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Why the West is thinking about the coup in Niger all wrong
This summer, military forces in the West African country of Niger pushed the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, out of power.
This was not the first…
2 years, 6 months ago
The 2024 Election: Voting Laws, Trump's Legal Woes & Political Exhaustion
On August 23, at least 5 GOP hopefuls for the party’s presidential nomination will take to the stage in Milwaukee for their first primary debate. In …
2 years, 7 months ago
The perils and promise of AI
In the last year, programs like ChatGPT, Dall-E and Bard have shown the world just how powerful artificial intelligence can be. AI programs can write…
2 years, 8 months ago
Is Nigeria ready for political change? The answer might lie in its infrastructure.
In May, Nigerian political veteran Bola Tinubu was sworn in as president of the country. The outcome was predictable, but that doesn’t mean there wer…
2 years, 9 months ago
The politics behind Turkey’s pivotal election
On May 14, 2023, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faced the most challenging test of his political career from a multi-party coalition led by …
2 years, 10 months ago
How Taiwan became “the most dangerous flashpoint in the world”
This Spring, visiting professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs’ China Initiative Lyle Goldstein made his first trip to …
2 years, 10 months ago
Cybersecurity is much more than a tech problem
You’ve seen it in the headlines, and maybe you’ve felt it in your own life: over the last few years, cyber attacks have become more frequent and more…
2 years, 11 months ago
What do we mean when we talk about the ‘free market’?
There are some ideas that inform so much of our thinking about the world that we tend to take them for granted. One example: the idea of the “free ma…
2 years, 11 months ago
How domestic violence legislation has failed to keep women safe
Every minute, roughly 20 people in America (mostly women and children) become victims of domestic violence. The effects of these crimes ripple out to…
3 years ago
How the Inflation Reduction Act will change our country (and our planet)
Last year, the biggest piece of climate legislation in American history was signed into law. However, it wasn’t always touted as such; even its name …
3 years ago