Activists Work to Keep Young Immigrant Dreams Alive
March and rally/protest in response to the rescission of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in New York City on...
Political Analysis
Political Analysis essays on JPI aim to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the political issues or events they are interested in. This may involve examining the political context in which an event occurred, analyzing the actions and motivations of key political actors, or exploring the potential consequences of a particular policy or decision.
Is Lebanon Headed to More Secular Politics?
Traces from the Lebanese Civil War. Photo by Bertil Videt/Wikimedia Commons Before the inception of the Lebanese republic, the Lebanese political...
The Uniting Power of Trump’s Immigration Policies
About 3000 people gathered in Powderhorn Park to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. The protesters spoke against Donald...
Japan sends mixed signals as they push for ‘World Free of Nuclear Weapons’
President Donald J. Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an expanded bilateral meeting Friday, April 26, 2019,...
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
In 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood ran a candidate in the post-Arab Spring presidential elections in Egypt As the oldest political...
No Post-Conflict Decontamination Obligations Set Before UN First Committee Vote
VADIM GHIRDA/AP NEW YORK—The U.N. General Assembly’s upcoming vote on a resolution to address the effects and use of depleted...
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...
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...
At the United Nations and at Home, a Push to Recognize Puerto Rico’s Right to Self-determination
Taken by the author at "Unidos against PROMESA," a protest that took place on the day that the federally appointed...
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...
