Dr. Seth Jones from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) spoke on the Russian Disinformation Campaign. Drawing on his recent book “A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland,” he outlined the lessons that the United States may have learned from the past.
A conversation with Dr. Sheila Carapico on various Middle Eastern issue areas and the manifold aspects of Western involvement in the area.
The question of whether or not English should become the official language of the United States has been debated by Congress for many years. While the debate dates back as far as the 1750s, members of Congress are still attempting to pass bills regarding this today. Unlike the majority of the countries in the world,...
In a few days, over half a million people will descend on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. As the Summer Games get closer, however, there has been concern over a variety of issues that may stand in the way. Rio de Janeiro has experienced a number of setbacks that have caused...
In July 2015, the US Women’s Soccer Team made history when they defeated Japan and won a third World Cup title in front of 53,300 spectators in Vancouver, Canada. This game, which was seen on TV by more than 25 million viewers, became the most-watched soccer match in United States television history—men’s or women’s. ...
On May 23 2016, President Barack Obama kicked off a weeklong visit to Asia by visiting Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. While there, he negotiated a commercial deal between Vietnam and aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Pratt & Whitney that is worth $16 billion. Obama also made the historic decision to lift a long-standing arms embargo on the...
The practice of United Nations peacekeeping began in 1948 when the Security Council deployed observers to the Middle East to monitor the 1949 Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Since then, UN peacekeepers have been deployed in around 70 different operations. The peacekeeping practice has historically proven to be one of the UN’s...
