Balancing China at the United Nations
By Henrik B.L. Larsen War on the Rocks If the COVID-19 pandemic is to have any positive geopolitical impact whatsoever, it should be drawing full attention to China’s attempt to […]
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Arctic Science Cannot Afford a New Cold War
Editorial Nature Records are being broken in the Arctic, but not the kinds to celebrate. Last summer, Greenland lost more than twice as much ice as the yearly average since […]
How a New Wave of Podcasts is Shaking Up Chinese-Language Media
By Shen Lu Politico On June 21, a new podcast appeared on several Chinese and American podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts. Called In-Betweenness, it was recorded by four academics scattered […]
Cognitive Bias and Public Health Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Scott D. Halpern, Robert D. Truog & Franklin G. Miller Journal of the American Medical Association As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic abates in many countries worldwide, and […]
The Tragedy of Two Failing Superpowers
By Martin Wolf Financial Times History accelerates in crises. This pandemic may not itself transform the world, but it can accelerate changes already under way. One ongoing change has been […]
Emmanuel Macron’s Strategy of Disruption as the World Order Changes
By Benjamin Haddad Foreign Policy The last few weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity and disruptive new rhetoric emerging from Paris. In a blunt and wide-ranging interview on the […]
The Economics of Russian Aggression
By Shane Hasbrouck Small Wars Journal In the early 1800’s Carl von Clausewitz, the father of modern military theory, wrote, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” Simply […]
How America Invented Cyberwar
By Emily Parker Foreign Affairs Today’s cyberbattles could almost make one nostalgic for the Cold War. The nuclear arms race created a sense of existential threat, but at least it […]
Russia’s View of the Arctic
By Morgane Fert-Malka World Policy What does Russia want? This is, increasingly, the question on everyone’s lips, and a host of Western commentators and policymakers have started looking at the Arctic as […]
The Arctic Five Versus the Arctic Council
By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal As climate change opens the Arctic to human activity and the region steadily captures more international attention, a rich tapestry of Arctic international governance […]
