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Jan 17, 20173 min read

Much Ado About Bad Data

By Frederick Hemans | August 17, 2017 Located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine...

Nov 28, 20164 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: Institutions are the Ultimate Trump Card

By Will Fuller | November 28, 2016 For sports fans, 2016 was full of drama, unpredictability, and more than a few larger-than-life...

Nov 21, 20163 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: Lessons from Lebanon

By Ashley Halabi | November 21, 2016 Shock waves spread throughout the world when results displaying Donald Trump as the new ...

Nov 18, 20164 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: What Happens Next? Election Results Discussion with GPS Faculty

By Ariel Neidermeier | November 18, 2016 GPS faculty struck a reassuring tone with students about the outlook of U.S. policy under...

Nov 15, 20163 min read

Election 2016 Reactions: Time to Pop the Champagne in Moscow?

By Yaroslav Makarov | November 14, 2016 The news of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections was met by a round of...

Nov 3, 20168 min read

Getting Ahead in the Politburo: Predicting who will be enthroned in China’s 19th Party Congress

By Chutian Zhou | November 3, 2016 The year of 2016 is unambiguously an eventful one. People who care about Asia-Pacific affairs...

Oct 21, 20163 min read

How to get to Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible Disarmament

By Travis Lindsay | October 21, 2016 The 2002 ignition of Korea’s second nuclear crisis marked the beginning of one of the United...

Oct 12, 20162 min read

Direct Democracy: Bad Idea or Worst Idea?

By Ryan Braun | October 12, 2016 Colombia has been victim to South America’s longest running civil war. Conflict between the Colombian...

Oct 2, 20165 min read

What if China had a Ballot in the US Presidential Election?

By Chutian Zhou | October 2, 2016 It is a bold and thrilling thought experiment, yet at the same time a rational way to assess present...

Aug 16, 20164 min read

Bibi Goes to Washington

By Will Fuller Speaker of the House John Boehner’s invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint...

May 15, 201610 min read

Memo Series: Donald Trump becomes President of the United States

By Jared Dorman | May 16, 2016 This memo is part of a series of posts showcasing examples from GPS' Policy Making Processes course....

May 5, 20165 min read

Saddam Hussein’s Decision to not Withdraw from Kuwait

By David Price | May 6, 2016 Source: AFP/Getty-images During the 1991 Gulf War crisis, Saddam Hussein was presented with the ...

Apr 28, 20166 min read

Memo Series: Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

By Margo Zlotnik | April 28, 2016 This memo is part of a series of posts showcasing examples from GPS' Policy Making Processes...

Apr 20, 20163 min read

Prospects for Denuclearization in the DPRK: Dim or Dimmer?

By Travis Lindsay | April 21, 2016 Photo: AFP/AFP/Getty Images The prospects for a denuclearized DPRK have been in steady decline since...

Apr 14, 201610 min read

Memo Series: Overcoming Social Structural Problems through Delegation and Association

By Dani Pardo-Yepez | April 14, 2016 This memo is part of a series of posts showcasing examples from GPS' Policy Making Processes...

Jan 26, 20166 min read

The Philippines’ Arbitration Case Against China: A Milestone or a Tombstone in the South China Sea?

Earl B. Dalmaceda | January 26, 2016 With Asia becoming the focal point of political and economic transformation in the world, one of...

Dec 10, 20156 min read

Indonesian Diplomacy in Transition

By Susan Harris Rimmer and Mathew Davies | December 10, 2015 "President Jokowi with Presidents Obama and Xi at APEC Summit 2014" (Image...

Nov 19, 20155 min read

South Korean Security Policies after the Civil War

By Yuan Zoey Zhao | November 19, 2015 South Korean Special Army soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the 64th Korea Armed Forces...

Oct 15, 201511 min read

ISIS Stamps Out Dissidents in Rutbah, Iraq: An Analysis

By Adlini Sjah Source: Institute for the Study of War[17] In late August 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) conducted 3...

Sep 23, 20158 min read

The Environmental Impact of India’s Increasing Power Needs

By Hrishikesh Somani | September 23, 2015 The Prime Minister dedicating the Rourkela Steel Plant's Rs 12,000-crore expansion project...