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April 7, 2022

India
Krithi Karanth: Can India Simultaneously Protect the Environment and Promote Development?

India’s conservationists face increasing challenges as the country prioritizes economic growth over environmental protection.

Dr. Krithi Karanth, Chief Conservation Scientist and Director of the Centre for Wildlife Studies

February 14, 2023

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Subnational Diplomacy With Ambassador Nina Hachigian

Nina Hachigian, special representative for subnational diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, and Alyssa Ayres, dean of the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University …

Play Image of U.S. Department of State Building

May 31, 2013

China
Lord’s Resistance Army and Elephant Poaching

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reported to the UN Security Council Group of Experts, who monitor the Libyan arms embargo, that Joseph Koney and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are funding themselv…

Lords Resistance Army (LRA) fighters arrive at an assembly point in Owiny Ki Bul, 160km (100 miles) south of Juba, Sudan, September 19, 2006.

June 9, 2017

Asia
Chinese Activists, THAAD Halt, SoftBank’s Robots, and More

Rachel Brown, Ashley Feng, Douglas Mo, and Gabriel Walker look at the top stories in Asia this week.

Hua-Chunying

May 9, 2018

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Through the Commonwealth, the UK Tries to Curtail Internet Shutdowns

The Commonwealth does not get much attention in the United States. Few will have noticed that its member governments committed to avoid disrupting internet access in their countries, an attempt to st…

CHOGM

September 20, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of September 20, 2013

Will Piekos and Sharone Tobias look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Chinese President wraps up trip to Central Asia. President Xi Jinping ended a ten-day trip to Central Asia with a me…

Government soldiers escort residents who were taken hostage and used as human shields by Muslim rebels of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) during fighting with government soldiers, in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines on September 17, 2013. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters)