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Articles

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Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff: A Lame Duck with Four Years to Go

By Luis Ferreira Alvarez Jul 20, 2015
On April 21, 2015, an estimated half a million Brazilians took to the streets to call for President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment over the billions embezzled from Petrobras (Brazil’s semi-public energy company). Yet, President Rousseff did not... more
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Emerging Rule of Law Priorities for a Post-Conflict South Sudan

By Stephanie L. Schmidt Jun 24, 2015
In 2005, the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the armed forces of South Sudan, agreed to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, ending twenty-one years of civil war. Through a popular vote in January 2011, 98 percent... more
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The Future of ASEAN Centrality in the Asia-Pacific Regional Architecture

By Benjamin Ho Jun 24, 2015
As a ten-member regional bloc representing some six hundred million people, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is generally viewed as a successful experiment in regional conflict regulation and cooperation. To achieve such positive... more
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Interviews

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Reflections From Obama’s Middle East Negotiator: Dennis Ross

An Interview with Ambassador Dennis Ross Nov 16, 2015
“Too many tears have been shed. Too much blood has been shed.” With these words, President Obama addressed a crowded hall at Cairo University in June 2009 and made settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a cornerstone of his Middle East... more
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Can an Asian Trade Pact Survive Without China?

An Interview with David Dollar Nov 8, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Can an Asian Trade Pact Survive Without China? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, which include the United States, Japan, and ten other Pacific Rim countries, wrapped up on October 5, 2015. The TPP covers... more
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Governing the Arctic: Finding Consensus in a Region of Increasing Interest

An Interview with David Biette, Director of the Polar Initiative and Senior Advisor to the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Sep 15, 2015
Editor’s Note: David Biette spoke with the Yale Journal of International Affairs in April 2015, several weeks before the United States assumed the chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The interview reflects the wide-ranging set of... more

Op-Eds & Reviews

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The Need for Risk Stratification in India’s Healthcare

By Zeena Johar Dec 13, 2015
The United Nations recently called for its member states to show increased commitment to building sustainable and inclusive societies through the implementation of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The third goal is to “ensure... more
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A Decade of Flawed Governance: Iraq’s Troubled Constitution Hinders Its Sovereignty

By Mina Al-Oraibi Oct 15, 2015
Ten years ago today, 9.7 million Iraqis ignored the naysayers and, braving threats of violence and bombs, voted in a referendum on their new constitution. The hastily-drafted document passed with 78 percent of the vote, carrying hopes that it would... more
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Political Cartoons: Frozen Meat Truck; Syrian Market Massacre

By Juan Zero Sep 15, 2015
On August 27, 2015, seventy-one refugees were found to have suffocated to death in a frozen food truck that was abandoned on the Austria-Hungary border. Migrants from the Middle East, fearful of death at sea, have increasingly turned to a land... more

Photo Essays

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Sunken Roads: Seventy Years After D-Day

By Charlotte Juergens Nov 11, 2015
  In his old age, my great grandfather Pat recorded his memories of D-Day on tape. A former war correspondent with Stars and Stripes, Pat had attached himself to the 29th Division Infantry shortly before the initiation of Operation Overlord. In... more
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A New Generation: Life in Rwanda Twenty Years after the Genocide

By Enni Kallio Jun 24, 2015
“A New Generation: Life in Rwanda Twenty Years after the Genocide” by Enni Kallio was the winner of YJIA’s 2015 Photo Essay Contest. Kwibuka? Remember? On April 6, 1994 the airplane carrying the President of Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana, and... more
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Winter Highways: The Wait of Baltistan

By Narayan Kaudinya Jan 29, 2015
Winter Highways: The Wait Of Baltistan Baltistan is a mountainous region straddling the Northern India–Pakistan border, adjacent to the disputed territory of Kashmir. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Ladakhi Scouts, an infantry regiment... more
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