The rush to defend Denmark from American pressure over Greenland has produced a convenient narrative: bullying superpower ...

This contribution was written as part of the research project Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict [grant number 01UG2205A], funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Policymaking spaces often don’t include Fulbe even when policy decisions would directly affect their livelihoods, particularly around land and governance use. The political underrepresentation of ...

The South China Sea is a major flashpoint that could escalate into the next regional war, as various Asian countries and world powers rely on maritime shipping, resources, and security for their ...

As news of Iran centers on the Gaza conflict’s spillover, and news regarding Pakistan revolves around its ongoing strikes against TTP militants on their Afghan border, the tit-for-tat strikes on ...

Siniša Vuković is a Senior Lecturer of Conflict Management and Global Policy and Director of the Master of Arts Global Policy Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies ...

After a prolonged period of relative peace between states, the last fifteen years have seen an explosion of global interstate conflict, with conflict between military forces of sovereign nations ...

Given the spectacular killing of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the less-than-spectacular Ukrainian counter-offensive, it’s looking a lot tougher to defeat Russian President Vladimir Putin. Fortunately, the ...

U.S. observers have long complained that Chinese firms steal intellectual property (IP) from American companies, universities, and research institutions.¹ Most of these complaints stress that the ...

Social media and technological advances have drastically changed international communication, which has an impact on how countries exercise influence. The phrase “soft power,” which was coined by ...

On October 31, 2025, Christos Rozakis, former Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, stated that “Turkey and Greece came very close to an agreement over the Aegean in 2003.” Türkiye would accept a 12-nautical ...

The false positives scandal highlights the pitfalls of the SAT and similar early warning/action systems (EWAS) that are not designed to detect and prevent government abuses. Early warning/action ...