Lori Presents Ongoing Book Project and Discusses Student Research Collaboration
Professor Lori’s latest book project – “Passport Power: Global Mobility Hierarchies” – explores the idea of “passport power” as well as how states can increase the value of their passport and unlock additional access to cross-border movement.
Heine Explores Evolving China-Russia Relations
Ambassador Heine and Andrés Serbin argue that the new proximity between China and Russia- far from being an opportunistic “marriage of convenience” designed to irritate the West – has deep roots and is reconfiguring the Eurasian geopolitical space.
Shifrinson Explores Scenarios In Which West Escalates Conflict With Russia
Professor Shifrinson discusses how the West and Russia may now be entering into the terminal stages of an insecurity spiral that could produce a larger European conflagration.
Heine’s “Active Non-Alignment and Latin America” Reviewed in Foreign Affairs
Brian Winter, the editor-in-chief of “Americas Quarterly,” extensively details a strategy of active non-alignment for Latin America, which Heine and his coauthors propose in their book, which involves a foreign policy that is “equidistant” between Washington and Beijing, neither subservient to nor hostile toward either.
Miller Publishes Op-Ed on India’s Nonalignment Amid Crisis in Ukraine
“New Delhi is uniquely positioned not just to shore up its own geopolitical position but also to prevent a deeply destabilizing and extremely violent conflict. India’s alternative, trying to avoid the crisis in order to maintain ‘strategic autonomy,’ won’t wash.”
Heine Publishes Article on the State of Haiti
Ambassador Heine explores the lead up to President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination, the messy succession process that followed, as well as the country’s descent from one of the richest and most prosperous French colonies to one where 60% of the population is below the poverty line.
Shifrinson Co-Authors Article on President Biden’s “Pragmatic Realism”
“Although his predecessor…gave voice to similar impulses, it is Biden who offers a more coherent version of pragmatic realism – a mode of thought that prizes the advancement of tangible U.S. interests, expects other states to follow their own interests, and changes course to get what the United States needs in a competitive world.”
Woldemariam Discusses Nile Politics in Foreign Affairs
The GERD will make Ethiopia an energy powerhouse, but the dam has strained relations in the Nile River basin.
Heine Publishes Journal Article on Latin America’s Place in a “New Cold War”
Ambassador Heine discusses Latin America’s relations to the U.S. and China in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica.
Schmidt in Foreign Affairs Survey on Brexit
Prof. Vivien Schmidt tells Foreign Affairs the “good and bad” of Brexit could cancel one and another out for the EU.
Shifrinson in Foreign Affairs on The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Prof. Joshua Shifrinson discusses United States fears of war at the end of the Cold War and the effects on U.S. policy toward German reunification.
Woldemariam in FA on Political Upheaval in Sudan
Prof. Michael Woldemariam discusses the recent political upheaval in Sudan and its implications on the Horn of Africa as well as the entire African continent.
Wippl in Foreign Affairs on a Cold War Case of Russian Collusion
Prof. Joseph Wippl was interviewed for an article on what the lessons from a 1972 investigation of a Stasi operation can teach us about the Mueller report.
Shifrinson in FA on Nuclear-Armed North Korea
Prof. Joshua Shifrinson recently published an article in Foreign Affairs exploring the upside of a nuclear-armed North Korea.
Miller in Foreign Affairs on India’s Authoritarian Streak
Prof. Manjari Miller discusses the growing divide in India along ideological and religious lines under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Islam and Democracy in Indonesia Reviewed in FA
Prof. Jeremy Menchik’s book Islam and Democracy in Indonesia was reviewed in Foreign Affairs.
Miller Publishes Article in FA on Modi and Israel
Prof. Manjari Miller examines India-Israel bilateral relations and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Israel.
Najam and Pakistan Ambassador Talk Diplomacy at Harvard
Adil Najam joined the new Pakistan Ambassador to USA for a ‘Conversation in Diplomacy’ at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Ban, Schmidt on FA “Brain Trust” and Greece
Cornel Ban and Vivien Schmidt were invited to weigh in on Greece’s culpability in its recent economic crisis by the magazine Foreign Affairs.
Selin Attends Council on Foreign Relations Workshop
Pardee School Professor Henrik Selin represented Boston University at the 2015 College and University Educator’s Workshop hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.