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What Meghan and Harry’s Royal Split Can Teach Us About International Negotiation
By Kathryn Urban |
Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah exposed deep rifts between the young royals and Buckingham Palace over their treatment as part of the British Royal Family and their subsequent departure from royal duties. What lessons can international negotiators learn from the acrimonious circumstances surrounding the royal split?
The Ups And Downs Of Sensible Drugs Like Modafinil
By Editorial |
Lomitapidemodafinil increases levels of lomitapide by affecting hepatic/intestinal enzyme CYP3A4 metabolism. Ifosfamidemodafinil will increase toxicity of ifosfamide by affecting hepatic/intestinal enzyme CYP3A4 metabolism. Encorafenibencorafenib, modafinil. Crizotinibcrizotinib increases ranges of modafinil by affecting hepatic/intestinal enzyme CYP3A4 metabolism. Clobazammodafinil will increase the level or impact of clobazam by affecting hepatic enzyme CYP2C19 metabolism. Contrary to in style…
Preventing an Outbreak? The Impact of COVID-19 on North Korea
By Benjamin Zimmer |
nations, as they work to return to a post-pandemic normalcy, are taking a holistic look at the impact of COVID-19 within their borders. North Korea, however, maintains that, despite testing 31,794 people, zero cases have been confirmed within its borders. According to a statement from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, North Korea’s ability to maintain zero cases within its borders is due to “the measures of isolation and quarantine” taken early enough “by the Party and the government of the DPRK” and the “concerted action and mobilization of the whole society and entire people.” North Korea’s actions, however, were designed to spare a vulnerable health care system from a catastrophic shock rather than ensure quality of life for regular North Koreans.
China’s Emerging Data Governance Regime: A Bid for New Norms
By Kathryn Urban |
Over the past year, China has built up a comprehensive set of data governance policies dictating the use and sharing of citizens’ information. The differences between Chinese compliance requirements and those of European or North American countries illustrates China’s unique conception of privacy and offers an alternative set of data governance norms for authoritarian states.
Actions vs. Words: The US Approaches to Libya and Syria
By Michael Purzycki |
Quick intervention in Libya prevented a massacre. Empty words did nothing to halt massacres in Syria. Ten years after the Arab Spring, leaders should learn this lesson.
What to Expect from Russia’s Leadership of the Arctic Council
By Kathryn Urban |
With Russia assuming chairship of the Arctic Council, what can we expect to see over the next two years? Here are four predictions for topics of focus, preferred partners, and institutional structure.
When the Push Outweighs the Pull: The Root Causes of Immigration from the Northern Triangle
By Connor Paul |
The demographics of US-bound migrants are rapidly changing as the influx of single, Mexican adult males from the early 21st century is being replaced by a rise in children, mainly of Central American nationality. The causes of these trends are not surprising as parents of the Northern Triangle countries of Central America are continuing to send their unaccompanied children on the treacherous thousand-mile-plus journey to escape conditions endemic to their homelands. As these migration rates will likely only rise in the years to come, it is crucial that the United States re-evaluate its immigration policy to directly address the push factors that are the root causes of the recent growth in emigration rates from the region.
Felix Tshisekedi’s Newly-Independent Agenda for the DRC: Modernizer or Strongman 2.0?
By Kathryn Urban |
Two years into his tenure as President of the DRC, Tshisekedi has only just thrown off the influence of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila. Now, with total control over his political agenda, the DRC’s leader appears torn between a modern agenda of regional integration and authoritarian repression tactics.
We Must Stand Down on Extremism and Polarization in the US Military to Safeguard National Security
By Thomas Persico |
Now infamous photos of men armed in Kevlar vests and helmets, holding zip-ties on the Senate floor, convey how dire the situation was at the Capitol. Among the different military branches, the Marine Corps led the charge with fourteen arrests, followed by the Army with ten. As a Marine Corps judge advocate, images of servicemembers…
Multilateralism is the Key to the Biden Administration’s Saudi Relationship
By Jonathan Stutte |
Prior to his election, US President Joe Biden promised a tougher stance on Saudi Arabia, calling the Middle Eastern country a pariah over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Canceling pending arms sales to the Saudis suggested that Biden would make good on his promise to reorient relations with Riyadh. However, the release of a…