Articles

Droned Lives, from Gaza to the World

Toni Čerkez • Oct 19 2024 • Articles

Gaza has been an open-air prison camp since at least 2005, but it is current drone use that makes it an example par excellence of how life can be managed by air occupation.

Opinion – The Concept of Soft Power and AI

Daniele Carminati • Oct 19 2024 • Articles

AI’s understanding of soft power shows insightful and concerning developments at once.

Opinion – The Role of Smart Power and Collective Action in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Mazlum Özkan • Oct 18 2024 • Articles

Through a strategic mix of hard and soft strategies, Muslim-majority nations have the potential to recalibrate both U.S. and Israeli policies.

Opinion – Civil Society Participation in International Criminal Justice

Kjersti Lohne • Oct 17 2024 • Articles

With one crisis seemingly leading on to the next, the field of international criminal justice appears to be in perpetual crisis.

Opinion – Japan-South Korea Relations: Breaking the Cycle?

Sofia Ribeiro-Lemos • Oct 17 2024 • Articles

As Japan and South Korea share similar values, they would benefit from strengthening bilateral ties.

Democracy Support and the European Parliament

Giuliano Guidi Braga • Oct 13 2024 • Articles

The Parliament has been creative in developing instruments to send its message and pays attention to the rise of challengers and to the drivers of autocratization.

With Hezbollah’s Retaliation Strategy in Disarray, Israel and Iran Brace for War

Bishwajit Acharya • Oct 13 2024 • Articles

The complete disintegration of Iran’s nuclear facilities are unlikely, but an acute downgrading of Iran’s nuclear capacity can be achieved.

Evaluating the Repercussions of the Chagos Islands Sovereignty Deal

Peter Clegg • Oct 11 2024 • Articles

The decision of the UK to cede control of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius is significant and not without risks, yet much of the commentary has been hyperbolic and unhelpful.

Opinion – On Gerontology

Patricia Sohn • Oct 10 2024 • Articles

While the views of youth are important for consideration, sometimes a little bit of elder wisdom and experience also matters.

How Racial Injustice Undermines Democracy Promotion

Khaleb Pierre and Juheon Lee • Oct 9 2024 • Articles

Authoritarian condemnations of American racial injustice are insincerely designed to target US domestic failings and arrest democracy promotion overseas.

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