Join us for our U.S. in the World Lecture Series with Middle East expert Steven Heydemann for a public talk on: “Explaining Poverty in the Middle East: The Economics and Politics of

Under the current Abe administration, Japanese policy-makers have significantly enhanced Japan’s cyber-defense capabilities due to growing cybersecurity tensions in the United States’s relations with China, Russia, and North Korea. Given Japan’s position as a central U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military ally, Japan’s actions are increasingly critical to the strategic balance in the region.

The 2017 French presidential election proved to be one of the most important in recent memory. While there was strong support for the far-right and the anti-European “Front National”, the

Cybersecurity is of vital importance to US-China relations, particularly in relation to national information security and the business market. While it is a new realm for trust and cooperation between China and the US, it has already led to a high level of tension.

Who shot down the Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine in March 2014? Pro-Russian separatists, as appears most likely, or the Ukrainian government, mistakenly thinking Vladimir Putin was on board? How

For China Studies and History Professor Madeleine Yue Dong, becoming the first recipient of the Vincent Y.C. Shih Endowed Professorship at the University of Washington means more than a title. “When

Associate Professor and Director of the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Scott Radnitz co-authors with other professors in the U.S., Europe and UK “An Open Letter in

M-Pesa is an electronic mobile money system free of cards or banks that lets users transfer money between users and go to local agents to withdraw cash. M-Pesa[1] is named after

Myanmar’s large and emerging market has great potential for US tech companies and its geo-strategic location is also central to US security strategies. However, the exponential growth and spread of the Internet has created an environment wrought with privacy and security risks and low user awareness.

Professor of Geography and International Studies Matt Sparke was interviewed on April 28 by The Common Core, which is a series of six courses offered by Hong Kong University that focuses on: making connections across