How to say ‘Holocaust’ in Arabic
The establishment of the State of Israel seven decades ago is remembered as the return to its ancestral home by one people but bemoaned...
Let’s Get Creative! The Importance of Creativity in International Policy Studies
What is the most essential quality that graduate students should possess in the field of international policy studies?
Some might argue that it is the...
From Destroyer to Savior: Unweaving Assad’s Tale
In the seventh year of the war in Syria Bashar al-Assad is still the main figure. His strategies and allies kept him on the...
Kuril Islands Dispute
By: Matthias Penkin (Guest Writer)
In November 2018, an attempt to settle the last remaining unresolved dispute of World War II was initiated.
The Southern...
Roadblocks Ahead: Foreign Aid, Civil Society, and the Peace Process in Afghanistan
7Over the last 17 years, the support of USAID and other donors helped transform Afghan civil society and media from a loose network of...
Paradise Lost – The Venezuelan Crisis and the Response of the International Community
Venezuela anguishes in what is being described as the country’s worst economic, social and political crisis to date. A combination of low oil prices,...
Xi Jinping: President for Life and its Implications
By: Stefan Wolf (Guest Writer)
In March 2018, the National People’s Congress, the People’s Republic of China’s parliament, passed changes to China’s constitution. Among the...
Intimate Diplomacy: International Adoption on the World Stage
A shocking 40% of adopted children in the US are of a different race or culture than their adopted parents.
Foreign adoptions have dropped from...
One Year of Moonshine: Bringing Hope in a Turbulent Era
The president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, has been instrumental in facilitating what may become a great step forward towards détente on the Korean...
Waking Up from the Chinese Dream to a Chinese Debt Trap?
The Chinese Dream (Zhōngguó Měng) was first coined in 2012 by the current General Secretary of the Peoples Republic of China’s only political party,...
