Asia
ROSATOM, the CNNC, and the Nuclear Energy Arms Race
"The intersection between energy as a necessity and energy sources as a tool for foreign policy goals cannot be overlooked."
United States
China
Modern Island Hopping: The Geopolitical Battle for the Pacific
"Of course, the United States should also avoid gaffes like the Chinese ambassador to Kiribati made. But avoiding gaffes is not nearly enough to win the Pacific over. It should invest much, much more in this neglected region before it is too late."
Cybersecurity
Technological Ties: The Future of French-US Relations Under President Biden
"After various recent disputes over economic, political, and social issues, we are left to ponder where Franco-American relations stand today and where they will go from here."
Education
Students Can Save America's Foreign Policy Agenda
For decades, the United States has depended on its armor of 'soft power' as the means for 'success in world politics.' Unfortunately, over the last four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, cultural diplomacy has fallen out of fashion, and American soft power capabilities have been severely damaged.
Energy & Environment
EV is the New Dot Com
"The EV industry and its investors are scrambling to buy any company that goes public, an eerie similarity to what occurred during the Dot Com bubble of 1999."
Employment & Immigration
Cutthroat Academia: Invisible Innovators
"Placed into a system that tends to exploit immigrant labor, the unlucky ones go from blue-collar work to, in extreme cases, 100-hour work weeks inside clandestine labs."
Europe
Disharmony in NATO: How Artifacts of the Cold War Corrode US-Germany Relations
In July 2020, the United States announced its decision to scale back about a third of its military presence in Germany.
China
Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States and China
"The newly instituted 'Clean Network Initiative' in the United States strikes eerie parallels with China’s 'Great Firewall,' leading to concerns about the state of internet freedom in the United States and abroad."
The Americas
Bitter-Tasting Sugar: the United States, Haiti and Racism in Dominican Bateyes
"It is far past time that the United States stares directly at the consequences of its involvement in Latin America and works to promote anti-discriminatory behavior abroad as much as it is seeking to do so within its borders."
Perspectives
Joe Biden's Strategic Vision for US-Russia Relations, Revisited
Joe Biden: In this manner we may bring about a shared vision of strategic stability in US-Russian relations that will truly benefit the coming generation.
Human Rights
The Shadow Workforce: Prison Labor and International Trade
"Prisoners are still performing free or extremely underpaid labor, which enables companies to make a profit while subsidizing the cost of incarceration."
Perspectives
The Plight of Taiwan and China: Trump is No Reagan for the Vatican
China as well as the Vatican and Taiwan have come to the same realization: President Trump is no President Reagan.