The Future Arenas of Great Power Competition
Mark Vicik
Mark Vicik has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Middle East and North Africa Studies from Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies. He is a Lieutenant in the United States Army, currently stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
The New Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: More of the same?
Operation Mercury and Illegal Mining in Latin America
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Bias and the Perceived China Threat
The Hacker and the State by Ben Buchanan
The Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World After Brexit
The Governance Competition in the Americas: “Criminal Charity” During COVID-19 Will Have Decade-long Consequences
Latin America’s criminal groups have leveraged the coronavirus pandemic to win the goodwill and support of local populations by delivering humanitarian assistance and co-opting public service provision in communities underserved by state institutions. Such levels of “criminal charity” could complicate the future efforts of Latin America’s weakest states to dismantle and defeat organized crime groups, whose power has grown in recent years.
A Rendezvous with Destiny for Two Unsinkable Aircraft Carriers
Since the Trump administration designated China a “strategic competitor,” Sri Lanka and Taiwan have increasingly become plausible geopolitical flashpoints in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. How could Taiwan and Sri Lanka dictate the post-coronavirus endgame for China and the United States?
Toolkit for a Successful Movement: Digital Tools in Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement
In 2014, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Taipei to protest the Cross-Strait Services Agreement—a free trade agreement between Taiwan and Beijing—believing it would give the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) too much political and economic control over the island. The protesters wielded social media and the internet to communicate, inform and mobilize. These tools did not work in a vacuum, however, and understanding their interactions with conventional media and offline associations becomes crucial. This paper demonstrates how, through one-way and interactive communications, the participants of the Sunflower Movement used digital tools to realize their demands.