Highlights from Biden’s State of the Union Address
Many Democrats going into the State of the Union (SOTU) address on March 7, 2024 had the overwhelming feeling that...
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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...
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...
How is the rise of China reshaping the regional order in South Asia?
South Asia is the geopolitical playground for the competing interests of two major powers, India and China. China’s economic and...
2022 Winter Olympics: More Divisive than Unifying
Photo Credit: https://www.theweek.co.uk Rather than projecting the image of unification that is always a fundamental aspect of the Olympics messaging,...
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...
Information: The Best Weapon Against Radicalization
Yasmin Green, the director of research and development for Jigsaw, speaks at the beginning of a talk about fake news...
“Crude Democracy” Book Review
I remember once during a debate in history class when I was in school in Iran, the teacher mentioned, “Having...
Prophesying the Present: Michel Houellebecq’s “Submission”
Michel Houellebecq's “Submission” should bear a trigger warning | Photo courtesy WSJ blogs With the French Presidential campaign in full...
BLOCKED Muslim Ban 2.0
The author, Ionut Gitan, with his makeshift sign at JFK airport, snapped by a photographer at New York Times |...
