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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...

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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...

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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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Column/Middle East/Science and Technology

#OpISIS: Hacktivism and the New Era of Counterterrorism

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Taryn Murphy

The year is 2015. Following the November Paris Attacks—in which 129 individuals were killed by ISIS, and even more were left wounded—online “hacktivist” group A...

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Column/Science and Technology

The Weaponization of Data: International Legal Responses to Digital Espionage and State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Summer Veer Shukla

In the 21st century, data has emerged as one of the most valuable assets, fundamentally reshaping global  power dynamics and international relations. As nation-...

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Column/Asia/Europe/Science and Technology

Climate Change is Russia’s Biggest Strategic Weapon  

Posted on May 15, 2025 by West Temkin

In 2015, Russia signed the Paris Agreement on climate change. In 2019, the nation formally joined. According to the Kremlin, Russia aims to significantly r...

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