Following Blaise Compaore’s resignation from the presidency in Burkina Faso, the United States and its Western allies must ensure a peaceful, yet expedient, transition of power.
Continue reading Unrest in Burkina Faso Could Mean Trouble for the West
Richard Wang examines the rhetoric surrounding the Ebola outbreak in Western nations, and interrogates whether the current framing of the disease is leading to effective policy responses.
Continue reading Ebola – Security Threat or Public Health Threat?
At a soccer match between Albania and Serbia earlier this month in Belgrade, chaos broke out after fans of the visiting side perpetrated a bizarre stunt involving a miniature drone. Jacob Brunell takes a closer look at what happened on the field that day, and what the consequences of the event’s aftermath will be on relations between the two historically estranged Balkan nations.
Even as American forces seek to wind down the mission in Afghanistan, a renewed campaign in Iraq grows in intensity. With Iraq returning to civil war, Chris Newton contemplates whether Afghanistan, after 13 years of foreign intervention, will meet the same fate.
This Wednesday, four former Blackwater agents were sentenced for various counts of voluntary and attempted manslaughter with a count of murder for their role in the 2007 shootings in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis and wounded nearly 20 others. According to Kwame Newton, private military contractors should be subject to the same legal standards as American troops.
Richard Wang examines the use of cluster munitions by the Ukrainian government, and how the international community and Ukraine should respond.
A report released last week on the U.S.-Japan alliance, which seems to prescribe a more powerful and assertive Japanese military, has put China on high alert. Zihao Liu argues that, despite the lack of militaristic feeling in Japan, the vague and foreboding language of the report will likely reinforce China’s mistrust of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
With the Syrian border town of Kobane under siege for the past weeks, calls among the international community have been growing stronger for international intervention to support the town in its fight against IS militants. Chris Rodriguez looks at why Turkey is not likely to play any role in such an intervention, and why the U.S. should.
Continue reading Battle for Kobane: A Test of International Effectiveness
Recent events in the southern province of Guerrero have revealed the hollowness of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s security strategy.
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