Author: Nathaniel Orland
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How Domestic Politics Can Complicate International Diplomacy
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For centuries, classical international relations theory assumed that states acted as “unitary rational actors”—single entities operating strictly to…
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Why Ceasefires Are Often Easier to Announce Than to Maintain
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Announcing a ceasefire is one of the most visible milestones in international diplomacy. Public declarations, formal signing ceremonies,…
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The United Nations and the Struggle to Solve the World’s Biggest Conflicts
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The United Nations was established in 1945 to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. In practice,…
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Why Global Institutions Are Facing a Crisis of Trust
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For much of the post-World War II era, universal multilateral bodies—such as the United Nations, the World Trade…
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How Sanctions Have Changed the Way Countries Fight Economic Battles
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Economic sanctions were once considered an intermediate diplomatic tool—a way to penalize a rogue regime or register moral…
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Why Water Could Become One of the World’s Biggest Geopolitical Issues
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For decades, international security strategy focused heavily on the geopolitics of fossil fuels, trade corridors, and technological dominance.…
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The Political Battle Over Who Controls the Future of Global Energy
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For more than a century, control over global energy was defined by simple geography: who held the oil…
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Why Global Leaders Are Paying More Attention to the Arctic
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For generations, the Arctic was viewed as a geopolitical periphery—an inhospitable, ice-locked region reserved primarily for scientific exploration…
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How Migration Is Reshaping Politics Across Europe
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For decades, European politics revolved primarily around economic policy, public services, and the traditional divide between the center-left…
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Why Latin America Matters More in the New Global Economy
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For decades, international economic commentary framed Latin America primarily through a lens of domestic volatility—a region cycle-bound by…
