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Feb 4, 20228 min read

Arms Racing, Grey-Zone Warfare and Great Power Competition in Ukraine

By: Grant Adams Source: Shutterstock - (Tomasz Makowski) Introduction: In late 2021 competition over Ukraine has moved from a simmer to a...

Dec 15, 20214 min read

America is not the greatest country in the world anymore

By Nathaniel Grim Source: Getty Images Ten years ago that obnoxiously superior phrase was uttered in the pilot of what would go on to...

Oct 1, 20216 min read

Starting from Scratch: Chile’s New Constitution

By Tomás Lavados Source: Getty Images On October 18th, 2019, a series of violent protests erupted suddenly across Chile. Their apparent...

Oct 1, 20215 min read

How US climate policy impacts our strategic leverage against China?

By Isaac Wang Source: Global Times Climate policy is often presented as a possible area of cooperation between the US and China in the...

Apr 2, 20214 min read

State Building in Myanmar: What Comes after the Coup?

By Aaron Riley Source: Getty Images The world is paying attention to the Tatmadaw’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in...

Feb 22, 20213 min read

How Taiwan Conquered COVID-19

By Ayn Hatfield Source: The World While millions of Americans have been forced to cancel travel and entertainment plans due to the...

Jan 21, 20213 min read

Op-Ed: Overcoming the Rise of Populism through Inclusive Forms of Knowledge

By Claudia A. Fernández Calleros Jaider Urrego: Ju'gwesx uus Jhatxn (Tejiendo en nuestras memorias/Knitting in our memories) Despite the...

Dec 8, 20203 min read

Raising the Minimum Wage – Who Does It Help?

By Tanvi Jaluka Source: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Florida’s approval of a $15 minimum wage last month is fueling the debate again on the...

Dec 4, 20209 min read

Debunking Trump’s Claims of Fraud

By Alex Wyckoff Source: AP News In his four years as the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump has reportedly told over...

Sep 21, 20206 min read

A Sit-Down With Former State Department Senior Advisor on Wildlife Trafficking: Jessica Graham

By Alex Wyckoff Source: National Geographic When working on the JIPS podcast, RealTalk, Myles and I try to aim for a wide variety of...

Sep 10, 20204 min read

Digital Pandemic Relief Funds Leave Out Vulnerable Women

By Tanvi Jaluka Source: Press Trust of India As a (positive) second-order impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, development officials...

Aug 14, 20205 min read

What Does #DefundThePolice Actually Mean?

By Alex Wyckoff Source: The New York Times Since the killings of George Floyd in May and Breonna Taylor in March, one of the strongest...

Aug 6, 20203 min read

Diplomacy in Defense: The U.S. Military Needs Cultural Awareness Training

By Paul S. Kim Source: U.S. Navy The global disposition of U.S. military forces, amplified by an environment of ubiquitous connectivity,...

May 29, 20203 min read

Op-ed: Riots to Revolution

By Mikenna Montgomery Source: southfront.org The modern “American” experience is a tale of two countries. The first tale is of a country...

May 28, 20203 min read

The USMC: A Leaner, Lethal Beast in the Pacific

By Phil Steven Source: USMC The United States Marine Corps has shifted its doctrine to combat the changing strategic environment in the...

May 5, 20203 min read

Migrant Workers: Essential, Yet Sidelined

By Camila Gomez Wills Source: Tony Webster, Wikimedia Commons The US response to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted at least three...

Apr 30, 20204 min read

Op-Ed: To Compete with China, U.S. Must Dump Trump

By Alex Wyckoff Source: The Guardian President Donald Trump sailed into his 2016 election victory, at least in part, through his promises...

Apr 25, 20204 min read

Improving Disability Rights in the United States

By Topher Taylor Source: https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere/ Given the current COVID-19 pandemic and its particularly severe...

Apr 24, 20204 min read

Revealing Policy Gaps at the Intersection of Disability and COVID-19

By Kendra J. Muller Source: https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere/ COVID-19 has revealed many vulnerabilities in disaster...

Apr 18, 20202 min read

Counterproductive policy responses to the rise in domestic violence during quarantine

By Camila Gomez Wills Source: German Rojas, Pixabay The global rise in domestic violence (DV) cases has led to a wide range of responses....