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Protecting the Porcupine: Why Taiwan Matters
If China attempts reunification with Taiwan, how will the US meet its obligations to defend it? Two visiting fellows and officers of the US Air Force insist that the US must improve its preparedness for a new type of conflict. by Ken Fann and Charles...
Satellite map of China and Taiwan. A Chinese dragon is on top of China and a porcupine in defensive stance is to the right of Taiwan

Refugees are Brothers and Sisters in Uganda, Strangers in Tanzania
How a nation sees its relationship to refugees can have a profound impact on social services and even infrastructure, as shown in new research on Uganda’s unique refugee-hosting model. By Yang-Yang Zhou Unlike the US borders many of us are familiar with...
Refugees go through bags behind a "welcome to Uganda" sign

Remembering the Queen of Canada
As part of the British Commonwealth, Canada has a complex relationship with the monarchy. A Canadian scholar examines the British Crown’s reliance on religious and military symbolism to invoke its authority, especially with regard to upholding treaties...
Queen Elizabeth II Cecil Beton photograph

Wind Power, Politics, and Magnets
The complicated supply chain of wind turbines exposes contradictions in the realm of international affairs. Kristin Vekasi breaks down the physical components and the fraught dependencies of this green technology. By Kristin Vekasi In the dark, prevaccine...
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The US-India Relationship: A Q&A with Kenneth Juster
The recent US Ambassador to India offers insights on trade relations between the world’s two largest democracies, the goals of the Quad, and how to counter Chinese dominance in the Indo-Pacific. By Roshni Chakraborty Weatherhead Center Advisory Committee...
Ken Juster buying food at a Halal food truck

Buses and Bribes: Lagos’s Shadowy Transit Network
A scholar goes back to his hometown in Nigeria to study the informal transportation network that deeply affected his youth. By Michelle Nicholasen Before their shift begins, minibus drivers in Lagos, Nigeria do one of the following: pray, make token...
A bright yellow minibus (danfo) whizzes past, with the side van door open and two men hanging on.

The Geopolitics of Energy: Powder Keg in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Russian oil boycott has not only shaken the global economy, but also exposes how overdue the world is for a transition to cleaner energy. Three scholars report on impacts of the boycott and emphasize the need for multilateral solutions that don’t...
Worker in a section of pipe along the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline

The Geopolitics of Energy: China’s Coal Regime
The Russian oil boycott has not only shaken the global economy, but also exposes how overdue the world is for a transition to cleaner energy. Three scholars report on impacts of the boycott and emphasize the need for multilateral solutions that don’t...
Back of coal miner in gear walking down a dark tunnel

The Geopolitics of Energy: The 1970s Oil Crisis
The Russian oil boycott has not only shaken the global economy, but also exposes how overdue the world is for a transition to cleaner energy. Three scholars report on impacts of the boycott and emphasize the need for multilateral solutions that don’t...
Back of a man in the 1970s standing to cars and holding a gas can

Through the Ashes of the Minsk Agreements

Former member of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Lidia Powirska looks back at the Minsk agreements and why they failed to bring even temporary peace to the Donbas conflict.

Map of Ukraine with shaded areas of Russian control as of 2014

Is Assimilation the New Norm for China’s Ethnic Policy?
Respecting the rights and distinct cultures of ethnic minorities was one of the Chinese Communist Party’s founding principles. But a recent Party document signals that assimilation is the new rule. By Aaron Glasserman Last November, the Central Committee...
Three male Uyghur musicians sitting on sidewalk in front of a billboard, playing drums and horn