Articles
- Human Rights & Development
War, Erasure, and the Politics of Culture in Sudan
Two millennia of inhabitation by indigenous groups, immigrant and diaspora communities, and many others who made the land their home have shaped Sudan’s cultural legacy along the…
August 7, 2026
- Business & Economics
The Panama Canal and the Limits of the Monroe Doctrine
The departure of the Chinese port operator CK Hutchison Holdings from the Panama Canal represented a victory for the revamped Monroe Doctrine, reducing China’s ability to…
August 3, 2026
- Business & Economics
Iceland: A View from the Bridge
A founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Iceland had reasonably secure national defenses after World War II, even after the unilateral withdrawal of U.…
July 31, 2026
- Business & Economics
Challenges to Digital Financial Services in Latin America
After the 2008 financial crisis, the number and diversity of providers of digital financial services (DFS) surged in Latin America (LatAm). This trend included the establishment…
July 29, 2026
- Business & Economics
Kazakhstan’s Rise as an Economic Middle Power and the Future of U.S. Trade Relations
Only a few decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has become a globalized middle power, the only post-Soviet state in Central Asia to have achieved that…
July 10, 2026
- Science & Technology
Telehealth After USAID: Building Sustainable Systems in Sub-Saharan African Health Services
The article examines telehealth’s evolving role in African health systems following USAID’s dissolution and shrinking donor funding. While telehealth has expanded…
June 22, 2026
- Conflict & Security
Next in Line, or Dodging the Bullet? Regime Survival in Nicaragua amid US Pressure
Is Nicaragua Next? After the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026 and with the United States under the Trump administration blockading Cuba and…
June 12, 2026
- Conflict & Security
Azerbaijan’s Northern Question: How the War in Ukraine Has Changed Relations Between Azerbaijan and Russia
Introduction For Azerbaijan, there is not one Russia but two: Russia, the Neighbor, and Russia, the Hegemon. Azerbaijan has long built its foreign policy architecture around…
June 6, 2026
- Science & Technology
One Health in a Fractured World: Why Global Health Governance Must Adapt to Geopolitical Fragmentation
Introduction In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the weaknesses of global health systems to infectious diseases. However, less recognized was how the emergence of this…
June 5, 2026
- Human Rights & Development
Short Pauses, Long Shadows: War-Legacy Aid and Vietnam’s Trust in U.S. Commitments
In mid-February 2025, as tarps blew off piles of dioxin-soaked soil at Bien Hoa airbase and demining teams across central Vietnam were sent home without pay, diplomats cabled…
May 26, 2026