Where Empire and Market Meet: The Hidden Cost of Geopolitics on India’s Artisans
In the once-packed streets of Surat, Gujarat, the dissonance of polishing machines and voices has lulled to a halt. A sign of life in the streets of the diamond...
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Post-Castro, No Reform: Crafting a U.S. Strategy to Advance Cuban Freedom
When the United States loses sight of its foreign policy goals, decisions that affect millions of people often devolve into emblematic gestures and political th...
From Loss to Leverage: How Displacement Could Build Ukraine’s Post-War Reformist Elite
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has dominated contemporary strategic and war studies. Its territory has been mapped in detail, military oper...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble: Lessons for a Digitally Financial Future
This summer, the United States made history. On July 18, Congress signed into law the GENIUS Act, the first major crypto legislation in the nation. What makes t...
Media Diplomacy: How Public Communication Shapes Modern Conflict
In a Kyiv bomb shelter, a wartime president addresses his people via a smartphone. In London, thousands march with foreign flags, chanting in solidarity with a ...
Data Colonialism in the Global South: Who Owns Asia’s Digital Future?
Think of a world where each click, each message you send, and each transaction you make creates a value, but not for you, or even for your own country. Rather, ...
Ancient Greek Heritage Diplomacy as a Means of Soft Power
Introduction In an era marked by shifting geopolitical paradigms and the proliferation of non-traditional instruments of statecraft, culture has reemerged as a ...
Moral Authority in a Technological World: The Vatican and the Global AI Race
In Vatican City, the home of the Roman Catholic Church and among the holiest sites in the Christian world, representatives from the world’s leading techno...
The Cold War and Taiwan: A Lesson for Modern U.S. Diplomacy
The Cold War may feel like distant history, but its echoes are unmistakable in today’s geopolitical landscape as the United States once again arms foreign allie...
Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality Rebooted: Putin’s Authoritarian Playbook
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...