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Baghdad to San Antonio: A Marine Corps & Law Enforcement Story: An Interview with Brian Curtis
Listen to the audio on Spotify *The transcript has been edited for readability and clarity by Declan Browne & Augustine Acuna III....
Augustine Acuna III, Declan Browne, Samuel Lee, & Brian Curtis
May 1723 min read
Interview with Dr Natasha Kuhrt
Listen to the audio on Spotify *The transcript has been edited for readability and clarity by Declan Browne & Gus Acuna. *Square brackets...
Natasha Kuhrt & Samuel Lee
May 1629 min read
Summary of Chagos Archipelago Case and the Use of Right to Self-Determination
This paper will review the unlawful decolonisation process concerning the 2019 ICJ Judgement on the Legal Consequence of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. The case study observes that the 1965 agreement did not comply with the territorial integrity of the Chagos Archipelago....
Asees Sago (Guest Writer)
May 811 min read
Industrial Warfare, International Finance, and International Politics in the Russo-Japanese War
1914 witnessed the outbreak of the seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century, a global conflict resulting in seismic international consequences that remain felt to the present....
James Yu (Guest Writer)
May 214 min read


Interview with Her Excellency Judit Pach
I'm Judit Pach. I'm the Hungarian ambassador to Singapore and also to Brunei Darussalam and Hungary’s governor to the Asia-Europe Foundation
Liliana Beck and Her Excellency Judit Pach
Apr 413 min read
Echoes of the Hammer and Sickle: Soviet Legacies in Modern Russian Intelligence
When the Soviet Union’s hammer and sickle flag was lowered for the last time off the Kremlin and was superseded by the Russian white,...
Luben Daynov (Guest Writer)
Apr 314 min read


From Policy to Practice: Advancing Labour Rights Through Tripartism: An Interview with Mr Oktavianto Pasaribu, Deputy Director of the ILO in Southeast Asia
An interview with Mr. Oktavianto Pasaribu, Deputy Director of the International Labour Organization in Southeast Asia.
Samuel Lee, Peerajit Phasitthanaphak, Viandito Pasaribu, and Mr. Oktavianto Pasaribu
Mar 1238 min read
Have the Last Two Years Brought a "Zeitenwende" in Germany's Foreign and Defense Policy?
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sent shockwaves through Europe...
Chloe Logan (Guest Writer)
Mar 117 min read
Why is the Alternative Für Deutschland Disproportionately Successful in Eastern Germany?
Decades after German reunification, significant political, cultural, and economic divides between the East and West persist.
Chloe Logan (Guest Writer)
Mar 115 min read
How is the United States Responding to BRICS' Efforts of Expansion and De-dollarization?
“The idea that BRICS countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER,” Trump stated, addressing a...
Yusra Khan (Staff Writer)
Mar 313 min read
Is the Lack of a Formal Legal Framework Governing the Use of Force in UN Peacekeeping Missions an Advantage or a Disadvantage?
The United Nations Peacekeeping missions are essential for helping countries ‘navigate the path from conflict to peace’
Danial Ahmed (Guest Writer)
Mar 316 min read
Climate Displacement: An Impending Crisis and the Search for Safe Routes
Climate displacement is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing issues of international law, cultural rights, meteorological factors...
Aryan Sanghrajka (Guest Writer)
Mar 318 min read
The Importance of East Asia as a Region for Foreign Policy Decisions in Northeast and Southeast Asia
Possessing the world’s most populated countries and some of the oldest civilizations, Eastern Asia, Northeast, and Southeast Asia have...
Yusra Khan (Staff Writer)
Feb 1215 min read
The Foreign Policy of the New Trump Administration
When you focus on Trump’s foreign policy you will notice that it has protectionism and hawkish views on China as its main tenets. As...

Declan Browne (Staff Writer)
Feb 37 min read
Warrior Society: Military Function in the Formation of Social Hierarchies Using Japan and Europe as Case Study
The military and its function is inseparable from the shaping of social hierarchies in the majority of societies, historian Otto Hintze went
Peerajit Phasitthanaphak (Staff Writer)
Jan 2312 min read
Who Will Pay for Planet A?
It is getting increasingly tough for poor and developing countries to finance their fight against climate change...
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 10, 20245 min read
Balancing Act: Managing Exchange Rates in Developing Economies
Exploring the challenges and strategies used by developing economies to influence their exchange rates.
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 10, 20245 min read
Who, Not How: Rethinking Sanctions
The case of North Korea raises critical questions about the effectiveness of sanctions, and how a contextual sanctions approach can lead...
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 10, 202412 min read
Fragmentation and Progress: Understanding the Modern Paradigm in International Relations
While progress is not an inevitable function of the arrow of time, International Relations is becoming increasingly dependent on the idea...
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 9, 20245 min read


Rice & Wagyu: An Interview with Former Second Secretary Rosanne Costin on Trade and Diplomacy
Listen to the audio on Spotify *The transcript has been edited for readability Hosted by Samuel Lee and Declan Browne. Special thanks to...
Samuel Lee, Declan Browne, Rosanne Costin, & Raphael Dillon
Dec 9, 202423 min read
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