Ryan Sutherland explores decolonization efforts within international development, noting their shortcomings and proposing possible solutions and encouraging trends.
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Sarvinoz Mamadjonova finds that women in Uzbekistan are more likely to work in low-wage sectors and hold the lowest-paying positions.
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How has Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affected Eurasia? Nazerke Mukhlissova analyzes the legal, political, and economic bases of regional integration projects in the region and explores the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Srijan Shukla attributes the partial resilience of the World Trade Organization despite recent political challenges to its institutional design, which is premised on consent-centric decision-making and the practice of legal pluralism.
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By leveraging its strategic geography, Malaysia stands to secure its sovereignty in the South China Sea by strengthening cooperation between ASEAN member states through the concept of ASEAN centrality, explains Seow E Kin Zane Ryan.
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Hershel Tamboli examines the strategic role of genomic data in U.S.-China competition and recommends steps to navigate this and secure future U.S. innovation in biotechnology.
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Andrew Faulhaber explains how U.S. and Chinese interests in the Western Pacific are at odds with each other and presents three strategic options for the U.S. Department of Defence.
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Darryl Alexander argues that the newfound global condemnation of unjustified military force by Russia against Ukraine provides the United States with an opportunity to reaffirm its dedication to a multilateral order that prioritizes diplomacy over militarism.
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Although social movements in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) differ in methodology, strategy, and an understanding of the cost necessary to accomplish peace, many still share the common goal of bringing an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon and Kevin Vollrath examine how these movements define the core issues of the conflict.
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In lieu of the unbridled, markets-and-economics-over-ideology approach to globalizing trade and capital flows that dominated the three decades after the end of the Cold War, we now observe prominent global players cultivate ever-closer ties with counterparts that share similar worldviews. Brian Wong examines this ongoing process of financial balkanization and cautions against its dangers.
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Sarah Stortz argues that the international community has an opportunity to support democracy in Sudan, if it is willing to learn from its past mistakes.
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It is in the national interest of the United States to deter a hostile PRC takeover of Taiwan. Lt Samuel Winegar explores how might the United States and its regional partners best prepare the battlefield for potential conflict or better yet, deter PRC aggression without fighting.
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Zhi Han Tan discusses how denouncing “Chinese privilege” bears a diplomatic function beyond domestic repercussions.
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Srijan Shukla finds that effective economic rights have a positive relationship with developing countries’ trade flows.
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Jasper Vaughn assesses the current state of IRF in U.S. foreign policy and recommends a more equitable and effective approach to international religious freedom.
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Jean Vilbert explores how Latin American governments can harness regulatory dynamism to attract foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Tyler McBrien discusses the paradoxical role of wargames, initially meant to reduce war, in the endless waging of war.
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Diego Marroquín Bitar proposes three ways the United States and Mexico can develop a dynamic and mobile labor force.
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By looking to Argentina, the U.S. could improve its asylum system and greatly reduce its costs, argues Liam Comer-Weaver.
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