Foreign Affairs
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The Grand Strategy of Convenience
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The Neo-Cold War The United States is in the midst of a neo-cold war with China. What the Trump administration is executing, whether by design, instinct, or structural inevitability, is a grand strategy of convenience: a convergence of individually motivated actions that collectively pressure the global resource, energy, and influence…
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How Do Electoral Gender Quotas Impact Government Spending?
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Over the past few decades, an increasing number of countries have established gender quotas for elected positions. Typically, these quotas are enacted to address underrepresentation of women in political offices. According to data collected by the United Nations (UN), women represented just “22.8 percent of all national parliamentarians” in June…
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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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Dividing the Carrot: How Americans Think About Foreign Aid
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One study looks at how Americans fare when navigating the complexities of U.S. foreign policy to make informed decisions on foreign aid.
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Vlora Çitaku, Former Minister of European Integration, on Significance of EU and UN Membership for Kosovo and for Women
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Vlora Çitaku, newly appointed Consul General and recent Minister of European Integration in the Republic of Kosovo, shares realities of being a female politician, the struggle to end violence against women, and why European integration is critical for Kosovo.
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Towards a New Cuban Reality: An Interview with Cuban Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas
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José Ramón Cabañas explains the most important political and economic changes in Cuba over the last few years.
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Open Borders: Collaboration Between Mexico and the U.S.
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Israel Hernández Seguin, Deputy Director of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI), discusses bilateral relations between the United States and Mexico