Ph.D. Candidate Clint Work, recently added as a policy writer for The Diplomat magazine, discusses the revival of the debate concerning wartime operational control of the Republic of Korea (ROK) military in his

The Middle East Center (MEC) has published profiles of the 2017-18 MEC FLAS fellows. Read about them on the MEC website through the link below. FLAS Fellows FLAS Fellowships are

Ph.D. Candidate Clint Work, whose doctoral research focuses on U.S.-Korean relations under President Jimmy Carter and Carter’s abortive withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from South Korea, was recently added as an

“…it is nearly impossible to escape the influence of religion in India in everything, and even in my limited time in the state of Rajasthan I was able to experience

“Going to grad school was a big stress for my family and for me because I wanted to do it without taking out more loans, because I already have all

The unassuming name “картошка” (or  картофель), meaning “potato”, not only indicates the popular root vegetable staple in Russia – it is also the name of a popular no-bake chocolate early

At the 2014 Arctic Circle Assembly, in front of more than 2,000 participants from 50 countries, Philippe Couillard, premier of Québec, highlighted the province’s commitment to Arctic matters, stating, “We

Finland is proud of its past and present work on climate change. In 1989, Finland initiated the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS), whose efforts were codified in Rovaniemi in 1991.

This is the second in a two-part series about songs which UW Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows have learned in their various locations around the world this summer. 

The Arctic landscape is a repository of freshwater, with its abundant ice, snow, lakes, streams, and ocean. However, despite the vast resources available, Arctic communities have long borne the brunt