World
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American Failures in Crafting Counter-Narratives to Islamic Terrorism
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The discourse around ISIS’s use of social media has evolved as the group continues to organize, sponsor, and inspire global acts of terrorism. Though ISIS’s territorial holdings have retracted in recent months, their ability to instigate acts of violence and to recruit supporters on an international level has been a…
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Reading the Tea Leaves: Labor Rights Violations on India’s Tea Plantations
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Tea is the second most consumed drink in the world, second only to water. Over three million tons of tea are produced every year worldwide. Much of that production takes place in India, which has the second highest level of tea production of any nation in the world. Yet, in…
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Competition or Cooperation: The Complicated Diplomatic Relationship Between China and the United States
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Sino-American relations have long been fraught with complexity. Although fundamental economic, security, and foreign policy differences persist, there is a deep financial relationship between the world’s two largest economies. Currently, the United States and China share a common interest in the Asia-Pacific region where a unique dynamic—part cooperative and part…
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Refugee Protection in Turkey: Evaluating Needs and Challenges
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Since the beginning of the civil conflict in Syria, 2.7 million refugees have fled to Turkey, which hosts the greatest number of Syrian refugees in the world. Despite Turkey’s support hosting Syrian refugees, long-term integration efforts still need to be developed to ensure the successful resettlement of refugees. In a…
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Guantánamo Diary: How GITMO Institutionalized State Secrecy
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Telling stories is rarely an easy task, but telling a story from inside a covert military detention facility is another matter—one that Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a 45-year-old Guantánamo Bay detainee, has managed to tell evocatively in Guantánamo Diary. After a lengthy legal battle to declassify Slahi’s memoir and approximately 2,000 black bar…
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Is Israel’s Wall Corroding Peace in Gaza?
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Despite the official Israeli demilitarization of the Gaza Strip in 2005, international organizations argue that Israel holds de-facto control over the strip since it controls all but one of the border crossings in addition to holding direct command of Gazan air and maritime space. The two recent major conflicts between…
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How China’s Neighbors Are Reacting to Its Rise as a World Power
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Over the course of the Obama administration, particularly under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s leadership, the emphasis of American foreign policy shifted from Europe and the Middle East to Asia. Asia has become an important region due to its rapid economic growth, particularly driven by the rise of China,…
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Food Aid in Syria: Good Intentions, Unintended Outcomes
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Emergency food aid is often depicted as the international community’s humane response to a crisis, aimed at alleviating suffering in areas of conflict or following natural disasters. However, a recent paper argues that despite the impartial intentions of UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations, the distribution of food aid during…
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How Republics Fell and Monarchies Survived the Arab Spring
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What made monarchies more resilient during the Arab Spring as compared to republics? To understand this conundrum, Robert Snyder offers an ideological-institutional framework in The Arab Uprising and the Persistence of Monarchy.
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Is China ‘Unseating’ the US in the Middle East in a New Energy Landscape?
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In light of the United States’ reduced need for oil imports, more West African and Latin American producers are competing with China’s traditional Middle Eastern suppliers for market share. The fall in global oil prices, due to increasing supply and slowing demand since mid-2014, has been an economic boon for…
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The West Needs to Avoid Falling into ISIS’s Trap: A Conversation with Robert Pape
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Since ISIS attacks in Jakarta, Ankara, Beirut, and Paris, Robert Pape has noted a significant shift in strategy. What is this new strategy, and what should be the Western response, particularly the US response?