Gulf Peace: China’s 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...
Middle East
The Role of Palestinian Force and Israeli Entrenchment
Like a Chinese "finger trap" (zhōngguó shǒuzhǐ xiànjǐng), Israel’s security and civilian presence in the West Bank has only tightened...
Egypt Just Hosted the World’s Largest Climate Talks – COP28 Must Build on That Progress
Last November, world leaders, climate activists, investors, and diplomats swarmed the resort town of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the...
‘Loss and Damage’ Was the Focus of COP27. Don’t Expect Climate Finance To Change Anytime Soon!
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, colloquially known as COP27, took place between November 6 and November 18, 2022....
Perspective | Being Ethnically Ambiguous in a Race-Fueled America
No one I’ve met has ever been able to guess my race correctly. Not that it’s a competition, or that...
Antisemitism at NYU and Jewish Identity in Antisemitic Times
In 2022, antisemitism spiked throughout the country; from Ye’s tweet-storm about "going death-con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" to Trump’s dinner...
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...
Fall 2022 Issue
Around the world, democracy is under attack. The election of populist leaders that reject pluralism continues to be a dominant...
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...
Perspective | My Mother Ran an Illegal Kindergarten in Iran
Between the ages of seven and thirteen, I lived in an illegal kindergarten in Tehran, Iran. I know what you’re...
