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With a Nuclear Iran, Does the Jihadi Threat Become Less Salient? A Defensive Realist Perspective.
by Alex Choy August 1, 2021Note: The purpose of this article is not to discount the dangers of a nuclear armed Iran — indeed, a Middle East devoid of…
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U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Must Include a Plan for Women’s Access to Healthcare
by Samriddhi Sapkota July 8, 2021Last April, President Biden announced his plan to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops and personnel from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, after nearly twenty…
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Jamaica and China: Finding The Balance
by Elizabeth Onibokun June 8, 2021Introduction China’s rising influence around the world has been a subject of concern, particularly for the United States, who continue to fear China’s spreading…
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What Biden’s Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Reveals About Turkey and the Future of Relations With Ankara
by Andreas Papoutsis May 21, 2021Fourteen American presidents have come and gone since the term “genocide” was coined in 1944, nearly 30 years after the Ottoman Empire committed unfathomable…
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Destructive Ambiguity: The Failure of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
by Alex Choy April 27, 2021“While … ambiguity may have motivated extremist contingents on both sides to acquiesce, intractable issues were kicked like a can down the road.” Nearly…
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The World Bank and Tanzania’s Pregnant Schoolgirl Ban
by Rayna Salam April 22, 2021Tanzania’s law forbidding pregnant girls from attending school has been cause for global concern, but the World Bank has been the only development actor…