Goodwill Between North Korea and China Will Not Last
China, North Korea’s only ally, has loosened the nation’s leash to see how world leaders, especially the new U.S. president, would react.
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Iran Discarding U.S. Dollar Puts Global Currency At Risk
Iran is rumored to be abandoning the use of the U.S. dollar. The decision was announced January 29 by the Central Bank of Iran governor Valiollah Seif. The change will become effective on March 21, the start of the new fiscal year.
Read MoreD.U.L.C.E.: UDSA to Host Diplo Senator Town Hall
Dean Bartoli and the School of Diplomacy have been consulting with the Stillman School of Business Leadership Development Program to provide students with effective leadership experience for February’s Diplomacy United Leadership and Communication Exchange (DULCE).
Read MoreU.S. Relations with Iran Crumble After New Sanctions
he Trump administration placed sanctions on Iran on February 3 as retaliation to the ballistic missile test performed by Tehran on January 29. The sanctions by the United States targeted 25 Iranians who assisted in the development of the ballistic missile program in Iran.
Read MoreRed Cross Terminates Assistance in Afghanistan After Employee Deaths
Six International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) employees were killed and two others went missing after an attack on February 8, in the Jowzjan Province of Afghanistan.
Read MoreFocus on Shadow Economies: Turkey
Reliance on credit cards and overspending has caused unwanted inflation and crippled Turkey’s commercial market. The current taxation methods were intended as a solution to this overspending, but instead created a shadow market for alcohol.
Read MoreDiplomacy Senators Abstain From SGA Resolution on Immigration
The Senate of the Student Government Association on February 6 voted to pass a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The School of Diplomacy’s two senators abstained.
Read MoreSeeing a ‘Teachable Moment,’ Faculty Panel Discuss Diplomacy in Trump’s World
Two days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, there was barely any room to sit in the spacious Beck Rooms when members of the School of Diplomacy’s faculty seized the opportunity to discuss the future of international relations.
Read MoreFocus on Religious Persecution: China
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom 2015 report listed China alongside sixteen other nations as a “country of particular concern” for inhibiting the religious expression of its citizens.
Read MoreD.U.L.C.E Corner: January
By Leah Cerilli Associate Editor January’s Diplomacy United Leadership and Communication Exchange (DULCE) meeting focused on the relationship between academic
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