The End of End-to-End Encryption?
Proposed EU legislation requiring scanning end-to-end encrypted communications undermines human rights worldwide.
UK and France Agree to Increase Joint Immigration Enforcement Efforts
The recent UK-France migration enforcement deal continues the pattern of EU countries prioritizing border control and security over migrant rights and protection.
Curbing Gun Violence in Latin America Requires Changes to U.S. Gun Policies
As Latin American nations try to reduce gun violence, they face a major challenge: the loose gun policies and mass manufacturing to their north.
Twenty-first Century Slavery: How to Stop Human Trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Security cooperation is important but not sufficient. Additional aid to Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries is the key to fight human trafficking.
Reconciliation Attempts in Palestinian Politics and their Implications for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Domestic and international support for Palestine sees recent developments, but there is debate concerning their efficacy.
Podcast Review: “Wind of Change”
Patrick Radden Keefe hosts a podcast series that aims to connect the CIA with a heavy metal band, where the agency purportedly wrote the lyrics to one of their most popular songs in a soft power effort to topple the Soviet Union.
TikTok on the Clock — Time is Running Out for the Chinese-Owned Social Media App
The United States must secure itself from TikTok — a potentially irresistible tool in the hands of China, its self-identified ideological adversary.
Protecting Female Refugees from Gender-Based Violence in Camps
Gender-based violence against women is a pervasive issue plaguing refugee camps, and change is desperately needed.
The World Bank Must View Climate Change Through a Gendered Lens
The Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) outlines the World Bank’s plan to tackle climate change, but leaves out a key demographic: women.
The Development Life: A Guide to Aspiring Professionals
With over 9,000 employees working for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), international affairs students are exploring the benefits of a career in development. Following long development and humanitarian assistance careers, American Academy of Diplomacy members share their experiences with aspiring professionals.
Deteriorating Spain-Algeria Relations Endangering Energy and Migration Cooperation
Madrid’s recent decision on Western Sahara’s future has angered Algeria and jeopardizes cooperation between the long-time allies.
Australia, Statecraft, and the South Pacific
In the age of great power competition in the South Pacific, the return of statecraft is becoming increasingly important for Australia and other like-minded nations.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Leadership’s Use and Abuse of the Cultural Revolution’s Memories to Justify the Tiananmen Crackdown and Arrest of Marxist Students
While historical analogies help simplify a complex past, such simplification of select memories associated with the Cultural Revolution allows the CCP to justify crackdowns against pro-democracy students and contemporary independent Marxist activists.
North Korea: A Strategy of Coercive Diplomacy
Forging down the path of coercive diplomacy to deal with the DPRK's persistent efforts to become a nuclear weapons state is the best possible option.
A Recommitment to the Culture of Peace: Why the US Must Rejoin UNESCO
In 2020, President Joe Biden promised to reengage the US in diplomacy. However, to carry out his promise, he must rejoin UNESCO and recommit the US to building peace through cooperation in science, culture, and education.
An Uncomfortable Lesson From the Ukraine-Russia War: Challenging the United Nations’ Policy on Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear weapons will always be loathed for their destructive potential, but it is hypocritical for nations expanding their own nuclear arsenals to mitigate proliferation to vulnerable states.
Europe’s Next Steps in Transatlantic Security
Both sides of the Atlantic would benefit from refreshing transatlantic security, which Europe should lead.
The Champions and Laggards in the Latin American Battle Against Climate Change: Part II
To understand the dynamics of climate change, a challenge that knows no borders, it is important to look at the countries that are championing matters of climate action, and the ones that are falling behind.
The Champions and Laggards in the Latin American Battle Against Climate Change: Part I
To understand the dynamics of climate change, a challenge that knows no borders, it is important to look at the countries that are championing matters of climate action, and the ones that are falling behind.
The Future of the Internet? How U.S. Sanctions Undermine Internet Freedom in Iran
Despite a commitment to promote openness in the global internet, the United States’ sanctions policies undermine the internet freedom of average Iranian citizens.