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For years, Iran and Western powers have had a relationship marked by distrust, suspicion and open animosity. The diplomatic gridlock between Iran and the West seems to have been fixed for decades.  The rhetoric of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s ...

Regional Implications in the Iranian Nuclear Deal

For years, Iran and Western powers have had a relationship marked by distrust, suspicion and open animosity. The diplomatic gridlock between Iran and the West seems to have been fixed for decades.  The rhetoric of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s ...

There are few things in the world as universal as soccer. In terms of international reach, other sports pale in comparison. The beautiful game is played and watched by rich and poor countries alike, surpassing religious, ethnic, and cultural barriers...

FIFA’s Qatari Problem

There are few things in the world as universal as soccer. In terms of international reach, other sports pale in comparison. The beautiful game is played and watched by rich and poor countries alike, surpassing religious, ethnic, and cultural barriers...

It is a question that has long been asked in America, particularly after the handling of firms after the 2008 crisis, and most pressingly after 2010’s Citizen’s United Supreme Court ruling: are corporations people? The answer, for innumerable rea...

The Politics of Sovereign Wealth

It is a question that has long been asked in America, particularly after the handling of firms after the 2008 crisis, and most pressingly after 2010’s Citizen’s United Supreme Court ruling: are corporations people? The answer, for innumerable rea...

Almost every time a new leader is appointed in an authoritarian state, the question arises: will they represent change or a continuation of current policies? In most cases, foreign commentators are disappointed; no change comes about as a result of a...

Westernized and Authoritarian

Almost every time a new leader is appointed in an authoritarian state, the question arises: will they represent change or a continuation of current policies? In most cases, foreign commentators are disappointed; no change comes about as a result of a...

Excerpt from “A Handful of Ash:” “It started out as a film about a practice that has afflicted tens of millions of women worldwide. It culminated in a change in the law.” Compiling footage from their extensive interviews and research...

Female Genital Mutilation: Scarring Women’s Rights

Excerpt from “A Handful of Ash:” “It started out as a film about a practice that has afflicted tens of millions of women worldwide. It culminated in a change in the law.” Compiling footage from their extensive interviews and research...

Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about life under the Taliban. Last year, this sixteen year old Pakistani girl was shot in the head on a school bus b...

Malala: The Taliban’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World

Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about life under the Taliban. Last year, this sixteen year old Pakistani girl was shot in the head on a school bus b...

On September 11 of this year, the American public awoke to news headlines about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he criticizes U.S. foreign policy and condemns potential U.S. intervention in Syria. The piece ...

A Foreign President on U.S. Foreign Policy

On September 11 of this year, the American public awoke to news headlines about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he criticizes U.S. foreign policy and condemns potential U.S. intervention in Syria. The piece ...