A New Playbook For Canadian Foreign Relations
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland addresses the House of Commons on June 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Written by: Justin J. Lee, Trin...
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The Special Permanent Residents in Japan: Zainichi Korean
Written by Jang Hawon, Peking University Introduction As the number of foreign residents in Japan continues to grow, scholars of Japanese society are devoting i...
China with Global Characteristics: Why the Global Order is Safe from China’s Growing Influence
Image Caption: Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in the Great Hall of the People, outlining his vision for the potential for Chinese leadership in ...
The Global Resurgence of Populism as a Social Movement: Unifying the People or Creating Social Cleavages
Image Caption: Demonstrators gather in the city of Mainz at a rally in support of Alternative for Germany, a far-right German political party with populist root...
With Rights Come Responsibilities: The Evolution of Rights, Sovereignty, and Intervention in the International System
Image Caption: Although many point to the Peace of Westphalia as the starting point for the modern framework relating individual rights with sovereignty in inte...
Dissecting the Fault-lines of Ethno-political Violence in Asia: A Comparison between Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslims and Southern Thailand’s Patani Malays
Image Caption: Xinjiang Uyghur Muslims, unlike Thailand’s Patani Malays, undertook salient ethno-political action only at a time of a high perceived threa...
Abnormal: Why the Tanzanian Invasion of Uganda Was, and Was Not, a Humanitarian Intervention
Image Caption: Idi Amin’s coup in 1978 of former Ugandan President Milton Obote was the first in a series of events that led to the 1978 Tanzanian in...
Abel: The Ilocano Weaving Industry Amidst Globalization
Image Caption: A Filipino woman weaves in her factory, inheriting a long tradition that may be threatened by the decline of support for local weaving industries...
Gulfization: A Closer Look at Bahrainization
Image Caption: Bahrain’s government has taken efforts as part of Bahrainization to help Bahraini nationals succeed in the public and private sector i...
In search of the “Golden Age:” The Selective Nostalgia of Urban Renewal Projects in Shanghai, China and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Image Caption: China’s Shanghai, like Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, worked hard to define its image by employing positive nostalgia for its past while bru...