The Soma Mine Disaster (SMD) was the most massive mine disaster of the twenty-first century, with 301 fatalities. This was due to a mine fire in an underground coal…
The conflict in Ukraine has received renewed attention in Washington D.C., and it is worth considering the relevance of this conflict to US national security interests. The open conflict in…
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity, a book sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) and boasting fifteen international authors, describes alcohol policies as authoritative decisions made by government or non-government…
Transnational solidarity movements have typically flowed from a central point located in the West, particularly in the United States, to the East and the Global South. Shadi Mokhtari describes…
On December 5, 2019, Georgetown University welcomed Irelandโs Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee, to the conference โBridging the Atlantic: Irelandโs Role in EU-US Relations after Brexit.โ Following…
Afghanistanโs presidential election took place on September 28, 2019, with less than 2 million people participating out of 9.7 million registered voters. Taking into consideration Afghanistanโs total population of 35…
History is the storyteller that holds all truth, yet when she speaks, much of mankind closes its ears. Hasan Nuhanoviฤ, a survivor of the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide committed by a…
On November 18, the Georgetown School of Foreign Service welcomed former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Richard Morningstar for a conversation on energy security in the Caspian region. Prior…
With a few exceptions, armed civil wars are no longer commonplace in Africa, but anti-government protests are. Instead of armed rebels, unarmed civilians are challenging regimes across Africa to reconsider…
The 2017 hurricane and wildfire seasons were among the worst on record in the United States. The storms that year included three of the five costliest in the nationโs history:…
Recent discussions on the Turkish stateโs actions, which have devastated Kurdish people within and outside of its borders, suffer from a familiar deficiency: they neglect the historical and cultural foundations…
Civilian governance in Pakistan has never lasted longer than eleven years. 2019 is the eleventh year since General Pervez Musharraf resigned the presidency and fears of a coup may…
The Poet Natalie Scenters-Zapico is a poet from the United States-Mexico border towns of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Her work, like her origin, is about…
In February 2019, Pope Francis became the first pope to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Like John-Paul II before him, he has also visited Egypt, and he went…
When I visited Iran this summer, severe panic attacks, depression, and anxietyโlongstanding byproducts of post-traumatic stress disorderโcaused me to seek out a trauma therapist. After weeks of contacting Iranian pharmacies,…
In 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage through a national referendum vote. The decision to introduce equal marriage received a great deal…
Big Tech is in the news. At the center of our political and economic dialogue is the effect that Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have on our lives and what,…
Despite substantial efforts and investments in rebuilding Iraq’s infrastructure since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the country is still struggling to deliver on public services. Years of destruction…
Introduction For decades, China has engaged in a fervent game of โcatch-upโ with U.S. military capabilities. This effort, which has ballooned Chinaโs defense spending to 620 percent of its…
In the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) headquarters in Brussels, one may be surprised to find that the co-chair rule governing the activities of the congress requires joint male and…
Note: The information and sources used for the below article come from the author’s access to primary sources and official documents of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of…
Indiaโs Promise as a Commercial Partner India remains a devilishly difficult place for American firms to do business. Indian firms would increasingly say the same about the United States, particularly…
By the end of 2020, 6.5 million Venezuelans are expected to have fled their home country, a displacement of people that rivals only Syria in its global impact. The…
The School of Foreign Service celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with festivities during Centennial Weekend. These included a panel on humanitarian aid, its institutional challenges, and the…
Two months have passed since the ruling Awami League (AL) in Bangladesh started what it described as an anti-corruption drive. It began with raids on a few illegal casinos…
