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MAR 15, 2018 • Podcast
The U.S. Foreign Service and the Importance of Professional Diplomacy, with Nicholas Kralev
Professional diplomats are made not born, says Nicholas Kralev of the Washington International Diplomatic Academy. It's not enough to be a people person: training is ...
MAR 14, 2018 • Podcast
Fighting Threats to Philippine Democracy, with Joy Aceron
"Despite the vibrancy of civil society, political and economic power continues to be in the hands of very few people in the Philippines. In fact, ...
MAR 13, 2018 • Article
Free Trade After the 2016 Elections
Did the 2016 election represent a revolt of a significant segment of the U.S. electorate against a seven-decades-long U.S. policy consensus that American interests ...
MAR 13, 2018 • Podcast
The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, with Dan Plesch
Before Nuremberg--indeed, long before the end of the war--there was the United Nations War Crimes Commission, a little-known agency which assisted national governments in putting ...
MAR 12, 2018 • Article
Maintaining Power by Breaking up Society: Eritrea Under Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki has been president of Eritrea since 1993. How has he stayed in power so long, although he is highly unpopular across Eritrea, even in ...