Snapping Back: The International Supply Chain of Turtles and Tortoises
On Sunday, March 28, 185 baby tortoises were found in a suitcase at the Galápagos Ecological Airport. The luggage was heading to the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador when More
China’s New Aircraft Carrier: A New Threat to Southeast Asian Countries?
On December 17th, 2019, China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, named the Shandong, was commissioned and put into service. It was the second aircraft carrier in the PLAN (People’s Liberation More
Rigged Elections? There’s More to Thai Politics than Just a Flawed Democracy
Confusion and allegations of irregularities have followed last Sunday’s elections in Thailand as the military-appointed Election Commission has repeatedly delayed the announcement of results for unexplained reasons. In some provinces, More
Resilient and Innovative: Understanding the ASEAN Miracle
“Resilient and innovative” is the slogan for this year’s conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), under the chairmanship of Singapore. Ahead of the 33rd Summit in mid-November, More
The Pakistani Elections: New Leader, Same Story
The outcome of the recent Pakistani elections fell along expected lines. Former cricketer Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the single largest party, and will form More
US Rebalancing No More
In early January 2018, Pakistani foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declared his country’s alliance with the United States to be “over.” In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has upended decades More
The Rohingya Crisis: Political Impasse and Challenges to R2P
Recent Escalation of Violence On 25 August 2017, renewed violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state led to the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya civilians from their homes. The crackdown More
2017-2018: A Year in Review
For the next two weeks, MJPS will be publishing feature pieces analyzing the most important political events of the year. From January 2017 to the present, several major political events More
A Bittersweet Tale: India Under Modi
For nearly the past three decades, the story of India has been one of uncertainty. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent speech at the World Economic Forum plenary exemplifies this. On More
International Relations on the Rise of Nationalism: Domestic Politics
This week’s feature piece explores nationalism’s impact on domestic politics, the global economy, global security dynamics, and international institutions. Overall, the rise of nationalism has had adverse effects on international More