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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 28, 2013
China
Why China Hands Think What They Think
These days, China books are a dime a dozen and so, too, are China analysts. Journalists, scholars, businesspeople, general foreign policy analysts, and random people living in Beijing all have someth…
February 2, 2016
Thailand
Southeast Asia’s Democratic Regression and the Rise of Islamic State-Linked Militants
Read Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Part 1 On January 14, militants struck in one of Jakarta’s busiest shopping and office districts. At around 11 am, one attacker blew up a suicide bomb at a Starbu…
February 13, 2019
United Kingdom
Towards More Gender-Inclusive Parliaments: The UK Embraces Proxy Voting
Last month, the British parliament voted to implement a trial of proxy voting for representatives on parental leave, a small step to make political institutions more gender-sensitive.
January 5, 2015
Killing “The Death of Sykes-Picot”
Happy New Year! Devoted readers of this blog will know that I generally loathe the annual end- and beginning-of-the-year roundups, lists, retrospectives, and prognostications. “Lame” is the only way …
July 10, 2020
Wars and Conflict
Five POW Movies Worth Watching
Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: films about prisoners of war.
