Saudi Arabia’s Reforms on Women’s Rights: A Cause for Celebration?
On Oct. 9, Saudi Arabia announced that women will now be allowed to serve in the Saudi armed forces. This reform is the latest measure aimed at increasing righ... Read More
Opinion: Why Governments Should Engage With (Some) Terrorist Groups
Submitted by Max Freundlieb
In the face of violence, governments frequently invoke the policy “We don’t talk to terrorists.” George W. Bush cited it in resp... Read More
Dialogue for Peace: A Day at the Paris Peace Forum
If you are a student of the Paris School of International Affairs, chances are high that you were marked absent from your classes on Nov. 12 and 13, and you we... Read More
Poisoned History: How Australia hasn’t reconciled its violent past, and why the debate on constitutional recognition is more important than ever
Australia has not reconciled with its past. Beginning with an invasion in the 18th century, the modern state of ‘Australia’ is complicit in the massacre, subju... Read More
On elections in Kosovo: will Albanian nationalism obstruct the prospect for peace?
On Oct. 6, 2019, parliamentary elections took place in Kosovo. This was the fourth election since the 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia and came aft... Read More
A war of words: Breaking down 50 years of US-Iran relations through rhetoric and media coverage
For many, the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in 2015 seemed like a glimmer of hope. In the United States, it was a sign of easing tensions between two cou... Read More
Forgotten Land Under The Sun: The West Papua conflict
Indonesia might not be the first country to come up when we talk about conflict. However, this great power of Southeast Asia has been involved in an ongoing co... Read More
Growing threats to democracy and press freedom: Why we must protect those that inform us
“Each year, one journalist gets a Pulitzer prize and one hundred get shot.”
This was the message shared by the United Nations on the 2nd of November, ... Read More
Poem: Conversation
Let us have a conversation today.Let us talk.Let us exchange the feelings our hearts have carried within themFor generationsLet us talk about themShare, experi... Read More
The Future of Indian Power in the Multipolar Era
By Monish Tourangbam
Power is an intriguing element of foreign policy concept and practice. While countries accumulate power, that allows them to achieve n... Read More