Taiwan took over the global mainstage, not because of the election and upcoming inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te, ...

University of Pennsylvania pursuing a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, with expected graduation in mid-2028. Zachary served as a Research Intern with the Africa Program in Spring 2024.

Equatorial Guinea, one of the smallest countries in Africa, is fragmented and at the epicenter of the US-China competition in Africa. Its story provides insights in dealing with developing countries ...

This year, NATO marks its 75th anniversary, while the Baltic countries celebrate 20 years as members of the alliance. Dr. Lukas Milevski speaks about the history of that inclusion, and shares his ...

There is currently a somewhat analogous situation occurring regarding Africa’s Sahel—although it is less likely to see the McCarthy-style posturing, since ...

In April of this year the Georgian government submitted to parliament a controversial “foreign agents law,” sparking massive ...

Amid escalating regional tensions since October 7 last year and reports of American contemplations of troop withdrawal from Syria, the US administration ...

In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, “it was surprising it ...

Darryl Hart is an Associate Scholar at FPRI. The Foreign Policy Research Institute is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign ...

There is little documented mapping of conflict prior to the Renaissance period, but, from the 17th century onward, military commanders and strategists began to document the wars in which they were ...

The relentless advance of ISIS in 2014/2015 has brought back to centre stage a series of questions about the nature, and even viability, of the Iraqi state. Since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 ...

Over the last decade, the U.S., UK Israel and other states have begun to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military operations and for targeted killings in places like Pakistan, Yemen and ...