Year: 2021
146 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Will Biden’s Plan to Resettle Afghans Transform the U.S. Refugee Program?
President Joe Biden campaigned to rebuild the United States’ system of resettling refugees, the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which had been severely undermined by the…
December 11, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Lifting the State of Emergency in Egypt – The Limitations of a Regional and International Message
On October 25, 2021, the president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, announced in a Facebook post that he intended to lift the state of emergency that had been in effect since…
December 10, 2021
- Global Governance
Elusive Truths: Why Good Policies Alone Won’t Save Democracy
The battle over vaccine mandates in Chicago and the catastrophic flooding in Germany earlier this year appear to be worlds apart. But their parallel trajectories underscore a…
December 9, 2021
- Science & Technology
Measurability and Inclusivity: Challenges for the New Global Health Security Fund
Why Now? COVID-19 and the Global Health Security Agenda Almost two years into the global pandemic, more than five million people worldwide have died due to COVID-19-related.…
December 8, 2021
- Science & Technology
A Proactive Approach to Medical Countermeasures for Infectious Disease Threats
From the Black Death to typhoid fever, our ancestors faced a myriad of infectious disease threats. Yet, they exhibited significant limitations surrounding their ability to combat…
December 6, 2021
- Society & Culture
Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador: The First Fifty Days
On June 5, in a pre-recorded video, the president of El Salvador announced at the BITCOIN 2021 conference in Miami that El Salvador would be the first country to adopt bitcoin as…
November 30, 2021
- Global Governance
Can the International Community Stop Tunisia’s Authoritarian Regression?
On July 25, 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saied issued an emergency declaration and froze the parliament, stripping its members of their immunity; firing the prime minister;…
November 29, 2021
- Society & Culture
Stability over Democracy: Western Acquiescence to Tunisia’s Authoritarian Slide
On July 25, 2021, President Kais Saied of Tunisia suspended parliament, claiming to be acting in accordance with Article 80 of the Tunisian constitution. This article gives the…
November 26, 2021
- Dialogues
Unraveling US-Middle East Relations Under President Biden With Dr. Trita Parsi
GJIA: I want to begin by discussing Iran, specifically the Iran nuclear deal. Talks will restart in Vienna on November 29th to discuss the United States potentially rejoining the…
November 23, 2021
- Science & Technology
Swords and Shields: Autonomy, AI, and the Offense-Defense Balance
Introduction Military machines can increasingly move, search for targets, and even kill without human control. Growing computer power coupled with advances in artificial…
November 22, 2021