Economics, Governance & Law, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Integration Meets Insecurity: How Paraguay is Shaping South America’s Center

April 8, 2023

Policymakers across the Western Hemisphere often lament Latin America’s lack of regional integration. On average, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean conduct the least international trade as…

Economics, Governance & Law, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Twelve Years of War in Syria: Why is Citizenship Off the Table for Syrian Refugees in Jordan?

March 14, 2023

Zoe H. Robbin is a Fulbright research fellow in Amman, Jordan. She co-leads Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Diplomacy Working Group. The views expressed here do not represent…

Africa, Civil Society, Economics, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

The Gendered Impact of Displacement in East African Refugee Camps

March 8, 2023

Kyilah Terry is a Princeton in Africa Fellow in Nairobi, Kenya. She previously worked as a Policy Fellow with the Office of the Vice President. Kyilah holds a…

Asia Pacific, Civil Society, Economics, Europe, Middle East, North America, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Johns Hopkins SAIS Faculty and Fellow Reflections: The War in Ukraine at One Year

February 24, 2023

One year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) faculty and SAIS Foreign Policy Institute fellows explain the…

Europe, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

President Zelensky of Ukraine addressing the British Parliament

The Kyiv-Kosovo Catalyst: Ukraine’s Recognition of Kosovo Can Affirm Western Order in the Balkans and Across Europe

February 18, 2023

Edward P. Joseph is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute. Summary Will there be one European order or two? That is the unavoidable question looming over…

International Development, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Regional, Topical

Why Iraq’s Consociation Has Become a Driver for Chronic Instability

December 23, 2022

Maria Fantappie is a special advisor at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Theorists of consociation argue that it is the best kind of democracy a plural society can…

Asia Pacific, Economics, Governance & Law, International Development, Policy & Politics, Regional, Topical

Book Excerpt: The Migration-Development Regime

December 14, 2022

Rina Agarwala is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Introduction, pages 1-22, The Migration-Development Regime by Rina Agarwala, 2022, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. Chapter…

Africa, Economics, Europe, International Development, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Why the Global Skills Partnership between Morocco and Belgium is a Positive-Sum Game

November 28, 2022

Limon B. Rodriguez is a doctoral candidate in international affairs with a specialization in development economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Tensions emerge…

Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East, North America, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Countering Terror in Transition: A Typology of Terrorist Organization Successors and their Vulnerabilities

November 15, 2022

Dr. Tricia Bacon is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Affairs at American University. Dr. Elizabeth Grimm is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Security…

Africa, Civil Society, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Reunification monument in Yaounde, Cameroon

Global Responses to Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: The Inadequate International Efforts to End the World’s Most Neglected Conflict

November 8, 2022

Jude Mutah is a program officer for Africa at the National Endowment for Democracy. Background The conflict in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon is a civil war that…

Governance & Law, North America, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, South America, Topical

A Holistic Approach Towards International Counternarcotics Cooperation

October 21, 2022

Dr. Rahul Gupta is the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Todd D. Robinson is the Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics…

Europe, Middle East, Policy & Politics, Regional, Security & Conflict, Topical

Russia is Lying About its AI Capabilities: How Russia is Using Emerging Technologies to Hide Human Rights Violations

October 20, 2022

Lauren Kahn is a research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have flouted international…