Heine Comments on U.S./G7 Counter to China’s BRI
China’s BRI has vastly increased its influence in global politics, but the U.S. and G7 are trying to counteract this. Can these superpowers collaborate on global infrastructure rather than compete? Ambassador Heine offers his thoughts.
Heine Quoted on Resurgence and Future of Non-Alignment Movement
Ambassador Heine comments on the new non-alignment movement, how it was born out of pragmatism and China’s growing global influence, as well as what it means for the future of the global order.
Hare Provides Insight Into Putin’s Nuclear Escalation
Ambassador Hare argues that Putin’s real goal is to “swallow Ukraine” and restore the historical power of imperial Russia, “not to bring the world to nuclear war.”
Shifrinson Comments on NATO Enlargement and Ukraine Crisis
Historically, NATO enlargement, “was a way of incentivizing liberalization in countries that had been in the Communist bloc, showing that the US still has a mission in Europe, and a way of the US projecting power and checking alternative systems like the European Union.”
Woldemariam Comments on Military Coup in Sudan
“The more that we see violence deployed by the security forces, the more difficult it’s going to be to go back to this old arrangement.”
Shifrinson Comments on Progressive Foreign Policy
If a progressive finds themselves in the Oval Office, the problem will be that “you’re no longer the leader of the progressive movement, but the leader of US, which requires different choices, priorities, and thinking.”
Mako Interviewed on Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Blockade
As the humanitarian crisis in Yemen worsens, Democrats and experts are calling on the Biden administration to guarantee imports can freely enter the country.
Stern Discusses “Online Right” Discourse Following Capitol Siege
Professor Stern discusses how social media and the internet acts “like a hall of mirrors” for right-wing extremists.
Shifrinson Quoted in Vox Article on John Bolton’s Memoir & Foreign Policy Approach
In discussing John Bolton and the accounts in his new memoir, Professor Joshua Shifrinson argues U.S. foreign policy would be worse off if Bolton had his way more in the White House.