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...
Constructing Sovereignty through Strategic Narratives: A Constructivist Analysis of India’s and China’s Discursive Claims over Arunachal Pradesh
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...
Soft Power by Design: Japanese Culinary Diplomacy
Introduction In an era dominated by military and economic interests, the concept of soft power offers an alternative framework for understanding global influenc...
The Kazakh Famine of 1930-1933 and Stalinist Collectivization: The Limitation of Legal Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studies
Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studies From 1930 to 1933, the Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan suffered a horrific yet understudied episode of famine, violen...
Mga Wikang Pambansa, राीय भाषाएँ: Constitutional Language Policy and Postcolonial Nation-Building in the Philippines and India
“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 ...
Do Commodifying Welfare Policies Reflect Elite-Driven Agendas or Middle-class Expansion?
Introduction and Research Question The international left is facing an identity crisis. In recent years, social democratic and otherwise left-leaning poli...
Code and Control: How AI is Reshaping US Border Control
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a key component of the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) technological strategy, particu...
The AfD Before the Storm: A Precursor to Germany’s Current Democratic Reckoning
Introduction Since its inception 80 years ago, German democracy has been largely dominated by two major political parties, the Christian Democratic/Social...
“We are in Uncharted History:” Liqian Ren on China’s Economy, DeepSeek, and US-China Relations
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...