Blog | Journal of Diplomacy - Part 2

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When Ethnic Diversity Becomes a Curse in Africa: The Tale of Two Sudans

March 12, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments africa, diversity, Editors' Pick, Governance, South Sudan, Sudan

Image Credit: Will Baxter | CRS by Luka Biong Deng Kuol Author Luka Biong Deng Kuol discusses how ethnic diversity

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Equitable Geographic Representation in the United Nations: An Assessment of the State of the International Character of the United Nations’ Workforce

March 11, 2020March 16, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Article 101, Equality, Equitable Representation, Hiring Practices, UN Charter, UN Employees, UN reform, United Nations

by Harold Kent Heredia The first article of the 21st Volume of the Journal of Diplomacy provides a narrative of

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Vulnerable Nations: A Case for the Kurds

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments International Security, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, Nation, opinion, Securitization, State, Syria

By Robert Bost Nations and states are often mentioned in the same breath, as if interchangeable. However, that is not

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A New Sudan: How al-Bashir’s Trial Could Move the Country Forward

February 24, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments africa, Human Rights, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, truth and justice, UNSC

Image Credit: Ashraf Shazly/AFP By Mohamed Elshekh The Former President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, managed to seize control of the

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The Possibility of Pandemic as a Security Issue: The Coronavirus Case

February 17, 2020February 18, 2020 Sushant Naidu 1 Comment China, Coronavirus, Global Health, Health, International Security, Military, Securitization

Image Credit: Xioalu Chu/Getty Images. By Michael Dombrowski In the last month and a half, a new virus

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A Digital Future Requires Strong Human Rights Frameworks

February 5, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments AIIB, Asia, Development, Digital Infrastructure, Human Rights, World Bank

Image Credit: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre By Kendra Brock “There is nothing more dangerous [when building

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The Nationalism We Need

January 28, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Nationalism, populism, Protests, Trump, World Order

Illustration by Sam Island By Michael Galloway Behind the nativism, sexism, and incoherent twitter rants, the rise of Trumpism has brought

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The Road Ahead for Algeria’s New President: Beginning or End of Democratic Change?

January 6, 2020 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Algeria, Algerian Elections, Bouteflika, Chengriha, Gaid Saleh, Hirak, Issad Rebrab, Libya, Middle East, Protests, Revolution

Image Credit: Swaha Cartoons By Houssam Eddine Beggas Newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune recently took office in tumultuous times. His

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Wrapping Up on 2019 – The Year of Return for the African Diaspora

December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Abolition, africa, Diaspora, Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, Mathieu Kireka, Nat Amarteifio, Project Joseph, Slave Trade, Slavery, United Nations, Year of Return

Photo description: New Ghanaian citizens pose for a photo with President Nana Akufo-Addo. (Photo credit: Office of the President, Ghana)

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The Underground Economy of Amber: A Destabilizing Threat to Ukraine

December 15, 2019December 16, 2019 Sushant Naidu 0 Comments Amber, Conflict, Corruption, mining, opinion, Russia, Trade, Ukraine

Photo description: Raw amber overlapped by the Ukrainian flag (Photo credit: Hans Splinter, CC BY-ND) By Nicole Kalczynski The sociopolitical

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