Contradiction and Ambivalence: Mexico’s Cold War and the United States
Image Caption: Former Mexican President López Mateos (left) was one of several presidents to navigate a complex and often contradictory Cold War foreign policy that tended to strain Mexican relations with the United States. With the Allies’ victory […]
The Disappearance and Murder of Claudina Velasquez: A Story of Gender ...
Image Caption: Velásquez Paiz et al. v. Guatemala in the Inter-American Court revealed Guatemala’s failure to address stereotyping and gender-based violence against women. “I won’t allow the authorities to let my daughter become just another [Guatemalan] murder statistic”[1]. […]
The Oslo Peace Process: The Collapse of Coherence in the Israeli-Pales ...
Image Caption: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands at the signing of the 1993 Oslo Declaration of Principles. Introduction The Oslo Peace Process was the first direct, bi-lateral […]
Financing Revolution, Subversion, and Terror: How Armed Non-State Acto ...
Image Caption: Armed non-state actors like Hezbollah require a dependable source of funding, and various factors may affect the diversity of such funding. Introduction Money is the lubricant to any political or military machine, and effective […]
Using Koreanness: Fostering the Growth of the Republic of Korea
Image Caption: Former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, elected in 1997, pursued an open-ended “Sunshine Policy” with North Korea in hopes of bettering relations between the two countries. Introduction The state’s role in defining the […]
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The Association of Southeast Nations and Efforts to Address Mass Atroc ...
Written by Nicolas Wicaksono In discourses about human rights and preventing mass atrocities, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is infamous for its adherence to a norm of non-interference in the domestic affairs of member […]
The Special Permanent Residents in Japan: Zainichi Korean
Written by Jang Hawon, Peking University Introduction As the number of foreign residents in Japan continues to grow, scholars of Japanese society are devoting increasing attention to the ways in which foreign communities interact with the […]
Helms-Burton Act of 1996: A Case Study in Unprincipled, Opportunistic ...
Written By Kiran Chokshi Economic sanctions are a common tactic used by the United States government when dealing with hostile countries. Often, those sanctions are imposed along with a UN resolution or other countries. But in […]
Axis of Convenience: Limitations to Russia-Iran Cooperation
Written by Taehwa Hong Introduction Russia’s intervention in the Syrian Civil War in support of the Assad regime in 2015 marked the first Russian military action in the Middle East since the invasion of Afghanistan[1] in […]
Is the World Ready for China’s Gene-edited Babies?
Written by Thais Aguiar Introduction In the same year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated its 70th birthday, an announcement shocked the scientific community worldwide: at a conference in November 2018, a Chinese researcher named […]
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The Association of Southeast Nations an ...
Written by Nicolas Wicaksono In discourses about human rights and preventing mass atrocities, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is infamous for its adherence to a norm of non-interference in …
The Special Permanent Residents in Japa ...
Written by Jang Hawon, Peking University Introduction As the number of foreign residents in Japan continues to grow, scholars of Japanese society are devoting increasing attention to the ways in which foreign …
Book Reviews
Review: On Grand Strategy by John Lewis ...
John Lewis Gaddis’ most recent book certainly puts the ‘grand’ in Grand Strategy. It spans roughly 2,500 years of history and draws upon the works and deeds of individuals ranging …
Book Review: The Diffusion of Military ...
Summary In his book ‘The Diffusion of Military Power” Michael C. Horowitz presents an adoption-capacity theory that seeks to explain when and how states successfully adopt military technology and the adopted …
