Performing Diplomacy: How a Newly Independent ‘Little Red Dot’ Managed Power, Impressions and Feelings on World Stage
In 1965, when newly independent Singapore was attempting to assert its non-communist and multi-ethnic identity, Singapore faced two problems. First, the threat ...
CFR President Richard Haass on World Order and the Challenges of the Future
Richard Haass has served as the president of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2003. He is an experienced diplomat and policymaker and has written or edite...
US FON Operations: Challenging Excessive Maritime Claims
In April, the USS John Paul Jones carried out a freedom of navigation (FON) operation in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 130 nautical miles (nm) west of t...
Savita: An Unexpected Leader
2020 was a year that reversed the idea of humanity being a dominant power; it was a year where neither the global economy, global conglomerates, nor global lead...
Crossing Peninsulas: Early 20th-Century Korean Flexible Nationalisms in the Yucatán Peninsula
Introduction: Peninsula to Peninsula In April 1905, hundreds of Koreans were gathered in Jemulpo Port under Korea’s hot spring sun.[1] The SS Ilford was about t...
A Life of Public Service: Ambassador John Koenig on his Experience as an American Diplomat in Europe and Beyond
John Koenig served as the U.S. ambassador to Cyprus from 2012 to 2015. As a career foreign service officer, he has held assignments in Belgium, Greece, Indonesi...
Toward a “Grander Strategy of Containing Putin’s Russia”: Ambassador Michael McFaul on Engagement and Containment in a New Era of Great Power Competition
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul leaves the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia on May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File) Michael McFaul served a...
Trust on the Streets: How Does It Work and Why Does It Matter?
Acheson Finalist Current hegemonic economic and socio-cultural standards prioritize the freedoms and needs of individual entities—whether be a country, business...
Are Protests Effective? Examining the Impact of Protests Against Gender-Based Violence on Legislation in Nigeria
This piece was published in the Acheson Issue, Volume 11 1. INTRODUCTION On May 28, 2020, Vera Uwalia Omosuwa, a 22-year-old college student in Edo State, Niger...
An “Eternal Recurrence”: Patterns of German Ideological Hegemony in Modern Greek History
This piece was published in the Acheson Issue, Volume 11 Abstract Throughout its existence, the Hellenic Republic has struggled to reconcile its “modern Greek” ...