) - The nervous murmur of the crowd evolved into a boisterous applause as former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, strolled onto the stage. He waved at his onlookers and grinned while placing his bottle of blue seltzer water on a richly-colored podium at the edge of the stage. The journalists hit play on their recorders. - [Citizenship and the Vulnerability of the "Stateless" in Offshore Citizens](https://jpinyu.com/2021/12/03/citizenship-and-the-vulnerability-of-the-stateless-in-offshore-citizens/) - Noora Lori's book, Offshore Citizens, offers a compelling picture of international citizenship, its power, and the plights of the stateless. - [The Savage Wars of Peace](https://jpinyu.com/2015/04/09/insights-the-savage-wars-of-peace/) - The Savage Wars of Peace provides insights into why the United States conducted these operations, how they were executed, and whether they were successful or not. The rationale for repeated involvement in Latin America, the conduct of soldiers, and the legacy of these conflicts are all discussed in detail. It is informative no matter one's opinion. Perhaps the book will not change your opinion on U.S. warfighting, but it will certainly give you a greater appreciation of how war actually unfolds. - [Theorizing a Role for Public Media in American Society in the 21st Century](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/26/public-media-in-american-society/) - Public media in the United States, as we know it today, exists almost as if it were a relic from another era of American life, namely the era of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society.” This endeavor, embodied in an extensive series of domestic welfare programs, brought forth the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), the - [How the Republicans Might Have Accidentally Helped Obama Get Closer to a Deal with Iran](https://jpinyu.com/2015/03/19/how-the-republicans-might-have-accidentally-helped-obama-get-closer-to-a-deal-with-iran/) - After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu’s March 3 address to Congress without an invitation from the executive branch, 47 Republican senators circumvented the White House again and penned an open letter to “leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” But the Republican Senators’ desperate attempt to sabotage the fragile nuclear negotiations with Iran could actually - [Sharing is caring: Why America needs a single-payer healthcare system](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/18/sharing-is-caring-why-america-needs-a-single-payer-healthcare-system/) - [A version of this article was previously published here] Americans think that a simple doctor’s visit in Britain means waiting in a Soviet-style bread line. British people think that the poorest Americans can’t afford to go to a hospital if they are sick, while the richest buy ever more expensive but unnecessary interventions. The debate - [Jeb Bush, Super PAC-Man](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/30/jeb-bush-super-pac-man/) - It was an unbelievable, record-setting amount of money. In the first six months of 2015, the super PAC behind Jeb Bush’s presidential run, Right to Rise USA, had raised $103 million in support of the presumed Republican front-runner. In comparison, Mitt Romney’s entire winning primary campaign, super PAC expenses and otherwise, had totaled $107 million—and - [Trump's Misguided Torture Plan](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/06/trumps-misguided-torture-plan/) - “We can’t do waterboarding, and they can chop off our heads,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said during a CNN interview in March in response to a string of terrorist bombings in Brussels. “We have to change our laws and we have to be able to fight at least on almost equal basis. We have - [Obligatory democracy is no democracy at all](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/14/obligatory-democracy-is-no-democracy-at-all/) - When asked to govern themselves, it appears most Americans would rather do other things. Local elections rarely pull more than 30 percent of constituents to the polls. Congressional and state elections fare little better. Even the stream of media chatter that hangs around every presidential election fails to get Americans to the polls: on average, - [One in Three Native American Women Report Rape – Rarely See Justice](https://jpinyu.com/2016/06/20/one-in-three-native-american-women-report-rape-rarely-see-justice/) - In April, Joseph Dean Lee was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a Native American woman on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Although Lee will serve time in prison, often those who rape Native American women are never brought to justice. One in three Native American women will report being - [Western Women in ISIS: Naïve Victims, or Violent Terrorists?](https://jpinyu.com/2016/08/04/western-women-in-isis-naive-victims-or-violent-terrorists/) - “It was a really hard life.” Said by a shaken 16-year-old named Marilyn Nevalainen, these words represent a girl’s realization about life under ISIS rule. Not knowing what ISIS was, she traveled to Iraq in 2015 where she says, “I didn’t have anything. No water. No electricity. I didn’t have any money either.” This description - [Is Footing the Peacekeeping Bill Enough?](https://jpinyu.com/2016/09/30/insights-is-footing-the-peacekeeping-bill-enough/) - Austria sends more. Uruguay, Yemen, and Denmark send more. Even Finland sends more troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions than the United States, though its population of five and a half million is almost 60 times smaller. A fixture of international diplomacy since the first missions were established in the Middle East and Kashmir, UN-sponsored - [The Hazards of Hillary](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/10/the-hazards-of-hillary/) - At the Democratic Party’s convention this past summer, Hillary Clinton recited the words of John Wesley—the 17th century founder of her Christian Methodist denomination—during her acceptance speech, “Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.” Judging from last night’s - [Governments at the Table, NGOs on the Sidelines](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/18/governments-at-the-table-ngos-on-the-sidelines/) - It took four years to break the logjam, but in July, the Committee to Protect Journalists cut through opposition from the UN’s NGO Committee and gained consultative status in the world body, giving its representatives the right to speak at meetings, circulate documents within the UN, organize events and lobby diplomats. Yet even given CPJ’s - [The Case for Hillary Clinton](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/07/the-case-for-hillary-clinton/) - In a final installment of JPI’s 2016 election coverage, we bring you two articles, with each writer arguing why their candidate should be elected President of the United States. Please click here to read the Case for Donald J Trump. I often joke that as a young Hispanic woman whose parents worked for the government, - [The Case for Donald J. Trump](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/07/the-case-for-donald-j-trump/) - In a final installment of JPI’s 2016 election coverage, we bring you two articles, with each writer arguing why their candidate should be elected President of the United States. Please click here to read the Case for Hillary Clinton. With the election’s final curtain soon to fall, there comes a sigh of relief, followed by - [The Contested US Intelligence Community: Why Limiting its Role Would be a Blunder](https://jpinyu.com/2016/12/16/the-contested-us-intelligence-community-why-limiting-its-role-would-be-a-blunder/) - On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, in an event unforeseen by the US intelligence community. Yet, as we commemorate Pearl Harbor’s 75th anniversary this year, the role of US intelligence services in protecting its citizens is under debate. Following 9/11, WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden’s divulgence of stolen secrets—which risked American - [Local Leaders Resist Trump Immigration Order](https://jpinyu.com/2017/01/28/trump-immigration-order/) - President Trump issued executive orders on Wednesday to construct a border wall with Mexico and increase efforts to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. The Trump administration hopes to use local city and state law enforcement as a dragnet to increase deportation of undocumented immigrants. The order in effect restores the Secure Communities program, a “force - [What Robert Bork’s Legacy Means for the Trump Administration](https://jpinyu.com/2017/02/23/what-robert-borks-legacy-means-for-the-trump-administration/) - Brace yourself: Robert Bork is about to become very relevant again. The name Robert Bork is familiar to most politicos, and his story serves as a forewarning for the Trump administration’s Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch. Bork’s story is well known; a qualified—but overly conservative—nominee fails to be confirmed by a Democratic Senate. Embarrassment follows - [BLOCKED Muslim Ban 2.0](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/16/__trashed-2/) - The author, Ionut Gitan, with his makeshift sign at JFK airport, snapped by a photographer at New York Times | Photo courtesy Victor J. Blue/NYT A question repeated in my head: How could this happen in the United States? Early morning, on January 28, I read the news of President Trump’s executive order on immigration. - [Reconciling Ideology: In Between NYC and Nowhere](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/24/reconciling-ideology-in-between-nyc-and-nowhere/) - The majority of Russian-Americans were thrilled by Trump’s familiar rhetoric, isolationism, and friendly view of Russia and Putin, and they were equally delighted when he won the presidency. They consider themselves ‘Americans,’ just as my Soviet Jewish émigré parents do. But on election night, the naïve illusion my parents held as self-proclaimed ‘Americans’ was shattered. - [Trump Leaves the Neighborhood Bloc Party](https://jpinyu.com/2017/04/27/trump-leaves-the-neighborhood-bloc-party/) - The United States may not keep its neighbors behind an iron curtain, but it has certainly asserted regional dominance over the past century. The United States has been Latin America’s biggest trading partner for decades, bolstering its leadership with everything from the multi-billion dollar “Plan Colombia" initiative, to CIA involvement in the overthrow of Chilean - [Diversity and Inclusion in Arts and Culture](https://jpinyu.com/2017/09/18/diversity-and-inclusion-in-arts-and-culture/) - Photo courtesy: Clip Art A year and 375 meetings later, CreateNYC prepares to release a report on feedback from arts and culture creatives, activists, advocates, and supporters. CreateNYC is the city’s first ever culture plan which will serve as a roadmap to shape the future of arts and culture in NYC. In the efforts of - [An Election of “Firsts”](https://jpinyu.com/2018/11/07/an-election-of-firsts/) - Yesterday's election saw large numbers of Americans turning up to cast their votes. The New York Times is estimating that some 114 million ballots were cast this year, well above the 83 million votes cast in 2014 and 91 million ballots cast in 2010. As we now know, the U.S. Senate stayed red, with a majority - [The Uniting Power of Trump’s Immigration Policies](https://jpinyu.com/2019/11/26/the-uniting-power-of-trumps-immigration-policies/) - Since the 2016 U.S. election, the Trump administration has tried to keep its campaign promises by making refugee entry into the U.S. as difficult as possible. Instead of driving a wedge between U.S. citizens and immigrants, these strict policies are uniting different American organizations fighting for immigrant rights, and encouraging wide-spread civic engagement. “That’s the - [COVID-19 Reaches the Gig Economy](https://jpinyu.com/2020/03/18/covid-19-reaches-the-gig-economy/) - One of the first things I did when I moved to New York was sign up for Wag, an app-based dog-walking service. I love both dogs and walking around my Brooklyn neighborhood, and I needed a source of income that would be conducive to my graduate school schedule. I made $12 per 30-minute walk, and - [Impact of the U.S.-China Trade War and China’s Policy Responses](https://jpinyu.com/2020/12/07/impact-of-the-u-s-china-trade-war-and-chinas-policy-responses/) - Since China's accession to the WTO, trade between China and the U.S. has been increasing over time. - [For Developing Countries, Desire to Grow Overpowers Climate Change Activism](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/12/for-developing-countries-desire-to-grow-overpowers-climate-change-activism/) - Climate change activism tends to advocate for changes in individual lifestyles as a solution for global heating. - [COVID-19 Presents Challenges for Religious Expression in the U.S.](https://jpinyu.com/2020/05/19/covid-19-presents-challenges-for-religious-expression-in-the-u-s/) - Religious institutions across the U.S. are filing lawsuits against their state and local governments, arguing that the social distancing rules meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 are depriving them of one of their most basic, and most critical, liberties: the right to worship. A church in Kentucky filed for a temporary restraining order to - [The Repercussions of Erdogan’s Gamble](https://jpinyu.com/2020/03/04/the-repercussions-of-erdogans-gamble/) - In the last few weeks, there’s been a serious escalation of the northwestern Syria conflict, with Syria and Russia intensifying their offensive in the Idlib province, culminating with the death of 33 Turkish soldiers. As Syrian government forces and Russian forces proceed with their operation to retake Idlib, the Turkish military is not just standing - [Monday Briefing | March 06](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/06/monday-briefing-march-06/) - Stories to follow In a complete twist, the White House requested a congressional probe into the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower by former President Obama. In a series of four tweets posted on Saturday at 6 am, President Trump accused former President Obama of spying on him during his run-up to the 2016 elections. The twitterstorm seems to - [Monday Briefing | April 10](https://jpinyu.com/2017/04/10/monday-briefing-april-10/) - Stories to Follow Impact of US air strikes: Russia has suspended a deal with the US designed to prevent direct conflict between US and Russian forces in response to President Trump’s decision to launch 59 cruise missiles on Thursday. Observers are divided on the motivations for the strike, who is responsible for the gas attack, and - [Monday Briefing | October 28](https://jpinyu.com/2019/10/28/monday-briefing-october-28/) - Stories to Follow Parliamentary Elections in Poland: PiS wants a recount in the upper house: The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections from two weeks ago still raise controversy of the most polarized countries in Europe. As expected, the national-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) remained in power, winning the lower chamber with 43.59% of the - [Monday Briefing | October 21](https://jpinyu.com/2019/10/21/monday-briefing-october-21/) - Stories to Follow Police Increase Security in Hong Kong: Protests in Hong Kong are still going strong despite police attempts to ban the marches. On Sunday, protestors took to the streets to hold an unauthorized rally in the wake of a ban on these demonstrations. These protests first began about four months ago when a - [Monday Briefing | October 14](https://jpinyu.com/2019/10/14/monday-briefing-october-14/) - Stories to Follow Turkey Invades Syria: If you’re not following the Turkish-led infiltration in northern Syria, here’s what you missed. On Sunday, Kurdish forces—formerly allied with the U.S.—announced a new deal with the Russian-backed government in Damascus, a known enemy of the United States. Last week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan authorized Turkish forces to move - [Monday Briefing | November 25](https://jpinyu.com/2019/11/25/monday-briefing-november-25/) - Stories to Follow Japan-South Korea relations: South Korea has been resistant to improve its relations with Japan for a while now; however, in a last-minute turn of events on Friday, Nov. 22, it reversed its decision to abandon its military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan. The General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) intends to counter - [Is Lebanon Headed to More Secular Politics?](https://jpinyu.com/2019/12/06/is-lebanon-headed-to-more-secular-politics/) - Before the inception of the Lebanese republic, the Lebanese political system functioned as a multi-confessional system where power has been allocated to different religious communities. In 1920, French General Gouraud announced the formation of the state of Greater Lebanon, expanding the previously Ottoman autonomous governorate of Mount Lebanon. Under the French mandate, Maronite Christian community - [Monday Briefing | September 21](https://jpinyu.com/2020/09/21/monday-briefing-september-21-2/) - Stories to Follow Woman Arrested for Allegedly Sending Poison to President Trump — A woman suspected of sending ricin through the mail to President Donald Trump was arrested Sunday after she attempted to cross into the U.S. through Canada. Authorities say she was carrying a gun when she tried to cross the border in New - [Monday Briefing | November 30](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/30/monday-briefing-november-30-2/) - Photo: Mayor de Blasio announced that some schools will begin to reopen on Dec. 7. Credit: https://www.wsj.com/articles/de-blasio-gives-up-on-educating-poor-kids-11566947350 - [Monday Briefing | December 7](https://jpinyu.com/2020/12/07/monday-briefing-december-7-2/) - Photo: China released a photo of its flag on the moon on Thursday. https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/05/china-becomes-second-nation-to-plant-flag-on-moon-during-mission-to-gather-rocks-13705129/ Stories to follow: China became the second country in history to put its national flag on the moon. Last Thursday, China’s Chang’e-5 space probe, which is named after a mythical Chinese moon goddess, photographed the flag. China aims to bring back - [Monday Briefing | December 14](https://jpinyu.com/2020/12/14/monday-briefing-december-14-2/) - Photo: Tesla and NIO face-off in a battle for electric vehicle dominance. (Courtesy of wccftech.com) Stories to follow: President-elect Joe Biden is slowly assembling his cabinet and team of advisors. Heads of state and diplomats around the world are analyzing the selections in an attempt to extract hints about the foreign policy direction of - [Monday Briefing | April 26](https://jpinyu.com/2021/04/26/monday-briefing-april-26/) - Photo: At least 82 people are dead after a fire in a Baghdad hospital Saturday night. Credit: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56875804. Stories to follow: More than 80 people killed in Baghdad hospital fire. Oxygen tanks exploded in a hospital in Iraq's capital city Saturday night, leaving at least 82 people dead and another 110 injured. Many of the - [Monday Briefing | May 10](https://jpinyu.com/2021/05/10/monday-briefing-may-10/) - Photo credit: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-56678489 Stories to follow: This year marks the 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland's foundation, and the European Parliament recently voted to approve Britain's post-Brexit trade deal. However, the reality of Brexit has been much messier. On Thursday, the EU ambassador to the UK said that the EU is "committed to finding solutions" to logistical problems related to Brexit's Northern - [Monday Briefing | May 3](https://jpinyu.com/2021/05/03/monday-briefing-may-3/) - Photo: Small businesses continue to struggle as New York City lifts social distancing restrictions. Credit: https://www.crainsnewyork.com/small-business/public-private-partnership-launches-resource-network-small-businesses Stories to follow: With many workers still remote and tourism low, many Manhattan shops continue to struggle even as the city recovers from COVID-19. Small businesses made up 98% of all pre-pandemic businesses in New York and employ - [Monday Briefing | September 13](https://jpinyu.com/2021/09/27/monday-briefing-september-13/) - September 13, 2021 featured headlines include a new anti-abortion law in Texas, updates on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and new vaccination requirements in the United States. - [Monday Briefing | November 23](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/23/monday-briefing-november-23-2/) - Photo: Despite warnings not to travel, many Americans are choosing to visit family over the Thanksgiving holiday. Credit: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-thanksgiving-travel-decisions-coronavirus-20201120-ls4odrxognfbpobi5m4xro4wf4-story.html Stories to follow: As you prepare for the much-needed Thanksgiving break, brace yourself before traveling. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher has outlined in Forbes the 10 Riskiest States To Visit with a breakdown of the COVID-19 protocols in - [Monday Briefing | November 16](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/16/monday-briefing-november-16-2/) - Photo: Astronauts Soichi Noguchi, left, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins at Cape Canaveral before the launch. Credit: Joe Skipper/Reuters Stories to follow: NASA successfully launched the Crew-1 mission from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday evening. Using the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule, NASA propelled four astronauts to the International Space Station. - [Monday Briefing | November 2](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/02/monday-briefing-november-2-2/) - Photo: Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump. Photo credit: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/white-house-fauci-trump-atlas-pandemic-response/index.html Stories to Follow: Last-minute push to head to the polls. As early voting comes to a close in various states across the country, people continue to stand in long lines to ensure their voice is heard. By Sunday afternoon, over 92 million people - [Monday Briefing | October 12](https://jpinyu.com/2020/10/12/monday-briefing-october-12-2/) - Demonstrators stopped traffic on a Manhattan street on Saturday. Photo courtesy of https://abc7ny.com/armenia-rally-azerbaijan-conflict-turkey/6926478/. Stories to Follow: Armenia and Azerbaijan Ceasefire: Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a ceasefire on Saturday, October 10, following a dispute over control of the territory Nagorno-Karabakh. The territory is located inside of Azerbaijan territory but is under the control - [Monday Briefing | October 5](https://jpinyu.com/2020/10/05/monday-briefing-october-5-2/) - Stories to follow: President Trump’s diagnosis of COVID-19: With only a few weeks left until Election Day, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have been diagnosed with COVID-19. On Saturday, President Trump’s doctors announced that he was “doing very well” and will continue to be treated at Walter Reed Medical Center for - [Monday Briefing | October 26](https://jpinyu.com/2020/10/26/monday-briefing-october-26-2/) - Photo: Some people lined up for hours to vote early over the weekend. Photo from The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/nyregion/new-york-early-voting.html. Stories to follow: So far almost 60 million Americans have voted early in the 2020 presidential election, breaking a 110+ year record. "Not since 1908 have more than 65% of eligible US voters - [Monday Briefing | November 9](https://jpinyu.com/2020/11/09/monday-briefing-november-9/) - Photo: President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/world/americas/Biden-foreign-policy.html Stories to Follow: The main story on everyone’s mind this week is the U.S. election. Joe Biden has been declared the winner, and world leaders are paying attention, with many hoping this will signal a major shift in US foreign policy. Biden will face a - [Monday Briefing | September 28](https://jpinyu.com/2020/09/28/monday-briefing-september-28-2/) - Stories to follow: Trump Announces Amy Coney Barrett As His Supreme Court Nominee President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg's seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed by the majority Republican Senate, Amy Coney Barrett will cement the conservative majority in the court, which will shape the future - [Monday Briefing | April 12](https://jpinyu.com/2021/04/12/monday-briefing-april-12/) - Photo: La Soufriere, a volcano on St. Vincent, erupted for the third time in its history on April 9. Credit: Reuters, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56707956. Stories to follow: B-117 COVID-19 Variant Causing Concerns. The B-117 COVID-19 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom and responsible for continued border closures between the U.K. and Europe, is now the - [Monday Briefing | April 5](https://jpinyu.com/2021/04/05/monday-briefing-april-5/) - Photo: One police officer was killed on Friday after a driver rammed into the Capitol building's barricade. Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Stories to follow: On Friday, a driver hit two Capitol police officers at the Capitol building barricade in Washington, D.C., killing Officer William Evans and injuring the other officer. The suspect, Noah - [Monday Briefing | March 29](https://jpinyu.com/2021/03/29/monday-briefing-march-29/) - Photo: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a new law that puts restrictions on mail-in voting. Credit: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/26/biden-georgia-republicans-voting-rights-restrictions Stories to follow: Another mass shooting. On March 21, 2021, a gunman, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa opened fire in a Colorado supermarket leaving 10 people dead, one of which was a police officer. Alissa used an AR-15-style pistol - [Monday Briefing | February 22](https://jpinyu.com/2021/02/22/monday-briefing-february-22-2/) - Photo: NY Governor Andrew Cuomo allegedly threatened Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim after Cuomo underrepresented Covid-19 deaths. Credit: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/cuomo-ron-kim-nursing-home/index.html Stories to Follow: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has come under fire in recent days following the revelation that he underrepresented the number of Covid-19 deaths in New York’s nursing homes. The controversy began in early January, - [Getting Your Favorite Chocolate May Come at a Price](https://jpinyu.com/2021/02/15/getting-your-favorite-chocolate-may-come-at-a-price/) - Although fruits and vegetables are great for our health, sometimes we crave foods that will satisfy our sweet tooth. For many, that means chocolate. Chocolate comes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and flavors. It could be the heart-shaped milk chocolates for Valentine's Day or the Cocoa Puffs in your bowl of cereal. It’s all - [Monday Briefing | February 8](https://jpinyu.com/2021/02/08/monday-briefing-february-8-2/) - Photo: Marjorie Taylor Greene. Credit: https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-regrets-qanon-comments-11612467411. Stories to follow: US House votes to remove GOP representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments. This past Thursday night, 11 Republican House members joined with Democrats in voting to remove Greene from her committee assignments in response to recently unearthed controversial and violent statements from the congresswoman. The - [Monday Briefing | February 1](https://jpinyu.com/2021/02/01/monday-briefing-february-1-2/) - Photo: Will there be six more weeks of winter, or will we have an early spring? Only Staten Island Chuck will tell. Credit: https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/staten-island-chuck-makes-groundhog-day-prediction-2019 Stories to follow: Myanmar government under siege. Late Sunday night (EST), the Myanmar military announced that it was taking over the country for one year. The announcement came after members of the - [Monday Briefing | March 22](https://jpinyu.com/2021/03/22/monday-briefing-march-22/) - Photo: Illustration of Chinese and Russian vaccine diplomacy. (Photo courtesy of SkyNews) Stories to follow: Vaccine diplomacy is here. As more and more Covid-19 vaccinations become available, several states are well-positioned to utilize vaccine deployment as a component of their national security strategy. Some analysts see the vaccine as an opportunity for the United States - [Monday Briefing | March 15](https://jpinyu.com/2021/03/15/monday-briefing-march-15/) - Photo: Defense attorney Eric Nelson left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, during a hearing before jury selection. Credit: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/us/derek-chauvin-trial-jury/index.html Stories to Follow: Decades of progress on extreme poverty now in reverse due to COVID-19: Two decades of progress in the reduction of extreme poverty, the elimination of which is one - [Monday Briefing | March 8](https://jpinyu.com/2021/03/08/monday-briefing-march-8/) - The SpaceX SN10 rocket prototype exploded last Wednesday after successfully touching down on the company’s launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/03/tech/spacex-starship-sn10-test-flight-scn/index.html Stories to follow: SpaceX Starship Mars SpaceX’s rocket prototype, the Starship Mars, exploded during a test on Wednesday. The Starship Mars rocket is slated for several purposes: high-speed commercial travel, moon landings and - [Monday Briefing | March 1](https://jpinyu.com/2021/03/01/monday-briefing-march-1/) - Photo: Chinatown residents in San Francisco take the streets to protest against hate crimes against the Asian-American community. Photo courtesy of CNN. Stories to Follow: A surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans: President Biden calls it “unacceptable” and “un-American”: Hate crimes against Asians have been on the rise in New York City as - [Monday Briefing | September 27](https://jpinyu.com/2021/09/27/monday-briefing-september-27/) - September 27, 2021 headlines include the announcement of AUKUS, important developments between world leaders at the UN, and the 59th New York Film Festival. - [Monday Briefing | October 4](https://jpinyu.com/2021/10/05/monday-briefing-october-4/) - October 4, 2021 headlines include protests throughout Brazil calling for Bolsonaro's impeachment and anti-abortion actions in China and the US. - [Monday Briefing | September 20](https://jpinyu.com/2021/09/27/monday-briefing-september-20/) - September 20, 2021 headlines include a new report on Iranian nuclear capabilities and US climate policy. - [Monday Briefing | May 4](https://jpinyu.com/2020/05/04/monday-briefing-may-4/) - Stories to Follow Kim Jong-un Resurfaces in Public After Weeks of Speculation: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who was under speculation that he was in grave danger after undergoing heart surgery, resurfaced in public after three weeks of unexplained disappearance. North Korean state media reported that Kim attended a ceremony for the opening of a - [Monday Briefing | April 27](https://jpinyu.com/2020/04/27/monday-briefing-april-27/) - Stories to Follow International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace: On April 24, the United Nations observed its second International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace.Through UN resolution A/RES//73/127, which was adopted on 12 December 2018, the UN GA made a commitment to reaffirm the values of the UN Charter through the establishment - [Monday Briefing | April 20](https://jpinyu.com/2020/04/21/monday-briefing-april-20/) - Stories to Follow State Level Stay At Home Orders Spark Protests: In the U.S., extensions of the stay at home orders sparked protest. Governors in New York, Wisconsin, and other states extended the orders past the federal deadline. In the last week, people gathered in the streets, yelled from their cars, and held signs saying that - [Monday Briefing | April 13](https://jpinyu.com/2020/04/13/monday-briefing-april-13/) - Stories to Follow UN Calls for Peace Amid Pandemic: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on warring parties across the globe last month to lay down arms to face the common enemy facing all of humanity: the coronavirus pandemic. In his call for a global ceasefire, Guterres acknowledged the coronavirus’s indifference to national borders, ethnicity, - [Monday Briefing | April 6](https://jpinyu.com/2020/04/06/monday-briefing-april-6-2/) - Stories to Follow EU Chief Apologizes to Italy, But Doesn’t Budge on ‘Coronabond’ Request: European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen apologized to Italy, noting that "in the face of the need for a common European response, too many have thought only of their own home problems." Today, Europe is mobilizing alongside Italy. Von der - [Monday Briefing | March 23](https://jpinyu.com/2020/03/23/monday-briefing-march-23-2/) - Stories to Follow COVID-19 Exposes Health Inequality in the United States: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made numerous calls for social distancing, self-isolation and good hygiene practice in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Since there is no vaccine for this - [Monday Briefing | March 16](https://jpinyu.com/2020/03/16/monday-briefing-march-16/) - Stories to Follow Tensions in Iraq Continue to Rise: Tensions in Iraq are again on the rise. After a rocket barrage in response to the killing of Soleimani in January, the United States and Iran backed away from further conflict. However, Iranian-backed militias launched salvos several times in the last few days, including those that - [Monday Briefing | March 9](https://jpinyu.com/2020/03/09/monday-briefing-march-9-2/) - Stories to Follow Three Members of Saudi Royal Family Detained: On March 7, reports emerged that three senior Saudi princes, including the younger brother and nephew of King Salman, were detained for allegedly planning a coup. While King Salman signed off on these arrests, sources state that Mohammad bin Salman had directed them. As one - [Monday Briefing | February 24](https://jpinyu.com/2020/02/24/monday-briefing-february-24/) - Stories to Follow Protestors demand Assange’s release preceding extradition hearings: As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces his first hearing this Monday on whether or not Britain should extradite him to the United States, hundreds of protestors gathered in London for his support. Protestors included people close to Assange such as his father John Shipton and WikiLeaks - [Monday Briefing | February 17](https://jpinyu.com/2020/02/17/monday-briefing-february-17/) - Stories to Follow Turkey’s military involvement in Syria’s Idlib province: A gradual decline of geopolitical risks associated with Turkey’s military activities in Syria has helped support the substantial rally in Turkish assets since last fall. However, a new major military commitment, this time in the province of Idlib, has the potential to revive market concerns. - [Monday Briefing | February 10](https://jpinyu.com/2020/02/10/monday-briefing-february-10/) - Stories to Follow President Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses: Two key impeachment witnesses are now out of a job. On Friday, President Trump fired Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council. Both served as key witnesses who testified during the - [Monday Briefing | December 16](https://jpinyu.com/2019/12/16/monday-briefing-december-16/) - Stories to Follow Impeachment Moves to the Next Stage: The House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment on Friday morning. The full house is expected to vote on the articles next week which, if ratified, will lead to a Senate trial in early January 2020. At the same time, the Justice Department’s inspector general - [Monday Briefing | December 9](https://jpinyu.com/2019/12/09/monday-briefing-december-9/) - Stories to Follow Florida Navy Base Attack: On December 6, a gunman fatally shot three people and wounded eight others at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. Later that day, news outlets reported that the shooter was a second lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force who had been taking aviation classes at the - [The Global Community Has Finally Agreed On Something, But It’s Not World Peace](https://jpinyu.com/2019/11/19/the-global-community-has-finally-agreed-on-something-but-its-not-world-peace/) - In a world where each nation’s values are so incredibly diverse, one value that most countries agree on—now more than ever—is that of domestic security. Liberal and free democracies, aristocracies, communist-led governments, and authoritarian regimes have begun to believe that although the world is becoming more globalized, the greatest threat to the rule of law - [Monday Briefing | November 18](https://jpinyu.com/2019/11/18/monday-briefing-november-18/) - Stories to Follow Instability in Bolivia: On November 11, Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales accepted asylum in Mexico after resigning from office on November 10 under significant pressure. Recently, Morales changed the law to be able to run for a fourth election, and subsequently insisted he won despite allegations of fraud. Consequently, Morales faced brutal - [Monday Briefing | November 11](https://jpinyu.com/2019/11/11/monday-briefing-november-11/) - Stories to Follow The WTO’s developing nation status: President Trump has insisted that the World Trade Organization (WTO) must prevent countries like China from designating themselves as a “developing country”, arguing that some member nations are abusing that status to operate trade under more lenient rules. He said those nations are unfairly taking advantage of - [Monday Briefing | November 4](https://jpinyu.com/2019/11/04/monday-briefing-november-4/) - Stories to Follow Spanish General Election: On November 10, Spaniards will return to the polls only seven months after voting in April. Despite gaining 29 percent of the vote in the spring, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), was unable to form a government after negotiations with Podemos, a - [Monday Briefing | May 6](https://jpinyu.com/2019/05/06/monday-briefing-may-6/) - Stories to Follow North Korea Missile Strike:North Korea has confirmed via state media that leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a "strike drill" testing various missile components. "A number of short-range projectiles" were also fired from the Hodo peninsula into the Sea of Japan on Saturday. North Korea's leader gave the order of firing to "increase the combat ability" of the - [Monday Briefing | April 29](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/29/monday-briefing-april-29/) - Stories to Follow 1 dead, 3 injured in shooting at San Diego synagogue: On Saturday, a 19-year old identified as John Earnest entered a San Diego synagogue and opened fire during the last day of Passover. The shooter, who is now in custody, used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. This attack falls exactly 6 months after a - [Monday Briefing | April 22](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/22/monday-briefing-april-22/) - Stories to Follow Fire damages Notre Dame Cathedral: A fire ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, and the 850-year-old landmark was severely damaged. 400 firefighters were stationed to extinguish the fire, and there was a severe injury of one person. The two-thirds of the cathedral’s historic roofing was destroyed, and in response to the - [Monday Briefing | April 15](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/15/monday-briefing-april-15/) - Stories to Follow Haftar receives Sisi’s support against Libyan government. On April 14th, Egyptian leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi announced his unequivocal supportof Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan warlord who has been waging attacks on the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. On April 4th, Haftar announced his aims to capture the capital from Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and - [Monday Briefing | April 8](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/08/monday-briefing-april-8/) - Stories to Follow Sustained protests in Algeria have most recently resulted in the declaration by Parliament that an interim president is being sought. Beginning on February 16 - ten days after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced he would stand for a fifth term - the protests have been named the Smile Revolution. Initially demanding Bouteflika halt - [Monday Briefing | April 1](https://jpinyu.com/2019/04/01/monday-briefing-april-1/) - Stories to Follow U.S. pulls humanitarian support from three Central American nations: This week, President Trump declared that the U.S. is cutting off aid to three Central American countries, claiming that they’ve failed to stop the flow of migrants into the United States. On late Friday, the Trump administration notified Congress that it plans to - [Monday Briefing | March 25](https://jpinyu.com/2019/03/25/monday-briefing-march-25/) - Stories to Follow Robert Mueller Submits His Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 Election: The Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, appointed to conduct the counterintelligence investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has concluded his investigation, submitting a report to the attorney general, William Bar. The investigation was finished without further indictments.House legislatorsare - [Monday Briefing | March 18](https://jpinyu.com/2019/03/18/monday-briefing-march-18/) - Stories to Follow The U.S. is planning on leaving 1000 troops in Syria: The U.S. military is reportedly making plans to keep almost 1000 troops in Syria, several months after President Trump said he was removing all U.S. forces from the country. Citing U.S. officials, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Trump administration plans to continue supporting Kurdish - [Monday Briefing | March 11](https://jpinyu.com/2019/03/11/monday-briefing-march-11/) - Stories to Follow Ethiopian Airlines Crash: 'No survivors' on crashed Boeing 737: An Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all on board. The airline said 149 passengers and eight crew members were on flight ET302 from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in Kenya. The largest number of the victims - [Monday Briefing | March 4](https://jpinyu.com/2019/03/04/monday-briefing-march-4/) - Stories to Follow President Trump cancels signing ceremony with Kim Jong-un: Last week President Trump met with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Hanoi to discusses an agreement over denuclearization and the lifting of sanctions on the world’s most isolated country. The deal, however, fell through as Kim Jong-un was not willing to give up his - [Monday Briefing | February 25](https://jpinyu.com/2019/02/25/monday-briefing-february-25/) - Stories to Follow Taliban sends deputy leader to Qatar peace talks with the U.S.: The United States and the Taliban are to sit down for what could be the highest level of negotiations yet in the Qatari capital, Doha, aimed at finding a solution to the 17-year conflict in Afghanistan. Abdul Ghani Baradar, a powerful commander and a co-founder of - [Monday Briefing | February 18](https://jpinyu.com/2019/02/18/monday-briefing-february-18/) - Stories to Follow President Trump plans to sign the new spending bill and declare a national emergency: President Trump plans to sign the $333 billion package of seven spending bills and declare national emergency after the spending bill receives an approval from both chambers of Congress. President Trump seeks for more border-wall funding through his declaration of - [Monday Briefing | February 11](https://jpinyu.com/2019/02/11/monday-briefing-february-11/) - Stories to Follow Washington on the brink as new Shutdown looms. America could be sliding toward a new government shutdown and President Donald Trump may face a fateful choice over his border wall as another knife-edge week opens in Washington.Democratic and Republican negotiators last week seemed to be on course for a deal to fund the government and boost border security - [Monday Briefing | December 17](https://jpinyu.com/2018/12/19/monday-briefing-december-17/) - Stories to Follow A Second Brexit Vote? British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a political crisis on her Brexit deal on Wednesday, overcoming a no-confidence vote by Conservative Party lawmakers that could have ended her party and country leadership. What does winning the vote mean? Her leadership within the Conservative Party will be guaranteed for at - [Monday Briefing | December 10](https://jpinyu.com/2018/12/10/monday-briefing-december-10/) - Stories to Follow Huawei Executive Arrested, Faces Extradition to the U.S. On December 1st, U.S.-China relations received another blow when Huawei’s chief financial officer was arrested in Vancouver for breaking American sanctions on Iran. Meng Wanzhou, 46, is also the daughter of Huawei’s founder. She was accused of deceiving U.S. financial institutions to help the - [Monday Briefing | December 3](https://jpinyu.com/2018/12/03/monday-briefing-december-3/) - Stories to Follow ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests in Paris Prompt Security Meeting: Less than a week after US troops used tear gas against asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, President Macron of France ordered its use on his own citizens. The ‘Yellow Vest’ protests began last month and were sparked by rising fuel prices. Over the - [Monday Briefing | November 26](https://jpinyu.com/2018/11/26/monday-briefing-november-26/) - Stories to Follow President Trump dismisses CIA report on Khashoggi killing: After global outrage at the killing of Saudi American journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the CIA released a report that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salma, ordered his murder. President Trump dismissed the report, saying the CIA did not find Prince Mohammed guilty.“No, no, they - [Monday Briefing | November 19](https://jpinyu.com/2018/11/19/monday-briefing-november-19/) - Stories to Follow How ZTE Helps Venezuela Create Chinese-Style Social Control: Amid political uncertainty for Venezuelan President Maduro the “Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is helping Venezuela build a system that monitors citizen behavior through a new identification card.” With the assistance of China, the “fatherland card” was officially launched in 2016. ZTE was tasked to develop - [Monday Briefing | November 12](https://jpinyu.com/2018/11/12/monday-briefing-november-12/) - Stories to Follow World Leaders Gather in Paris for the 100-Year Anniversary of WWI Ending: World leaders gathered on Sunday at the Arc De de Triomphe in Paris to mark the 100-year anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. The historic moment was commemorated in a somber and rain-soaked ceremony led by French President Emmanuel - [Monday Briefing | November 5](https://jpinyu.com/2018/11/05/monday-briefing-november-5/) - Stories to Follow Shooting in Florida Yoga Studio Kills 2, Injures 5: Just shy of a week after the tragic mass shooting in Pittsburg, another shooting has taken place; this time in Tallahassee, Florida. The victims, 61 year-old doctor Nancy Van Vessem and 21 year-old Florida State University student Maura Binkley, were killed after the - [Monday Briefing | October 29](https://jpinyu.com/2018/10/29/monday-briefing-october-29/) - Stories to Follow Brazilians Elect Far-Right Candidate in National Vote: Voters in Brazil elected far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff presidential election that took place on October 28, though Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad narrowed his opponent’s lead. The anti-establishment candidate’s rise comes on the heels of a high-profile corruption scandal and in the midst of - [Monday Briefing | October 22](https://jpinyu.com/2018/10/22/monday-briefing-october-22/) - Stories to Follow Trump Says the U.S. will withdraw the Nuclear Arms Treaty with Russia: Saturday October 20, 2018, President Trump warned he will withdraw the U.S. from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. President Trump argued Russia’s development of missile system 9M729 was a violation against the 1987 Treaty while Russia denied such breach of - [Monday Briefing | April 30](https://jpinyu.com/2018/04/30/monday-briefing-april-30/) - The leaders of North and South Korea met face-to-face in a historic summit between the two countries, declaring their commitment to a new era of peace. | Photo courtesy EPA/Korea Summit Press/Pool Stories to Follow Historic Inter-Korean Summit: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in met on April 27 in a historic leadership - [Monday Briefing | April 23](https://jpinyu.com/2018/04/23/monday-briefing-april-23/) - Vietnamese deportees and Amerasians Bui Thanh Hung (L) and Pham Chi Cuong (C) speak to U.S. lawyer and Vietnamese-American Tin Nguyen at a cafe in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam April 19, 2018. | Photo courtesy REUTERS/James Pearson Stories to Follow U.S.-China Trade War: In response to Chinese theft of U.S. intellectual property, - [Monday Briefing | April 2](https://jpinyu.com/2018/04/02/monday-briefing-april-2/) - Crowds of Palestinians gathered along the Gaza Strip’s eastern border to protest for their “right to return.” | Photo courtesy Hosam Salem/Al Jazeera Stories to Follow Palestinian Protests: As of March 30, at least 17 people have been killed and 1000 others wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians protesting along the Gaza Strip’s border. - [Monday Briefing | March 26](https://jpinyu.com/2018/03/26/monday-briefing-march-26/) - Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, along with students and speakers at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington on March 24, 2018. | Photo courtesy Shawn Thew/EPA Stories to Follow March For Our Lives: On Saturday, students led hundreds of thousands in more than 800 marches - [Monday Briefing | March 12](https://jpinyu.com/2018/03/12/monday-briefing-march-12/) - Stories to Follow Trump Accepts Invitation to Meet Kim Jong-un: This week, President Trump accepted an invitation to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. White House Press Secretary Sanders walked back this announcement to include a series of “concrete and verifiable” preconditions that North Korea would be required to meet prior to any summit. Secretary of - [Monday Briefing | March 5](https://jpinyu.com/2018/03/05/monday-briefing-march-5/) - Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia shaking hands with Xi Jinping in 2015. | Photo courtesy Lintao Zhang, Getty Images Stories to Follow Turmoil in Ethiopia: Ethiopia may be on the brink of crisis. On February 15, 2018, Hailemariam Desalegn became Ethiopia's first prime minister to ever resign from office. Desalegn was ruling over an increasingly - [Monday Briefing | February 26](https://jpinyu.com/2018/02/26/monday-briefing-february-26/) - Smoke billows after a Syrian government airstrike on the besieged Eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of Damascus, late Friday. On Saturday, the U.N. Security Council approved a 30-day cease-fire in Syria. | Photo courtesy Ammar Suleiman/AFP/Getty Images Stories to Follow United Nations Security Council passes Syria cease-fire: The United Nations Security council has unanimously approved - [Monday Briefing | February 19](https://jpinyu.com/2018/02/19/monday-briefing-february-19/) - Ramaphosa (left), Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma (right) attend the Convention for a Democratic South Africa in 1991. | Photo courtesy Getty/AFP, Walter Dhladhla Stories to Follow Ramaphosa’s first steps in South Africa: Once the African National Congress (ANC) demanded Jacob Zuma resign after 8 years as president due to corruption allegations, Cyril Ramaphosa assumed office - [Monday Briefing | February 12](https://jpinyu.com/2018/02/12/monday-briefing-february-12/) - Stories to Follow 2018 Winter Olympics: Friday marked the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics which are being held in Pyeonchang, South Korea. In a historic and unprecedented opening, South Korean President Moon Jae-in received and shared a handshake with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong. In a handwritten letter - [Monday Briefing | February 5](https://jpinyu.com/2018/02/05/monday-briefing-february-5/) - Leader of Cameroon separatist movement Julius Ayuk Tabe | Photo courtesy NDI Eugene/Nation Media Group Stories to Follow Cameroon Separatist Movement: Last week, Nigeria extradited 47 Cameroonian Anglophone separatists. They have since been sent back to Cameroon, where the government has called them terrorists. The UNHCR has criticized Nigeria for this, saying it violated international law. Tensions - [Monday Briefing | December 18](https://jpinyu.com/2017/12/18/monday-briefing-december-18/) - President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Albdulaziz Al Saud. | Photo courtesy Rob Griffith — Pool/Getty Images Stories to Follow Putin’s visit to the Middle East: Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Middle East on Monday, December 11, surprising Russian troops with his first visit to a Russian air base - [Monday Briefing | December 11](https://jpinyu.com/2017/12/11/monday-briefing-december-11/) - Huthi supporters attend the funeral of those killed during recent clashes between Huthi rebel fighters and loyalists of Yemen's late ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on December 7, 2017 | Photo courtesy Mohammed Huwais/GettyImages Stories to Follow Trump recognizes Jerusalem: Trump has officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This is a reversal - [Monday Briefing | December 4](https://jpinyu.com/2017/12/04/monday-briefing-december-4/) - Buddhist monks attend a ceremony at the Angkor Wat temple to pray for peace and stability in Cambodia | Photo courtesy Samrang Pring/Reuters Stories to Follow Cambodian Center for Human Rights will not be shut down: In a surprising twist of events, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that NGO Cambodian Center for Human Rights would - [Monday Briefing | November 27](https://jpinyu.com/2017/11/27/monday-briefing-november-27/) - Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa at a funeral in Harare in January | Photo courtesy Jekesai Njikizana – Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Stories to Follow Zimbabwe moves on: On Nov. 24, Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath to become the new president of Zimbabwe, capping off 10 days of confusion and mystery in the South African country. Mnangagwa sought - [Monday Briefing | November 20](https://jpinyu.com/2017/11/20/monday-briefing-november-20/) - Migrants rescued by Libya's coastguard off the town of Garabulli on July 8, 2017 walk towards a detention centre | Photo courtesy Mahmud Turkia/AFP Stories to Follow The end of an era in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe has become synonymous with the strong man who has ruled it for 37 years, Robert Mugabe. Though today he is perhaps - [Monday Briefing | November 13](https://jpinyu.com/2017/11/13/monday-briefing-november-13-2/) - Trump gestures toward Xi as first lady Melania Trump and Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan, look on at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9 | Photo courtesy Jim Watson/Getty Images Stories to Follow Saudi Purges: The Arab peninsula is still the place to watch. Is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman removing the - [Monday Briefing | November 6](https://jpinyu.com/2017/11/06/monday-briefing-november-6/) - Hong Kong fans hold banners and character signs which read "Hong Kong is not China", during the Chinese national anthem at the World Cup qualifying match between Hong Kong and China in Hong Kong | Photo courtesy REUTERS Stories to Follow Saudi Arabia – Missiles and Arrests: On Saturday evening, a missile was intercepted near the - [Monday Briefing | October 30](https://jpinyu.com/2017/10/30/monday-briefing-october-30/) - Barzani speaks to reporters during a press conference in Erbil, Iraq, in this photo taken just before the referendum. | Photo courtesy Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press Stories to Follow Kurdish Independence: Iraqi Kurdish president, Massoud Barzani, has said he intends to step down from his presidency by November 1st, after which his powers will be disseminated among - [Monday Briefing | October 23](https://jpinyu.com/2017/10/23/monday-briefing-october-23/) - Afghan security forces stand at the site of an attack at a Shiite mosque in Kabul | Photo courtesy Xinhua/Barcroft Images Stories to Follow Attacks on Afghan mosque: Two separate attacks on mosques in Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of about 60 people so far. A gunman opened fire in a Shia mosque in Kabul - [Monday Briefing | October 16](https://jpinyu.com/2017/10/16/monday-briefing-october-16/) - Halloween Dog Parade NYC. Photo courtesy | Ellie Maddock Stories to Follow Deadly Wildfires in California: Northern California is currently experiencing the deadliest wildfires in its history. The death toll has risen to 40, with many still missing and hundreds of homes destroyed. Meanwhile, calmer winds have slowed the fires somewhat as firefighters continue to work - [Monday Briefing | October 10](https://jpinyu.com/2017/10/10/monday-briefing-october-10/) - Las Vegas police officers salute during the candlelight vigil in honor of the Vegas victims. Photo courtesy | CNN Stories to Follow Las Vegas Shooting: Last week, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire at a country music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 and injuring hundreds. Paddock was later found after committing suicide, and his motives - [Monday Briefing | May 8](https://jpinyu.com/2017/05/08/monday-briefing-may-8/) - Stories to Follow Famine: The UNHCR has alerted that hundreds of thousands could die from famine in the Horn of Africa, Nigeria, Sudan and Yemen, if not enough funding is gathered for humanitarian relief. Climate change and ethnic violence threaten to provoke a tragedy worse than the 2011 famine, when 260,000 people died only in - [Monday Briefing | May 1](https://jpinyu.com/2017/05/01/monday-briefing-may-1/) - Stories to Follow Trumpcare 2.0?: As President Trump marks 100 days in office, he is another step closer to achieving what he promised to do on day one—repeal the Affordable Care Act. The revised Republican health bill allows states to waive certain provisions of Obamacare, including the “essential health benefits” requirement—which would allow insurers to sell - [Monday Briefing | April 24](https://jpinyu.com/2017/04/24/monday-briefing-april-24/) - Stories to Follow Anti-government protests in Venezuela: Last Wednesday, protesters flooded Venezuela's streets to rally against the political and humanitarian crisis facing the country. They demanded that the government--headed by the autocratic leader Nicolas Maduro--hold free and fair elections, free political prisoners, and establish a more democratic system. In response, National Guard police and pro-government - [Monday Briefing | April 17](https://jpinyu.com/2017/04/17/monday-briefing-april-17/) - Stories to Follow North Korea’s Failure: Early yesterday morning, North Korea attempted to launch a missile but it failed and “blew up almost immediately,” according to U.S. military officials. This attempt comes at a time of rising tensions between North Korea and the United States, and a warning from China (North Korea’s closest ally), to - [Monday Briefing | April 3](https://jpinyu.com/2017/04/04/monday-briefing-april-3/) - Pitch: Theresa May & the Brexit Negotiations | Artist: Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands)/Cartoon Movement Stories to Follow Brexit begins: The United Kingdom started the withdrawal process from the European Union last Wednesday. That same day, chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany insisted that negotiations on the withdrawal must occur before talks of a future UK-EU relationship, dealing the - [Monday Briefing | March 27](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/27/monday-briefing-march-27/) - Stories to Follow A laptop ban goes into effect and airlines make light of it. Last week, the UK and US began banning laptops aboard flights from certain Middle Eastern and North African countries in light of alleged bomb threats and “other factors.” The ban prohibits airline passengers from carrying any device larger than a - [Monday Briefing | March 20](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/20/monday-briefing-march-20/) - Stories to Follow On Thursday, the Trump Administration released the “America First” fiscal plan. The budget has been met with seemingly negative responses across the aisle. A large portion of President Trump’s budget proposal has been allocated to increased Defence and Homeland Security spending, while slashing budgets across the federal government. The State Department, the - [Monday Briefing | March 13](https://jpinyu.com/2017/03/13/monday-briefing-march-13/) - United Nations Urges Immediate Action to prevent Famine Facing 20 Million People In a statement to the United Nations Security Council on March 10, the UN humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien, said the world is facing the “largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations”. The humanitarian effort needs $4.4 billion by July in - [Monday Briefing | February 27](https://jpinyu.com/2017/02/27/monday-briefing-february-27/) - Stories to follow Last Friday, the Malaysian police verified that Kim Jong-nam, the estranged older brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, was assassinated with VX nerve agent by two women at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. A week prior, North Korea “successfully” tested a ballistic missile that landed in the Sea of Japan. While - [Monday Briefing | February 20](https://jpinyu.com/2017/02/20/1723/) - Stories to Follow: Push to reclaim western Mosul After liberating much of eastern Mosul from Islamic State control from October to late-January, Iraqi and Peshmerga forces have launched an offensive aimed at reclaiming the western part of the city. Leaflets dropped by the Iraqi Air Force have presented Islamic State forces with an ultimatum to - [Monday Briefing | February 13](https://jpinyu.com/2017/02/13/monday-briefing-february-13/) - Stories to Follow North Korea test-fires another missile North Korea launched a missile 300 miles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday morning. North Korea’s Central Korean News Agency (via CNN) reported that leader Kin Jong-Un gave the orders to launch the Pukguksong-2 himself. North Korea has been conducting such tests, long interpreted as political - [Monday Briefing | February 6](https://jpinyu.com/2017/02/06/monday-briefing-february-6/) - Stories to Follow Marine Le Pen Launches Presidential Campaign with “France first” Platform Marine Le Pen has formally launched her bid for the French presidency in a speech that promised liberty from globalization, the European Union, and “Islamic fundamentalism.” Using language that echoed Trump’s extremist and nationalistic views, Le Pen demonized both globalization and Islam - [Monday Briefing | January 30](https://jpinyu.com/2017/01/30/monday-briefing-january-30/) - Stories to Follow First Week of Trump Presidency On January 20, Trump took office as president of the United States, and in the last 10 days he has used an executive order to roll back the Affordable Care Act; named his inauguration day the National Day of Patriotic Devotion; stated, falsely, that the media misrepresented - [Monday Briefing | The Semester in Review](https://jpinyu.com/2016/12/19/monday-briefing-the-semester-in-review/) - Dear JPI Community, Here’s wishing you a restful holiday, as JPI takes a short break from publishing over the next few weeks. Thanks to all of you who have written, commented, shared and read our publications over the last semester. Over the last 4 months, we have published more articles than we ever have before, - [Monday Briefing | December 5](https://jpinyu.com/2016/12/05/monday-briefing-december-5/) - Stories to Follow United Nations Broadens Sanctions on North Korea The United Nations Security Council unanimously affirmed the strongest-ever sanctions resolution against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, November 30 in an attempt to castigate North Korea for its ongoing nuclear weapons program. The resolution is said to slash the country’s annual revenue by - [Monday Briefing | November 28](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/28/monday-briefing-november-28/) - Stories to Follow Amnesty International accuses Nigerian authorities of killing protesters Nigerian security forces killed 150 peaceful protesters according to a 60-page Amnesty International report released this week. The investigation found “overwhelming evidence” that between August 2015 and August 2016, the Nigerian military had indiscriminately fired into crowds of protesters and embarked in “chilling” - [Monday Briefing | November 21](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/21/monday-briefing-november-21/) - Stories to Follow ISIS launches Bosnian magazine to attract fighters An ISIS-linked Bosnian language website published copies of the three editions issued since September. Bosnia garnered particular interest as it is a mainly Muslim country in Europe, and has a youth unemployment rate of approximately 60 percent. ISIS-affiliated terrorists continue to be a threat across - [Monday Briefing | November 13](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/14/monday-briefing-november-13/) - Stories to Follow A new phase on the Colombian peace talks President Juan Manuel Santos announced on TV a revised peace accord with the FARC, six weeks after the narrow victory of the "No Vote", in which the original peace deal with the guerrilla forces was rejected by a national referendum. According to Bogotá, the - [Monday Briefing | November 7](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/07/monday-briefing-november-7/) - Stories to Follow President of South Korea Engulfed in Scandal Accusations have surfaced of South Korean president Park Geun-hye allowing her longtime friendship with a woman named Choi Soon-sil to negatively influence government affairs, including the extortion of $69 million in donations to Choi’s foundations. Last Monday, South Korean prosecutors detained Choi and since then, - [Surge in US Citizenship Applications as Immigrants Demand the Vote](https://jpinyu.com/2016/11/02/surge-in-us-citizenship-applications-as-immigrants-demand-the-vote/) - Students nestle into desks in a crowded classroom at elementary school PS 69 in the Jackson Heights, neighborhood of Queens, New York. But it is after school hours, and no children are to be seen. Instead, adult immigrants from countries ranging from Colombia to Nepal open their spiraled notebooks lined with facts about US presidents - [Monday Briefing | October 31](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/31/monday-briefing-october-31/) - Stories to Follow: Thailand: What Happens Next? Following death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej earlier this month, former Australian Ambassador to Thailand John McCarthy commented that, “Thailand really is the big question mark for the next five years in Southeast Asia.” Political uncertainty in the country is fueled by a hardline military junta looking to secure - [Monday Briefing | October 24](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/24/monday-briefing-october-24/) - Stories to Follow: Venezuela experiencing a public health crisis Extreme inflation, part of a major economic downturn in Venezuela, has led to shortages of food, drugs and sanitary products in the country. Without proper supplies, the gains made in public health over the last 20 years are eroding, and doctors in the country report that - [Monday Briefing | October 17](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/17/monday-briefing-october-17/) - Stories to Follow: US and UK considering sanctions as Aleppo crisis deepens Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has now become synonymous with crisis. The Russian-backed Syrian army continues to aggressively strike the rebel-held eastern portion of the city, bombing several hospitals on Friday and leaving Aleppo’s medical care system “in shambles.” As the most recent - [Monday Briefing | October 10](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/10/monday-briefing-october-9/) - Stories to Follow: Humanitarian crisis in Yemen: The civil war in Yemen, sometimes called the forgotten war, has left 80 percent of the population in need of humanitarian assistance since Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015. Airstrikes conducted by Saudi Arabia against the Houthi militias have led to more than 6,000 deaths. The international community - [Monday Briefing | October 3](https://jpinyu.com/2016/10/03/monday-briefing-october-3/) - Stories to follow These days, Aleppo makes headlines all too often. In the last week of September, the W.H.O. reported a death toll of 338 people, almost a third of whom were children, in what is being called the worst assault yet in Syria’s five-year war. Both Russia and Syria are accused of bombing civilians - [Monday Briefing | September 26](https://jpinyu.com/2016/09/26/monday-briefing-september-26/) - Stories to Follow Presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Drumpf, go head-to-head tonight at the first presidential debate. In what has been a presidential election rife with controversy, tonight’s debate and its repercussions into the coming week are not to be missed. There will be two more presidential debates following this one, in October, as - [Monday Briefing | September 19](https://jpinyu.com/2016/09/19/monday-briefing-september-19/) - Stories to Follow Russians head to the polls Parliamentary elections were held in Russia this week. Exit polls show that President Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party have comfortably secured the lead, claiming 44.5 percent of the vote. Though this comes as no surprise, some have pointed to low voter turnouts as a possible - [Caught between two goals: Turkey’s Conflicting Quest for Sustainability and Economic Development](https://jpinyu.com/2016/09/14/caught-between-two-goals-turkeys-conflicting-quest-for-sustainability-and-economic-development/) - Turkey has a long history of trying to stimulate its economy and protect fledgling industries through large-scale development strategies. A new 5-year plan is never far behind. But whether these largescale infrastructure projects are environmentally sustainable depends on who you ask. Environmental activists, academics, businessmen and the Turkish government can’t seem to decide on - [Monday Briefing | May 09](https://jpinyu.com/2016/05/09/monday-briefing-may-09/) - Stories to Follow Donald Trump Becomes the Republican Party’s Presumptive Nominee On Tuesday, Donald Trump won the Republican Indiana primary by a large majority. In response, the two remaining Republican president candidates, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, suspended their campaigns indefinitely, making Trump the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee. The Republican Party is still divided over - [Monday Briefing | May 02](https://jpinyu.com/2016/05/02/monday-briefing-may-02/) - Stories to Follow 2016 Presidential Election After sweeping all five north-eastern primaries on April 26, Republican front-runner Donald Trump only needs 58% of the remaining delegates to break the 1,237 delegate threshold and secure the Republican nomination. If Trump wins all 57 delegates in Indiana, Senator Ted Cruz and Governor John Kasich will likely - [Monday Briefing|April 25](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/25/monday-briefingapril-25/) - Stories to Follow Austria’s far-right party leads in presidential race The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, Norbert Hofer, claimed 36.4% of the vote in the country’s presidential election, and will face an independent in next month’s run-off election. Hofer ran on an anti-immigration bill, largely put down to the impact of the migrant crisis - [Monday Briefing|April 18](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/18/monday-briefingapril-18/) - Stories to Follow Sanders’ political revolution fills Washington Square Park Less than a week before New Yorkers vote in the primaries on April 19, Bernie Sanders held his rally on Wednesday in Washington Square Park with huge welcoming crowds of supporters. Washington Square Park, a hub for artists, activists, and musicians located right by the - [Monday Briefing|April 11](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/11/monday-briefingapril-11/) - Stories to follow Sanders and Cruz win big Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz won in Wisconsin, and Bernie Sanders won in Wyoming, the last stage before the primary in New York. Even though his rival Hillary Clinton maintains a clear lead in the overall race the latest win on Saturday highlights his seven wins among - [Monday Briefing | March 28](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/28/monday-briefing-march-28/) - Stories to Follow Obama’s State visits can open new doors President Obama’s official visits to Cuba and Argentina this week have made history. As the first U.S. President to visit the countries in 90 and 10 years, respectively, it seems that the administration is committed to strengthening relations with Latin American neighbors. In Cuba, despite - [Monday Briefing | April 4](https://jpinyu.com/2016/04/04/monday-briefing-april-4/) - Stories to Follow Panama Papers It's the new Wikileaks. But bigger. The result of a the joint effort of more than 300 journalists from 80 different countries working for over a year, the Panama Papers show how political leaders, criminals, and celebrities have been accumulating big sums of money in offshore havens. $2bn have been - [Monday Briefing | March 21](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/21/monday-briefing-march-21/) - Stories to Follow France Expects Immediate Extradition of Abdeslam On Friday, Belgian authorities captured Paris Attack suspect Salah Abdeslam in a manhunt that has gone cold since last November’s killings which left 130 people dead. Since the attack, the 26-year-old French-born Belgian, whose DNA was found on an unused suicide belt, fled to Belgium where - [Monday Briefing | March 14](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/14/monday-briefing-march-14/) - Stories to Follow: Donald Trump supporter hails the Nazi salute to protesters at cancelled Chicago rally On Friday, Donald Trump’s campaign abruptly canceled his rally when clashes broke out between pro- and anti-Trump supporters. Hundreds of protesters who had filled several sections of the arena let out an elated cheer when the rally was eventually cancelled. Trump’s supporters - [Monday Briefing | March 7](https://jpinyu.com/2016/03/07/monday-briefing-march-6/) - Stories to Follow: Cruz Maintains Suspense In GOP Race After Super Saturday, Ted Cruz proved to be Donald Trump’s most dangerous (and soon-to-be only?) rival in the Republican presidential primaries. Texas Sen. won the Kansas and Maine GOP caucuses with large margins, while the real estate mogul prevailed in Kentucky and Louisiana. The two other - [Monday Briefing | February 29](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/29/monday-briefing-february-29/) - Stories to Follow: Clinton Wins Huge in South Carolina Hillary Clinton took a lopsided win in the South Carolina Democratic Primary on February 27th, earning 73.5 percent of votes compared to Sanders’s 26 percent. The victory came with the huge support from black voters, a demographic Clinton has struggled to capture from 2008. While Clinton - [Monday Briefing | February 22](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/22/monday-briefing-february-22/) - Stories to Follow: David Cameron’s pro-EU campaign off to rocky start despite deal Despite hauling back a reform agreement from Brussels, David Cameron faces a domestic political struggle as he tries to keep the United Kingdom in the European Union. On Friday, European Council President Donald Tusk announced that the 28 EU member states had - [Monday Briefing | February 15](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/15/monday-briefing-february-15/) - Stories to Follow: Cessation of Hostilities in Syria On Friday, February 12, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that world powers have agreed to a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, according to Al Jazeera. The cessation will begin on officially February 19, seven days after Kerry’s initial announcement. Along with the “cessation of hostilities,” - [Monday Briefing | February 8](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/08/monday-briefing-february-8/) - Too busy to check the news last week? No worries. Check NBC News’s A Week in Pictures for January 28 to February 4. Stories to Follow The New Hampshire Primary After a close win in Iowa, Hillary Clinton hopes to cement her lead for the Democratic nomination in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, February - [Monday Briefing | February 1](https://jpinyu.com/2016/02/01/monday-briefing-february-1/) - Stories to Follow The Iowa Caucuses The Presidential primaries are officially underway, with the first round of voting in Iowa taking place today. While predicting the victor in Iowa has been notoriously difficult—largely due to the nature of caucuses, which require participants to stand for hours in support of their candidate—polls of Iowa voters find - [Monday Briefing | December 14](https://jpinyu.com/2015/12/14/monday-briefing-december-14/) - Stories to Follow A new commitment to save the world On Saturday, December 12, the 195 representatives at the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference came to an unprecedented agreement that will “commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change.” While the deal - [Monday Briefing | December 7](https://jpinyu.com/2015/12/07/monday-briefing-december-7/) - Stories to Follow COP21 in Paris This week, leaders from around the world convened in Paris for the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference. Over 150 countries reportedly submitted plans to fight climate change, with initiatives from cutting emissions to preserving forest cover and increasing clean energy use. Experts say that if these plans are implemented, - [Monday Briefing | November 30](https://jpinyu.com/2015/11/30/monday-briefing-november-30/) - Stories to follow Tension continues to rise between Ankara and Moscow following Turkey’s shooting down a Russian bomber over Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the downing a “stab in the back”, while Turkish President Recip Erdogan has refused to apologize and warned Russia of “playing with fire” in Syria. Since the exchange of - [Monday Briefing | November 23](https://jpinyu.com/2015/11/23/monday-briefing-november-23/) - Stories to Follow 22 Killed in Hotel Attack in Mali Gunmen raided the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali—the country’s capitol—last Friday, resulting in a hostage situation that left 22 dead. Militants with links to Al Qaeda have since claimed responsibility. Attackers opened fire around 7 a.m. local time taking hostages and leaving bodies strewn - [Monday Briefing | November 16](https://jpinyu.com/2015/11/16/monday-briefing-november-16/) - Stories to Follow Paris Attack: Manhunt Underway as Paris Investigation Widens On November 13 the world witnessed the worst terrorist attack in France since World War II. Yet to be identified in name and number, the suicide bombers and gunmen stormed into the citadel of leisure and pleasure indiscriminately targeting innocents. The worst incident took - [Monday Briefing | November 9](https://jpinyu.com/2015/11/08/monday-briefing-november-9-2015/) - Stories to follow Russia plane crash in Egypt Speculation and recrimination followed the loss of 224 lives in last weekend’s crash of Russian airliner shortly after take-off from Sharm el-Sheikh, in Egypt. On Wednesday Britain suspended flights from Sharm el-Sheikh, saying a bomb may have been put on board; and began bringing tourists home. Others - [Monday Briefing | November 2](https://jpinyu.com/2015/11/02/monday-briefing-november-2/) - Stories to follow Erdogan remains in power. On Sunday, Erdogan’s party, A.K.P, secured the majority of the Turkish Parliament. Recent months have seen considerable violence, instability, and political turmoil in Turkey. Although the victory will unite the country’s politics, it is unlikely to unite society, as the public’s sentiments have become deeply polarized. Iran, Russia, - [Monday Briefing | September 21](https://jpinyu.com/2015/09/21/monday-briefing-september-21/) - Stories to Follow Mediterranean refugees crisis. European leaders are still struggling to find a solution to the immigration crisis. Tensions have been rising due to Germany’s decision to impose temporary borders two weeks after Merkel’s statement that “We WILL manage.” This comes after Hungary decided to build a razor-wire barrier and declared itself a state of - [Monday Briefing | October 19](https://jpinyu.com/2015/10/18/monday-briefing-october-19/) - Stories to Follow U.S. Navy Enters China Sea Dispute The United States and Japan staged a show of naval strength in Tokyo Bay on Sunday, with 36 warships including the USS Ronald Reagan participating in a seagoing review by Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense force. The review is held every three years, but it takes on new - [Monday Briefing | October 26](https://jpinyu.com/2015/10/26/monday-briefing-october-26/) - Stories to Follow South Africa student protest. Last week, tens of thousands students of in South Africa managed to lock down major universities across the country. They were protesting a projected tuition increase that would keep poor people out of school. The protests were met with violence from the police, a conflict that, FT reporter - [Monday Briefing | October 5](https://jpinyu.com/2015/10/05/monday-briefing-october-5/) - Stories to Follow Oregon Shooting A gunman’s attack on Umpqua Community College campus leaves nine dead. The rampage highlights the ongoing problem of gun violence in the United States. A frustrated and hopeless President Obama addressed the nation in an attempt to catalyze social change. Russia Begins Airstrikes in Syria Russia initiated its first wave - [Monday Briefing | October 12](https://jpinyu.com/2015/10/12/monday-briefing-october-12/) - Stories to Follow Turkey in mourning Turkey declared three days of mourning after nearly a hundred protestors were killed in an attack that targeted a peace rally organized by leftist groups in Ankara. Turkish officials said that the attack was likely the result of two suicide bombings. Limited clashes erupted on Sunday as police attempted - [Monday Briefing | September 28](https://jpinyu.com/2015/09/28/monday-briefing-september-28/) - Stories to Follow Obama and Putin are set to meet today After Pope Francis and China’s President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday. Putin is expected to deliver an address during the annual general debate at the UN General Assembly that starts today in New York. - [The implications of "oxi" in Greece's future.](https://jpinyu.com/2015/08/22/the-implications-of-oxi-in-greeces-future/) - Greece has been remarkably calm. Syntagma Square, the main square facing the parliament building, has not been full of protesters in weeks. The upscale hotels lining the square no longer have journalists reporting from the balconies, and the stands that had been set up to provide food and beer for people in the square have - [Monday Briefing | May 4, 2015](https://jpinyu.com/2015/05/04/monday-briefing-may-4-2015/) - Stories to Follow Baltimore Riots Protests over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore turned violent this past Tuesday. The National Guard was called out and a nighttime curfew was imposed on the city until Sunday. Protests have spread across the country with thousands marching against police tactics. 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