Regimes & Governance

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…

In September 2018, the South Sudanese government and its opposition groups signed the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). Because prior peace agreements…

Since his first-annual New Year’s speech in 2012 setting North Korea’s policy priorities, Kim Jong Un has emphasized his commitment to economic development, notably promising his people that they will…

Beginning this week, India will embark upon the largest democratic exercise in history. Nearly 900 million voters will be eligible to cast ballots. They will decide whether to reelect Prime…

Since returning to office in 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pursued a course of action that has enabled him to significantly enhance Russia’s position on the global stage. Putin’s…

On an early winter morning in 2015, Indian Railways leveled over 1,500 homes in Shakur Basti, Delhi without notice or rehabilitation, rendering over 6,000 people homeless in the bitter…

At a Coffee Chat held by Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service on January 25th, 2018, Five Minutes with an Expert sat down with Gérard Araud, French Ambassador to the…

Unipolarity melts, China rises, Europe stands tall, and the U.S. falls short – the rules-based international order is under siege. Civility and soft power yield to blunt words and…

On February 7th, Dialogues sat down with Sergey Aleksashenko, former deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation and former first deputy chairman of the Russian Central Bank, to discuss…

In January, Ukraine’s Orthodox church won independence following 332 years of Russian control – a powerful blow to Russia’s ability to exert influence in Ukraine and across the Orthodox world.