One of the thorniest counter-insurgency (COIN) issues for states is dealing with captured suspects. Holding them indefinitely as prisoners of war is one option, but this method legally precludes interrogation…
With Greenland making front page news, the world’s attention is turned to the Arctic. And yet, this region has been the focus of increasingly consequential geopolitical competition for centuries,…
Gulmira last heard from her mother via text message on October 19, 2017: “Hello, daughter. Don’t worry about me. I’m going to camp. Don’t write to me.” Shortly thereafter, the…
The following is the second of a two-part series. So What Now? Applying the experiences of the Cold War to the United States’ present circumstances suggests that a renewed strategy…
The following is the first of a two-part series. Today, the United States finds itself facing two near-peer competitors in Russia and China. Both are asserting their power and exhibiting…
July 9, 2019
Forum: LGBTQ+ Issues in International Relations, Human Rights & Development
The New Year rang in little cheer for transgender women in Malaysia. On January 1, a trans woman was killed in Klang, a Kuala Lumpur suburb, the third such…
A country hostile toward women, Pakistan faced a reckoning on March 8 when thousands took to the streets to commemorate International Women’s Day—a demonstration of how Pakistani women grow stronger…
Elections this spring in Indonesia and the Philippines are powerful reminders of how far democracy has come in Southeast Asia, and how far it still has to go. In Indonesia,…
On January 2, 2019, President Xi Jinping claimed that China “makes no promise to renounce the use of force” against Taiwan. He made the statement during a speech commemorating…
Russia and China have enjoyed a key economic partnership since the early 2000s, and especially since 2014, when Western sanctions in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea pushed Moscow closer…
