Articles
- 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
- Dialogues
Combating Kush in West Africa: A Conversation with Dr. Kars de Bruijne
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: Can you please provide a brief overview of the kush epidemic? What is kush, and when did it first start appearing in West Africa? Dr.…
May 20, 2026
- Business & Economics
After the Win: Rethinking Japan’s Economic Strategy under Takaichi
Introduction On February 9, 2026, Sanae Takaichi achieved a historic milestone with a landslide victory in the Lower House elections, winning the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a…
May 19, 2026
- Human Rights & Development
The Gen-Z Uprising in Kenya: Digital Dissent and the Struggle for a New Civic Order
Throughout 2024 and 2025, Kenya witnessed an unprecedented youth-led protest movement known as the Gen-Z Uprising or Gen-Z Revolt. Sparked by mass discontent over President…
May 18, 2026
- Conflict & Security
Latin America Amid Trump’s Hemispheric Dominance
Background Ideological in nature, US-Soviet tensions during the Cold War served as a unifying driver within US foreign policy. All aspects of foreign policy thereof were seen…
May 13, 2026
- Global Governance
The Risk of Relying on Cooler Heads to Prevail in Nuclear War
Introduction With the Bulletin of Atomic Scientist’s Doomsday Clock set closer to midnight than at any point in history, the risk of nuclear catastrophe is once again at the…
May 12, 2026
- Human Rights & Development
Two Sides of Japan’s Immigration Policy: Welcoming Migrant Workers and Excluding Asylum Seekers
In June 2023, the Japanese Parliament (Diet) passed a controversial amendment to the Immigration Control Act, establishing stricter regulations for asylum seekers and increasing…
April 27, 2026
- Business & Economics
Trump and Saudi Arabia: More Transactional Than Ever
During Donald Trump’s first term in office, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia played an important role as both a key partner in achieving the president’s foreign policy aims and as…
April 26, 2026