Scholars are still building a picture of life under the “caliphate“. Mathilde Becker Aarseth’s Mosul under ISIS adds to our understanding, writes Anjana Nair.
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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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The Organization of American States is an important forum, but something needs to change, writes Ethan D. Ayala.
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Beyond the violence is a uniquely magnificent place, write Michael Henry, Will Slotznick and Mallika Sobti.
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Congress can bring the policy into the twenty-first century by removing the president’s sole control of nuclear weapons and eliminating U.S. land-based nuclear forces, argues Alexandra Chandler.
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Adityamohan Tantravahi argues the U.S. decision to engage the Taliban jeopardizes U.S. security interests. Instead, the United States should support a multi-ethnic coalition to negotiate with the Taliban itself.
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Sheridan Gunderson explains the origins of the Israeli West Bank barrier and the art the adorns it.
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Annie Crabill reviews Stephen Macekura’s 2020 book The Mismeasure of Progress, a critical history of the growth paradigm in economics.
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As the drumbeat for climate intervention grows louder, the world needs to decide how to govern it, argues Nicolás Esguerra.
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Brianda Romero Castelán reviews Joanne Meyerowitz’s A War on Global Poverty, a timely addition to the literature on gender and development.
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What went wrong with President Moon’s ambitious policy of engagement? Jackson’s own Eunjung Irene Oh explains.
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Andrew Doris explains why analogies to peacetime garrisons understate the costs of the Afghanistan intervention.
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López Obrador’s credibility and legacy will be determined by his response to the Ayotzinapa case, seven years ago. Olivia Mozdzierz explains why.
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Lebanon’s system of impunity started with the 1991 General Amnesty. Ryan Saadeh explains how.
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What do media organizations owe war reporters, given the psychiatric risks they take?
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Hundreds of thousands of American firearms are smuggled into Mexico each year. Mexican diplomat María Rodríguez-Domínguez explains how the two countries can confront the illicit trade.
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What are mazar festivals, and why do they matter to Uyghur identity? Hacer Berra Akcan explains why they deserve protection.
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By Annie Crabill
Book Review of China’s Foreign Policy Since 1978: Return to Power, by Nicholas Khoo (2020, Edward Elgar)
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