Nadia Murad, Genocide and the Post U.S. Election
November 7, 2016 3 min. read

Although NGOs have pushed to help Yazidis, it has been extremely difficult to get governments to even acknowledge the ongoing atrocities.

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Climate Change: What Would Hillary Clinton Do?
November 4, 2016 7 min. read

Hillary Clinton has put out an enormous number of climate change policy proposals. She may not be able to implement very many of them.

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On Foreign Policy, and Fixing Political Dysfunction
November 3, 2016 4 min. read

In foreign policy, a nation acts as a singular entity, with citizens’ identity reflected in its conduct. Today, our discourse projects our political dysfunction.

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Rift with Philippines Highlights Economics as Key to U.S.-China Rivalry
November 2, 2016 4 min. read

The rise of multi-vector foreign policies and competing economic integration visions throughout Asia will force the U.S to up its own economic game.

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Minding the Global Gender Gap
October 28, 2016 5 min. read

Women are catching up with men in education. Yet, they still earn less than men and are much less represented in the top deciles of the income ladder.

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Anti-Semitism in the Trump Campaign
October 27, 2016 6 min. read

A Trump advisor argues that there is no anti-Semitism in its candidate’s campaign, but that it is rampant in the Clinton camp. Classic Trump gaslighting.

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Bubble Trouble: Russia’s A2/AD Capabilities
October 25, 2016 7 min. read

Russia’s A2/AD “bubbles” around the Baltics, the Black Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Arctic could dramatically constrain NATO’s freedom of movement.

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To Pardon or Not to Pardon: The New Snowden Debate
October 24, 2016 12 min. read

Proposals to pardon Edward Snowden before the end of the Obama administration have revived the debate over his actions and their consequences.

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Is Obama’s Syria Policy Defensible?
October 18, 2016 6 min. read

Has Obama has been taking the “least bad” course on Syria? Reflecting on the last two decades of U.S. foreign policy interventions, the answer is yes.

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NATO Post-Warsaw: Challenges to Alliance Cohesion
October 13, 2016 6 min. read

Alliance cohesion—a crucial requirement to successfully implement the Warsaw Summit commitments and tackle current security threats—is increasingly being tested.

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