On May 8, 2018, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and…
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The Inter-Korean Summit in the Joint Security Border between North and South Korea on April 27, 2018, resulted in the Panmunjeom Declaration for Peace as…
On April 7, 2018, a suspected chemical attack occurred in the Syrian town of Douma, which was held by rebel forces at the time. The…
RPI’s Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes, co-edited by Director Deepa M. Ollapally and RPI-affiliated expert Mike Mochizuki, was reviewed…
RPI Director Deepa M. Ollapally questions whether we are asking too much of India’s Look/Act East policy in her review of Frédéric Grare’s India Turns East: International Engagement…
On March 17, 2018, the New York Times and Observer broke the news on Cambridge Analytica’s use of an estimated 85 million Facebook users’ personal…
RPI Director Deepa M. Ollapally was featured in a roundtable on rising powers in Ethics and International Affairs. Abstract: India is gradually changing its course…
China recently has ramped up its bilateral pressure on Taiwan. This has coincided with a rise in uncertainty of American commitment to the island. The…
On March 8, 2018, US President Donald J. Trump ordered a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum…
RPI Director Deepa M. Ollapally was featured in a roundtable on rising powers in Ethics and International Affairs. Read the article here. Abstract: India is gradually…
The Communist Party of China (CPC) presented its recommendations for several substantive amendments to the country’s constitution to the Standing Committee of the National People’s…
President Donald Trump made headlines shortly after his electoral victory by accepting a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen. It signaled what some…
Ahead of upcoming elections in the Maldives, the Maldivian Supreme Court overturned the highly contested convictions of exiled Former President Mohamed Nasheed and nine Members…
Asia’s need for energy resources has sparked new debates involving energy security within rising powers in the region. Increased economic development has pushed these countries…
World leaders, celebrities, activists, and business moguls rubbed elbows at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme “Shared Future in…
