Articles

Opinion — Paradiplomacy in Times of Pandemic: The Paths Ahead

Mariano Alvarez • Jul 1 2020 • Articles

Although the Covid-19 pandemic poses challenges for states and international relations, it has already shown that paradiplomacy has an important role to play

Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: A Memoir

David R. Marples • Jun 30 2020 • Articles

No writer really knows whether their experiences are unique or common, whether their insights are in any way original. Still, I convinced myself that there were some unusual things about my own.

Monitoring the Chernobyl Disaster

David R. Marples • Jun 30 2020 • Articles

This chapter describes the author’s travel, stories and experiences during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which garnered Marples international recognition.

Opinion – Impacts and Restrictions to Human Rights During COVID-19

Liliana Lyra Jubilut and Christina M. Cerna • Jun 30 2020 • Articles

As democracies are the best environment for human rights, weakening them impacts human rights protection.

COVID-19 Speeds the Race for 5G

William Fisher • Jun 29 2020 • Articles

Public policy that relies on pitting US competitors against their Chinese counterparts misses the point, which is to hasten the necessary proliferation of 5G.

Trump’s Foreign Policy Doctrine of Uncertainty

Wassim Daghrir • Jun 29 2020 • Articles

Trump’s foreign policy appears as a manifestation of his personality – impulsive, improvisational and devoid of clear purpose and value, yet unmistakeably realist.

Putin’s Power Grab Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Federica Reccia • Jun 29 2020 • Articles

Lockdown has allowed authorities to scrap Presidential limits, yet the crisis has eroded support for the regime and damaged the foundations of Putin’s power.

Opinion – Tackling the Root Causes of Immigration to the US from Honduras

Maria I. Leon Gomez Sonet • Jun 29 2020 • Articles

A decrease in immigration would not occur as long as the current U.S. foreign policy towards the Northern Triangle region remains the same.

Opinion – Racial Injustice and the Erosion of America’s Global Standing

Abdou Rahim Lema • Jun 28 2020 • Articles

Russia, Iran and China are among the last places to look to for human rights leadership, yet their open critiques of racial injustice force the US to look in the mirror.

Comparing the Politicization of COVID-19 and the Great Depression

Sirvan Karimi • Jun 28 2020 • Articles

Just as Keynesianism was subject to political manipulation by governments to secure re-election, politicization is emerging as a hallmark to responses to COVID-19.

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