The United States is the European Union’s (EU) closest defense ally and partner, and relations between the two have been further cemented through their united support for Ukraine against the…
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The United States recently announced a series of Arctic policies, from the creation of a new Arctic ambassadorial position to the release of an updated Arctic strategy. Amid the alignment…
The universal relaxation of China’s one-child policy since 2016 has not produced sustained population growth as desired by Beijing. Now incentivizing births for the party-state’s economic and political objectives, China’s…
War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has upended daily life for ordinary Ukrainians, forcing many to choose between staying in their homeland and leaving the country for their own safety.
Attention is concentrated on the risk that the war launched by Russia against Ukraine could escalate to a nuclear exchange. That risk exists but appears to be relatively low. There…
Spotlight: Climate Change and its Global Ramifications
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) has been met with a heavy-handed and increasingly militarized response, or what scholarship has labeled green militarization. This intervention illustrates how the IWT-green militarization nexus…
