The decision by referendum of the British electorate to depart the European Union — after a campaign in which facts…
After the collapse of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan, despite its isolation and lack of development, was considered to be one of…
Blair Boyd Blair is a senior linguistics major at Macalester College in Minnesota. She hopes to use this internship as…
Recent disagreements over Beijing’s claim to the South China Seas (in which a tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the…
In the 1960s, in the depths of the Cold War, the world was viewed in terms of a zero-sum game:…
When a country undergoes internal conflict and something as dramatic as a coup d’etat, the results can often lead to…
As the formal handover of Hong Kong to China approached, many grew concerned about Beijing’s intentions. Tens of thousands of…
The Olympic Games represent the height of sporting diplomacy, with thousands of athletes transcending politics for two weeks as they…
The closure of Naval Base Subic Bay, the U.S. Navy’s massive ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility in the…
The art of diplomatic relations and negotiations is as old as civilization itself. However, the State Department did not have…