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Analysis March 20, 2023 China’s National People’s Congress Reveals New Initiatives and Ominous Warnings By: June Teufel Dreyer Barely a week into March, nearly 3,000 delegates gathered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for the opening of the Fourteenth National People’s Congress and, separately the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Though the National People’s... Read more	Analysis March 16, 2023 Qatar’s West Asian Moment: The Geopolitics of the World Cup By: Jaafar Alloul The FIFA 2022 World Cup has put Qatar on the map, making it the first Middle Eastern country and smallest nation ever to host the tournament. However, along with the spotlight of winning the rights to organize one of... Read more
Analysis March 15, 2023 Jimmy Carter and the ‘Torture Chamber of Latin America’: Examining a Human Rights Legacy By: Debbie Sharnak On February 18, 2023, the Carter Center announced that former President Jimmy Carter would receive hospice care. In the days that followed, a flood of articles appeared that praised his core decency, highlighted his post-presidential global health and humanitarian... Read more	Analysis March 9, 2023 American Power and the Defense of Taiwan By: Matt Salmon, Shay Stautz American officials are increasingly concerned about China’s growing power and assertiveness. While spy balloons over the continental United States may be the current crisis, Washington should stay focused on the most likely flashpoint in the bilateral relationship: the possibility... Read more
Analysis March 8, 2023 The Turkish Veto: Why Erdogan Is Blocking Finland and Sweden’s Path to NATO By: Paul Levin Finland and Sweden grew closer to Western institutions in the post-Cold War era, and EU accession in 1995 meant that Stockholm and Helsinki finally abandoned their neutrality policies. Both countries remained militarily non-aligned but cooperation with NATO increased through... Read more	Analysis February 22, 2023 Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Youthful Revolution? By: Charles A. Ray Since its return to democracy in 1999, Nigeria has been ruled by a male gerontocracy. Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent president, is eighty, and only 2.6 percent of the seats in Nigeria’s parliament are held by women. People under thirty... Read more