TikTok: A Contested Global Space
As pandemic related shutdowns around the world have confined many people to their homes, one social media app has exploded in popularity. TikTok, which allows u...
The Legacy of Germany’s Reunification
Thirty years after Germany’s reunification between East and West, the two parts of the country remain strikingly different. The origins of many of the differenc...
Event Coverage: Cold Wars, Asia, the Middle East, Europe
The Cold War was a seminal moment for great power politics, during which the twin superpowers, the US and USSR engaged in a decades-long battle for influence th...
#EndSARS: Amplifying Young Nigerian Voices
On October 11, 2020, the Nigerian police force announced the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a corrupt police unit known as SARS. The announcemen...
Exploring the Police-Military Relationship in Pakistan and the United States
On the surface, the arrest of Muhammad Safdar—a political dissenter who happens to be the son-in-law of the exiled ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—appears to be ...
A Third Ceasefire in the Caucasus: Will it Hold?
In late September, the latest flare-up in the long running Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted in Artsakh, an area of south Azerbaijan near the Iranian border. Th...
Below Us: A Very Brief History of Modern U.S.-Latin America Relations and Trump’s Legacy
As we approach the end of President Donald J. Trump’s first term as occupant of the White House, it is valuable to reflect on his relationship with countries to...
Portrait of a Psychological Warrior: The Challenges Facing Robert Blum and the Asia Foundation in Establishing a U.S. Public Diplomacy Program
In April 1953, Robert Blum was serving as a Director of Staff for the President’s Committee on International Information Activities (PCIIA), a committee which P...
Spillovers versus Bargaining – Which Integration Theory Explains the EU’s Coronavirus Recession Response?
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic and its consequences have undoubtedly altered the lives of many worldwide in a brief but impactful timeframe, and it conti...
Fault Lines in the Legal Basis for America’s ‘Snapback’
On 14 August 2020, the United States of America introduced a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’ or ‘the Council’), to extend the in...