International Relations

As Europeans flag concerns over faulty Chinese coronavirus equipment, state media is leading Beijing’s fight back

Jacques deLisle of the Law School and School of Arts and Sciences said that the coronavirus pandemic has been on opportunity for China to demonstrate the strengths of its authoritarian government. “The U.S. failure of competence allows China to look very competent and to not take the heat it deserves,” he said.

Chinese propaganda claims democracy can’t stop coronavirus. We can—but can Trump?

Jacques deLisle of the Law School and School of Arts and Sciences said propaganda coming from China regarding the coronavirus is “designed to take some of the heat off Xi Jinping at home, so he can say look at us as compared to the feckless Americans.”

Media roundtable: Afghanistan peace deal & the decline of newspapers

Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication joined a discussion about a peace deal between the U.S. and the Taliban as well as the loss of local newspapers and journalists.

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Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty

Self-reporting contributes to human rights improvements, says Simmons in a paper she co-authored on recommendations to inform the review of the UN Human Rights Treaty.

Brexit and Sinn Fein’s success boost talk of Irish unification

A book by Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts and Sciences was cited in an article about the possibility of Irish reunification.

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Nuclear weapons in an age of emerging technologies

As part of a weeklong residency at Perry World House, Nobel Peace Prize winner Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, spoke on the impact artificial intelligence and other technologies have on nuclear risk.

U.S.-Iran relations: A look back at a tricky relationship

John Ghazvinian of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed how the relationship between the U.S. and Iran has transformed over the years. “It’s only in the later 20th and 21st centuries that we have been seeing this kind of slow and difficult degeneration in the relationship,” he said. “I think that’s the big picture we have to keep in mind: It doesn’t have to be so hateful.”

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Bolivia: Coup or election fraud?

Quechua scholar Américo Mendoza-Mori and political scientist Tulia Falleti discuss the ousting of the country’s first indigenous president and the tumultuous state of Bolivian politics as the country prepares for elections in May.

Border screenings spark travel fears for Iranian Americans amid rising tensions

John Ghazvinian of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about his experience traveling as an Iranian American.

The WTO might return to diplomatic settlements for trade disputes. Here’s why

Julia Gray of the School of Arts and Sciences wrote about how the World Trade Organization may proceed with a plan to allow countries to settle trade disputes through voluntary arbitration, a response to the shortcomings of its current procedures.

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