AUG 9, 2017 • Article
Community Referenda on Mining in Guatemala
Katherine Fultz spent a total of three years in Guatemala studying environmental and cultural politics. "By using referenda to make a statement about mining," she ...
AUG 8, 2017 • News
International Student/Teacher Essay Contest, 2017: The World's Greatest Ethical Challenge
Essay topic: In your opinion, what is the world's greatest challenge, and how does it affect your local community and/or the world? What are ...
AUG 8, 2017 • Podcast
Ziad Haider: U.S.-Asia Economic Ties Under Trump
In this post-TPP world where the U.S. has taken a step back from Asia, the vacuum is being filled by China's initiatives, such as ...
AUG 4, 2017 • Podcast
Scott D. Sagan on the Nuclear Necessity Principle
Major changes must be made if U.S. nuclear war plans are to conform to the principles of just war doctrine and the law of ...
AUG 3, 2017 • Podcast
Michele Wucker on when the Gray Rhino Hits Asia
Michele Wucker describes a gray rhino as the "love child of the black swan and the elephant in the room." In other words, "it's a ...
AUG 2, 2017 • Podcast
Amnesty International's Sarah Jackson on the Crisis in South Sudan
Since South Sudan's civil war broke out in late 2013, soldiers on both sides have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence on a ...
AUG 1, 2017 • Podcast
George Friedman: The End of the International Order and the Future of Asia
Tired of conventional wisdom? Check out geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. The period that began at the end of World War II was a freak, he ...
AUG 1, 2017 • News
How to save liberal democracy
In this TedX Talk, Senior Fellow Alexander Görlach discusses strategies to "save liberal democracy."