Game of Tourism: Cities Seek to Limit Tourism while Others Woo Foreign Visitors
If you have been inspired by Game of Thrones to visit beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia, the site of the fictional capital of King’s Landing, you may find yourself out of luck: the Mediterranean city, long a popular tourist...
Crowdsourcing Opportunities and Pitfalls: Foreign Policy and Boaty McBoatFace
A vast population of nearly four billion people, more than the entire population of China, India, and the United States combined, inhabits the internet, which spells potential for many industries. We are all potential consumers...
Reporters without Borders: Cambodian Monks Live Stream Civil Liberties
Buddhist monks have become new the emissaries of human rights in Cambodia, using Twitter and Facebook Live to broadcast news of enduring endemic corruption, poverty, and political repression that plagues the country. While many...
Liberal Drug Policy Does Little to Combat Cartels
Rumors of the strength and size of the legal marijuana trade have been greatly exaggerated. Proponents (or those looking to jump on the bandwagon) claim that the legal weed industry will produce more jobs than manufacturing and,...
The Art of Foreign Policy: Culture Drives Foreign Affairs
Art and culture are often treated as lesser subjects in the field of foreign policy, sidelined such that the academics and policy wonks can focus on hard power—the often aggressive or coercive use of military and economic force...
One Belt One Road: Music Videos and Geopolitical Ambitions
If you have been curious about China’s ambitious “One Belt One Road” infrastructure project, look no further than the state-run Xinhua news agency, which recently released not an article or expose, but a music video aimed at...
No Big Deal: Duterte Disregards International Prosecution Efforts
Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, has officially been accused of mass murder and crimes against humanity and recommended to the International Criminal Court by a Filipino lawyer in a much needed, if rather delayed,...
One Country Two Systems Under Seige
On June 30th Hong Kong will celebrate 20 years of independence from the United Kingdom, which handed over official control of the island nation in 1997, with an extravagant program of concerts, sporting events, exhibitions, and...
Diplomacy Bots: The Evolution of Digital Relations
If any of your Twitter friends have been unusually pro-Russia lately, or retweeting comments made by Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko, they may have signed up for an online “diplomatic club” sponsored...
Cultural Genocide Funds ISIS Art-for-Weapons Trade
The 57th Venice Biennale, which will run from May until November of this year in Italy, will push boundaries with an exhibit featuring 40 artifacts from the Iraq Museum of Baghdad, many of which have never left the country...