New presidential elections are taking place in an atmosphere of extreme popular alienation, with the valley between the people and the regime growing wider
North Korea presents a useful case study to examine the ways that China’s interests, risk aversion, and process building drive its engagement in mediation
The tensions between normative underpinnings of sovereignty and populist attempts to reassert territorial claims risk undermining years of bilateral diplomatic success
Dominica’s coastal and marine communities, marine ecosystems, tourism, and fisheries are vulnerable to growing extreme weather, compounded by financial and human resource constraints
The recognition of a Palestinian state remains a highly divisive issue among European governments while the value of consensus would be largely symbolic