Demise of USAID: A Setback to American Soft Power and an Opportunity for China
By Safwan Ali It is still hard to imagine the abandonment of the 60-year-old, bipartisan-supported United States Agency for International
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Opinion
The World’s Coolest Dictator
By Sophia Harding The title of “world’s coolest dictator” has been claimed by Nayib Bukele. Bukele was elected president of
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The Liberal World: Brief Hiccups or Signs of Decline?
By Colin Smith Scholars and policymakers are fundamentally concerned with what the future of international relations will look like, both
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GUYANA’S $100k PAYOUT: Is the Initiative Sustainable for the Newfound Oil-rich State?
By: Judy Bissoon Amidst Guyana’s oil boom, the government announced that they will be issuing a one-time payment of $100,000
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NATO’s Deterrence Handcuffs: How the West’s Strategy Backfired
By: Robbie Hughes The ongoing war in Ukraine is a sobering testament to the unintended consequences of NATO’s deterrence strategy
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Involved in the Everyday: How IR Scholarship Must Reflect the Lives of LGBTQ+ Persons
By: Alondra Duncan-Belford Over the past two decades, there has been a growing recognition of LGBTQ rights as a crucial
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The Vaccine Diplomacy Contest in Latin America
By Christopher Foran China remains a formidable competitor to the U.S. and its allies. However, recent cracks in China’s seemingly
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A Cinematic Cold War: The US, China, and Diplomacy at the Box Office
By Derek Eanes Within the last two years, the release of China’s blockbuster Battle at Lake Changjin duology and the
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The Spinning of the Ukrainian and Russian Brotherhood
By Kiel Pechko The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a war between Orthodox Slavic countries with common ancestry in Kievan
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From Regime to Revolution: What Iran’s Uprising Could Entail for its Economy
By Christina Grossen and Alli Risewick Iranians have taken to the streets to demand what many in the Islamic republic
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