Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University The U.S. has dispatched eight Army and Navy vessels from Virginia to build a temporary pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The aim of this work: to supply…
Klaus W. Larres, Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Former President Donald Trump has long made it clear that he deeply resents NATO, a 75-year-old military alliance…
Timothy D. Lytton, Regents’ Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University The government of Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for their role in facilitating cross-border gun trafficking that has supercharged violent crime in Mexico. The…
Regina Smyth, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University Long lines of Russians endured subzero temperatures in January 2024 to demand that anti-Ukraine war candidate Boris Nadezhdin be allowed to run in the forthcoming presidential election. It…
Yara M. Asi, Assistant Professor of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida The stories of hunger emerging from war-ravaged Gaza are stark: People resorting to grinding barely edible cattle…
Spenser A. Warren, Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and International Security, University of California, San Diego Fresh U.S. intelligence circulating in Congress reportedly indicates that Russia is developing an anti-satellite weapon in space with a nuclear component. News…
Ayesha Jalal, Professor of History, Tufts University Pakistan’s heavily anticipated general election took place on Feb. 8, 2024, with citizens of the South Asian country hoping that it might prove a step toward…
Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The United States mounted more than 125 retaliatory strikes against Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias…
Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Climate activism has been on a wild ride lately, from the shock tactics of…
Ari Joskowicz, Associate Professor of History, Jewish Studies and European Studies, Vanderbilt University When the United Nations passed a resolution to designate Jan. 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it did not define…
Elis Vllasi, Senior Research Associate & Lecturer in National Security & Foreign Affairs, University of Tennessee The conflict in Ukraine will soon be heading into its third year with no sign of…