Multilateral Institutions & Agreements

The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced global greenhouse gas emissions substantially. While some claim that the pandemic has benefited the environment…

The below article is the first installment in a two-part series.  A useful lens for analyzing the current regime in Chechnya is to reflect upon the…

The island of Puerto Rico is in trouble, and it has been for some time. The US territory has a fiscal deficit worse than many third world countries…

The below article is a submission from our call for papers: “Amplifying Black Authors & Racial Justice in International Affairs.” The series includes written submissions on the…

One of the great challenges of cyberspace is defending freedom and human rights on the internet, all of which are in steady decline. In a decade, we have…

Once upon a time, in legal circles, there was just one conversation—Law 1.0. This was—and still is—a conversation about how settled legal principles should be applied to a…

The term soft power was coined by Joseph Nye in the late 1980s as the ability of a country to influence other countries’…

The COVID-19 pandemic has advanced two trends: the US-China confrontation and the increasing importance of soft power in the networked world. These developments present Japan and South Korea…

As the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) nears completion, the Nile River Basin is at a crossroads. The next few months will be consequential for relations between countries in the…

In light of the sixtieth anniversary of the United States-Japan Alliance, Japanese Minister of Defense Kono Taro visited Washington D.C.