Year: 2021
146 Articles
- Global Governance
Hungary’s Transformation and the Complicity of the EU
Hungary has received international attention in the last decade for being the first Member State of the European Union (EU) and the forerunner of democratic transition in East…
April 11, 2021
- Business & Economics
Rethinking Global Vaccine Inequality: Lessons from Game Theory
The distribution gap for COVID-19 vaccines between wealthy and poor countries is widening. High-income countries, which account for fourteen percent of the global population,…
April 10, 2021
- Global Governance
President Biden’s Yemen Policy: From Pronouncements to Peace?
President Biden often repeats a foreign policy refrain: “Diplomacy is back.” On February 4, he declared an end to “all American support for offensive operations in the war…
April 9, 2021
- Conflict & Security
The Recent Push to Expand the Draft to Include Women, and Why It Still Faces an Uphill Climb
On February 10, 2021, ten retired general and flag officers—seven men and three women—including General (Retired) Stanley McChrystal and Lieutenant General (Retired) Claudia…
April 8, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Unfinished Business: Biafran Activism in Nigeria Today
In the late 1960s, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, nearly disintegrated when its eastern region broke away as the Republic of Biafra. After two and a half devastating…
April 7, 2021
- Conflict & Security
Bridging the Gender Divide is Key to US Global Fragility Strategy Implementation
As the Biden-Harris administration takes office, it will be tasked with the full implementation of the Global Fragility Act (GFA), which aims to tackle the root causes of…
April 6, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Race: A Never-Ending Taboo in France
Events in recent months have once again made race and racism part of public debate in France. There was the beheading of school teacher Samuel Paty in a banlieue, or suburban…
April 1, 2021
- Global Governance
Restoring US Credibility for Transatlantic Climate Cooperation
The United States is back when it comes to fighting climate change—at least, that’s the message that Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry is carrying to the rest…
April 1, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Chile’s Constitutional Turning Point
Chile is at its most important inflection point since its 1990 return to democracy in the wake of the Pinochet dictatorship. In October 2019, the country exploded in violent…
April 1, 2021
- Global Governance
Reversing Course on Western Sahara Serves US National Interests
This pattern is most profound in former President Trump’s last foreign policy act: a tweet in which he recognized Morocco’s claim of alleged sovereignty over occupied Western…
March 29, 2021