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Column/Europe

Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality Rebooted: Putin’s Authorit...

June 16, 2025
Column/Asia

Constructing Sovereignty through Strategic Narratives: A Con...

June 10, 2025
Column/Asia

Soft Power by Design: Japanese Culinary Diplomacy

June 10, 2025
Column/Americas/Science and Technology

Code and Control: How AI is Reshaping US Border Control

June 4, 2025
Column/Europe

The AfD Before the Storm: A Precursor to Germany’s Current D...

June 4, 2025
Column/Middle East

Behind Closed Doors: How the Law, Economy, and Global Neglec...

June 2, 2025
Column/Middle East/Science and Technology

#OpISIS: Hacktivism and the New Era of Counterterrorism

May 29, 2025
Column/Science and Technology

The Weaponization of Data: International Legal Responses to ...

May 15, 2025
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Column/Europe

Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality Rebooted: Putin’s Authoritarian Playbook

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Jairo Diaz Rodriguez

Since coming to power in 1999, Vladimir Putin has presented himself as a leader restoring Russian greatness. To some, his rule appears defined by assertive mode...

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Column/Asia

Constructing Sovereignty through Strategic Narratives: A Constructivist Analysis of India’s and China’s Discursive Claims over Arunachal Pradesh

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Luke Rimmo Lego

Introduction The region of Arunachal, a sparsely populated Himalayan borderland, had long eluded the firm control of any pre-modern state. Only in 1912-13 did B...

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Column/Asia

Soft Power by Design: Japanese Culinary Diplomacy

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Alexandra Anargirou

Introduction In an era dominated by military and economic interests, the concept of soft power offers an alternative framework for understanding global influenc...

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Spring Issue/Asia/Europe

The Kazakh Famine of 1930-1933 and Stalinist Collectivization: The Limitation of Legal Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studies

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Evan Sing

Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studies From 1930 to 1933, the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan suffered a horrific yet understudied episode of famine, violen...

Jawaharlal Nehru signing the Constitution of India New Delhi 24 January 1950
Spring Issue/Asia

Mga Wikang Pambansa, राीय भाषाएँ: Constitutional Language Policy and Postcolonial Nation-Building in the Philippines and India

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Mikhail Roshan Hernandez Tupaz

“Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda.”  —José P. Rizal  One who does not love one’s own language is ...

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Spring Issue/Europe

Do Commodifying Welfare Policies Reflect Elite-Driven Agendas or Middle-class Expansion? 

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Andrew Modrowsky

Introduction and Research Question  The international left is facing an identity crisis. In recent years, social democratic and otherwise left-leaning poli...

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Column/Americas/Science and Technology

Code and Control: How AI is Reshaping US Border Control

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Carrie Birdsall

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key component of the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) technological strategy, particu...

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Column/Europe

The AfD Before the Storm: A Precursor to Germany’s Current Democratic Reckoning

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Nahuel Herz

Introduction  Since its inception 80 years ago, German democracy has been largely dominated by two major political parties, the Christian Democratic/Social...

Liqian Ren Color
Interviews/Asia

“We are in Uncharted History:” Liqian Ren on China’s Economy, DeepSeek, and US-China Relations

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Julia Niemiec

This transcript is from an interview conducted on March 9, 2025, in partnership with the Brown China Summit (BCS). Founded in 2014, the Brown China Summit is Br...

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Column/Middle East

Behind Closed Doors: How the Law, Economy, and Global Neglect Trap Migrant Women Workers in the Gulf

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Charlie Hazboun

The millions of migrant women who serve as domestic workers in the Persian Gulf are an invisible backbone of the region’s prosperity. They cook, clean, and care...

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