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Central Asia Violence in Karakalpakstan: what the ongoing human rights violations mean by Kira Liljegren 9 Dec 2022 Speakers discuss border disputes and displacement in panel event by Erika Chagin 3 Dec 2022 Was Kazakhstan’s “Bloody January” a Symptom of Putin-Gone-Rogue? by Mane Berikyan 20 May 2022 Human rights concerns in Tajikistan demand international response by avamotam 1 Feb 2022 Political opponents face suppression and detention under new Kyrgyzstan president by Bennett Rine 16 Feb 2021 Uzbekistan: The beginning of a success story? by Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor 26 Apr 2020 East Asia Panda Diplomats: Can Conservation Save Global Cooperation? by Ava Lorelei Deakin 3 Feb 2026 U.S. Policy Toward Nuclear North Korea: Navigating Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Trade by Estrella Calvo Jung 3 Feb 2026 South China Sea at a Tipping Point: Maritime Chaos Explained by Rasil Khotea 1 Jan 2026 North Korea Denies Military Alliance With Russia by joanylee 24 Oct 2023 Thin victory margin in presidential election signals a divide in Korean politics by Beatrix Heard and Bea Heard 6 Feb 2023 A simmering conflict: The possibility of war in the South China Sea by GPI Fellows 22 Sep 2022 China’s stance on Falkland Islands reflects internationalist approach by Michael Solomon 28 Aug 2022 For Kim Jong-Un, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an ideal distraction by Eva Hartman 19 Apr 2022 Chinese government support benefits domestic AI companies by Leo Chu 8 Feb 2022 North Korean hypersonic missile tests rattle East Asia by Matthew Slade 23 Jan 2022 Europe Europe’s ICE Moment: How the EU’s Deportation Push Could Reshape Daily Life by alani0ab417acac 10 Mar 2026 NATO at the Crossroads: Poland’s Drone Crisis Explained by Aleksandra Lasek 29 Dec 2025 In Need of a Hardware Update: An Analysis of the EU’s Chips Act by marshallgreen 25 Dec 2025 The Traffic Light Coalition’s Plan for Community-Grown Cannabis in Germany by Stella Horns 9 Nov 2023 State Symbols on Skates: The Politics of Russian Sports During the War in Ukraine by Stella Horns 30 Oct 2023 The Politics of Tank Distribution: International Image, Aid to Ukraine, and the German Leopard A2 Tank by Stella Horns 27 Apr 2023 Europe’s dependence on Azerbaijani gas replaces one dictatorship for another by Mariam Manukyan 27 Apr 2023 The Future of Crimea: How Far is Too Far? by Eduard Ghazaryan 27 Apr 2023 Racial and Gender Disparities within Refugee Treatment by Ezi Ogbuli 22 Mar 2023 Before Bucha in Ukraine, There Was Abkhazia In Georgia: An Interview With Tamara Chergoleishvili by giorgiinishvili 20 Mar 2023 Latin America & Caribbean U.S. Involvement in Venezuela: Oil, drugs, and the Trump Corollary by Bani Chauhan 15 Apr 2026 The Social Implications of the CIIT by Michael Park 24 Apr 2025 What the Zetas-Gulf Split Reveals About the Sinaloa Cartel’s Civil War by Michael Park 24 Apr 2025 The US Must Lift Its Sanctions on Cuba by Beatrix Heard 27 Mar 2024 The Northern and Southern Divide of Peru: Citizens No Longer Feel Represented by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 27 Apr 2023 Peru’s Political Nightmare: A Coup Attempt Leading to Unwanted Leadership by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 27 Apr 2023 The Impasse on Human Trafficking: No Data in a Digital World by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 27 Apr 2023 Proposed Brazilian-Argentine currency union draws mixed reactions by Vincent Hultsch 20 Mar 2023 The Rainbow Railroad: Forced Migration and Asylum of LGBT Individuals from The Northern Triangle by Aaron Smith 9 Sep 2022 Mexican General Motors workers elect independent union in a historic labor win by Lan Duong 26 May 2022 Middle East & North Africa Israel’s Relationship With Turkey and Azerbaijan and What This Means for Armenia and Palestine by Ariana Pomakian 19 Feb 2024 Football, Nationalism and the Israel-Hamas War by Anne Chen 13 Nov 2023 The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy: How Significant Are They Really? by Johnson Wu 3 Nov 2023 Arab-Israeli Normalization and What it Means for Palestine by Ahn Ho Rhee 27 Apr 2023 Lebanon’s gas deal: insufficient palliative or beacon of hope? by Erika Chagin 18 Nov 2022 The People vs. Khameini: Protests in the Middle East by Beatrix Heard 5 Nov 2022 Joe Biden, Iran’s nuclear future and the path to progress by Ryan Witter 3 Apr 2021 The world can’t give up on Cyprus by Zissis Marmarelis 30 Mar 2021 The secret Israeli embassy in Bahrain isn’t too surprising by Maya Prakash 25 Jan 2021 Is Turkey Overextending? by Zissis Marmarelis 2 Dec 2020 North America How Cricket at the Olympics Complicates Sovereignty, Governance, and Meritocracy by Siddharth Menon 26 Feb 2026 If the U.S. Department of State Wants to Counter Terrorism, It Shouldn’t Get Rid of USAID by Jerry Wood 12 Apr 2025 Hegemony vs. Justice: The US’s Selective Support for the ICC and Global Accountability by Jackson Mills 4 Apr 2025 The “Freedom Convoy:” How an anti-vax trucker movement devolved into white supremacy by Allison Walsh 23 Apr 2022 Trump vs. Biden: The U.S. approach to immigration by GPI Fellows 1 Feb 2022 AUKUS: A Western response to Chinese aggression by Amanda Wilson 10 Jan 2022 How China surpassed the U.S. in the race for AI supremacy by Aaron Smith 6 Jan 2022 All elections are good elections by Benjamin Blum 19 Oct 2021 Sympathy for the devil is running out by Mia Speier 11 Oct 2021 The 21st century space race is heating up, and the United States must prepare to handle the heat by Matthew Slade 23 Sep 2021 Oceania A conflicted Commonwealth: what the Queen’s passing means for member states by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 8 Nov 2022 Small Island Developing States fight for survival at COP26 by GPI Fellows 11 Nov 2021 Kiribati’s Warning to the World: The threat of rising sea levels by Aaron Smith 14 Oct 2020 India and Australia tighten partnership in response to China’s regional aggression by Ryan Witter 24 Jun 2020 Russia, Caucasus, & Eurasia Grassroots Resistance in Georgia: The Battle Over Democracy Enters a Critical Phase by mavagyan5868d2570c 6 Apr 2025 Biden’s Silence on the Nagorno Karabakh Crisis Jeopardizes the American Foreign Policy Agenda by Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor and Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor 16 Aug 2023 South Caucasus: Should US Deep Engagement Apply to the Post-Soviet Region? by Eduard Ghazaryan 4 May 2023 Selective Activism and Its Detrimental Effects on the Armenian People: The Lachin Corridor by Ariana Pomakian 27 Apr 2023 Azerbaijan: A “New Republic” by Christine Almadjian 13 Feb 2023 An attempted ethnic cleansing: Azerbaijan closes the Lachin corridor by Christine Almadjian 26 Dec 2022 Azerbaijan’s illegal closure of the Lachin corridor is a precursor to the last stage of ethnic cleansing by Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor 14 Dec 2022 Russia is working against its interests in the South Caucasus by Mane Berikyan 10 Jan 2022 The decades-long fight over Nagorno-Karabakh has reignited by Cecilia Pou 9 Nov 2020 Putin’s recent decisions should worry the US by Stefan Catana 18 Nov 2019 South Asia From Ladakh to Kathmandu to Jakarta: Gen Z protests surge across South Asia by Bani Chauhan 27 Dec 2025 Opium’s New Frontiers: The Taliban’s Poppy Ban and its Ripple Effects by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 24 Apr 2025 Future of the Gurkhas and the India-Nepal Relationship by Siddharth Menon 22 Apr 2025 Pakistan’s Mass Expulsion of Afghans Will See Thousands of Girls Lose a Chance at Education by Beatrix Heard 15 Apr 2024 Hydropower and India’s “Sinking Towns”: How Should Development Continue? by Kira Liljegren 4 May 2023 How an unlikely ally has allowed India to project power by aayushmanapat 13 Dec 2022 Pakistan floods: how the world is responding by Vincent Hultsch 8 Dec 2022 Crisis in Pakistan—how severe flooding underscores yet again the costs of climate change by Ezi Ogbuli 3 Oct 2022 America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves women’s rights in jeopardy by Amanda Wilson 10 Oct 2021 Afghan refugees face cold reception in Europe by Lan Duong 28 Sep 2021 Southeast Asia The Great Authoritarian Makeover: A Look Into Today’s ‘Spin Dictators’ by aaisha43536f9b8e 27 Apr 2025 Examining China’s Infamous “Bamboo Network” by Sian Salazar 29 Feb 2024 The Myanmar coup, one year out by Vincent Hultsch 12 Apr 2022 Amid COVID-19 and Myanmar coup, fate of the Rohingya hangs in the balance by Delarai Sadeghitari 7 Feb 2021 Anti-government protests erupt in Thailand by Matthew Slade 29 Oct 2020 The South China Sea: What it is, why it matters and the role of the US by Matthew Slade 21 Nov 2019 Rohingya populations fleeing Myanmar face challenges to repatriation by Fellows 21 Nov 2019 Why protests are taking shape in Indonesia by Fellows 21 Nov 2019 Sub-Saharan Africa Somalia and the Struggle for Stability and Survival by Bani Chauhan 24 Mar 2026 Lobito and a New Calculus for American Investment by mangolin449b4f1adf 1 Jan 2026 Under Siege in El Fasher: How to Protect Sudan’s Women from Famine and Sexual Violence Now by alani0ab417acac 25 Dec 2025 Defending the Defenseless: Protecting Women in the DRC Amid Rising Rebel Violence by alani0ab417acac 22 Apr 2025 Gabon Now: A Recovering Post-Coup Nation by Ethan Galbraith 17 Nov 2023 Persisting Issue of Land Reform in Zimbabwe by izabellage 4 May 2023 Believe conflict minerals are old news? Think again. by Darcy Bond 14 Dec 2022 Can the Congolese cobalt industry be cleaned up? by Mallory Wilson 12 Apr 2022 The #ENDSARS Movement: Why Nigeria must reform its policing by Ezi Ogbuli 5 Apr 2022 In Tigray, civilians continue to suffer amid regional conflict by Mallory Wilson 8 Feb 2022
Violence in Karakalpakstan: what the ongoing human rights violations mean by Kira Liljegren 9 Dec 2022
Political opponents face suppression and detention under new Kyrgyzstan president by Bennett Rine 16 Feb 2021
U.S. Policy Toward Nuclear North Korea: Navigating Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Trade by Estrella Calvo Jung 3 Feb 2026
Thin victory margin in presidential election signals a divide in Korean politics by Beatrix Heard and Bea Heard 6 Feb 2023
Europe’s ICE Moment: How the EU’s Deportation Push Could Reshape Daily Life by alani0ab417acac 10 Mar 2026
The Traffic Light Coalition’s Plan for Community-Grown Cannabis in Germany by Stella Horns 9 Nov 2023
State Symbols on Skates: The Politics of Russian Sports During the War in Ukraine by Stella Horns 30 Oct 2023
The Politics of Tank Distribution: International Image, Aid to Ukraine, and the German Leopard A2 Tank by Stella Horns 27 Apr 2023
Europe’s dependence on Azerbaijani gas replaces one dictatorship for another by Mariam Manukyan 27 Apr 2023
Before Bucha in Ukraine, There Was Abkhazia In Georgia: An Interview With Tamara Chergoleishvili by giorgiinishvili 20 Mar 2023
The Northern and Southern Divide of Peru: Citizens No Longer Feel Represented by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 27 Apr 2023
Peru’s Political Nightmare: A Coup Attempt Leading to Unwanted Leadership by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 27 Apr 2023
The Rainbow Railroad: Forced Migration and Asylum of LGBT Individuals from The Northern Triangle by Aaron Smith 9 Sep 2022
Mexican General Motors workers elect independent union in a historic labor win by Lan Duong 26 May 2022
Israel’s Relationship With Turkey and Azerbaijan and What This Means for Armenia and Palestine by Ariana Pomakian 19 Feb 2024
How Cricket at the Olympics Complicates Sovereignty, Governance, and Meritocracy by Siddharth Menon 26 Feb 2026
If the U.S. Department of State Wants to Counter Terrorism, It Shouldn’t Get Rid of USAID by Jerry Wood 12 Apr 2025
Hegemony vs. Justice: The US’s Selective Support for the ICC and Global Accountability by Jackson Mills 4 Apr 2025
The “Freedom Convoy:” How an anti-vax trucker movement devolved into white supremacy by Allison Walsh 23 Apr 2022
The 21st century space race is heating up, and the United States must prepare to handle the heat by Matthew Slade 23 Sep 2021
A conflicted Commonwealth: what the Queen’s passing means for member states by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 8 Nov 2022
India and Australia tighten partnership in response to China’s regional aggression by Ryan Witter 24 Jun 2020
Grassroots Resistance in Georgia: The Battle Over Democracy Enters a Critical Phase by mavagyan5868d2570c 6 Apr 2025
Biden’s Silence on the Nagorno Karabakh Crisis Jeopardizes the American Foreign Policy Agenda by Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor and Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor 16 Aug 2023
South Caucasus: Should US Deep Engagement Apply to the Post-Soviet Region? by Eduard Ghazaryan 4 May 2023
Selective Activism and Its Detrimental Effects on the Armenian People: The Lachin Corridor by Ariana Pomakian 27 Apr 2023
An attempted ethnic cleansing: Azerbaijan closes the Lachin corridor by Christine Almadjian 26 Dec 2022
Azerbaijan’s illegal closure of the Lachin corridor is a precursor to the last stage of ethnic cleansing by Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor 14 Dec 2022
From Ladakh to Kathmandu to Jakarta: Gen Z protests surge across South Asia by Bani Chauhan 27 Dec 2025
Opium’s New Frontiers: The Taliban’s Poppy Ban and its Ripple Effects by Khristel Gonzalez Pebe 24 Apr 2025
Pakistan’s Mass Expulsion of Afghans Will See Thousands of Girls Lose a Chance at Education by Beatrix Heard 15 Apr 2024
Hydropower and India’s “Sinking Towns”: How Should Development Continue? by Kira Liljegren 4 May 2023
Crisis in Pakistan—how severe flooding underscores yet again the costs of climate change by Ezi Ogbuli 3 Oct 2022
The Great Authoritarian Makeover: A Look Into Today’s ‘Spin Dictators’ by aaisha43536f9b8e 27 Apr 2025
Amid COVID-19 and Myanmar coup, fate of the Rohingya hangs in the balance by Delarai Sadeghitari 7 Feb 2021
Under Siege in El Fasher: How to Protect Sudan’s Women from Famine and Sexual Violence Now by alani0ab417acac 25 Dec 2025
Defending the Defenseless: Protecting Women in the DRC Amid Rising Rebel Violence by alani0ab417acac 22 Apr 2025
