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On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist
WEBJul 10, 2021 // In her new book “On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist” Clarissa Ward offers a much-needed look at the trials and challenges of being a foreign correspondent in this day and age, and in so doing brings a refreshing look at contemporary journalism, one that is at odds with the simplistic narrative prevalent among society at large.
Kazakhstan's Strategic and Military Relations with Russia
WEBIt has boasted continuous annual GDP growth of around 8% since 2000. In the defense, security and military sectors, however, Kazakhstan has remained firmly anchored to Russia, as both countries have mutual interest in maintaining close strategic and military ties. The military cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia takes place on two fronts ...
New UAE Citizenship Law a Milestone for the Gulf
WEBMar 4, 2021 — n January 30, the ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum announced a decision that will provide a select group of foreigners with a pathway to Emirati citizenship. Under a new amendment to the country’s citizenship law, foreigners whom the national authorities believe have made important contributions to the UAE’s ...
Navigating Maritime Governance Challenges and the Future of the …
WEBSep 5, 2020 — The Need for Governance. Addressing these new challenges in shipping, development, and maritime security will require renewed attention and likely new approaches to maritime governance. Only through effective, legally grounded mechanisms for securing and developing the maritime domain will states be able to exhibit the agility needed to cope ...
Russia's Power and Purpose in a New Global Order
WEBJan 9, 2021 — t seems that every four years, upon the election or re-election of a president, the United States undertakes a new Russia policy. Whether it is a “reset” or “overcharge”, intimate eye-gazing or burger diplomacy, or a strange and unrequited courtship dance, Washington attempts to recreate policy towards Moscow and consistently fails.
Michael Kofman // Senior Editor
WEBMichael Kofman is a Senior Contributing Editor with Diplomatic Courier and a Public Policy Scholar at the Kennan Institute at Woodrow Wilson Center. Prior to that he spent years managing professional military education programs and military to military engagements for senior officers at National Defense University.
Climate Change Denial Is Morphing into a More Dangerous Form …
WEBNov 7, 2021 — A new report by Logically and APCO Worldwide titled “Climate change misinformation in the age of COVID-19,” has uncovered some of the ways in which climate misinformation is evolving away from denial into multiple, complex narratives. The research, which analyzed an extensive dataset of 6.67 million …
What We Can Learn from a Galaxy, Far, Far Away
WEBOct 9, 2021 — When stories are about aliens or take place in a galaxy far, far away, people are less likely to retreat to their corners or put up their guard when talking about complex or, perhaps, uncomfortable subjects. “ To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond, ” a new book edited by Jonathan Klug and Steven ...
Progress on FSO Safer is Welcome, but Follow Through Needed
WEBJun 21, 2023 // The UN is working to avert a disaster on the aging oil tanker FSO SAFER in the Red Sea off the coast in Yemen—following a plan laid out in a Diplomatic Courier article from 2020. The progress is welcome, but follow through is desperately needed, writes I.R. Consilium's Ian Ralby et al.