Tag: Diplomacy
State Department layoffs could hurt US companies’ ability to compete globally...
Carey Durkin Treado, University of Pittsburgh
When more than 1,300 people at the U.S. State Department lost their jobs...
Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program...
Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
The U.S. bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22,...
Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history...
Stephen Collins, Kennesaw State University
While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025, are believed to...
India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South...
Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania
India and Pakistan have seen the scenario play out before: a terror attack...
Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture...
Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University - Newark
IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of...
Saudi Arabia’s role as Ukraine war mediator advances Gulf nation’s diplomatic rehabilitation...
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University
Saudi Arabia is 2,000 miles from Ukraine and even more politically distant, so at...
Sunzi, ‘shì’ and strategy: How to read ‘Art of War’ the...
Scott D. McDonald, Tufts University
In the mid-1990s, I picked up the military classic “Art of War” hoping to...
All wars eventually end – here are 3 situations that will...
Andrew Blum, University of San Diego
It’s been a year since Russia first launched a full invasion of Ukraine,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
