Global interconnectedness, a byproduct of advances in communications technologies, such as social media and the Internet, have made it more important than ever for countries to have diplomatic relations

The Central African Republic, a landlocked nation near the western coast of Africa, is considered one of the most unstable regions in the world by the U.N. After the Seleka,

Kenneth B. Pyle, Henry M. Jackson Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Washington, brought the audience to its feet in standing ovation at his lecture on

But thanks to the University of Washington’s FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) fellowship program, UW law student Caitlyn Evans is getting that chance. The program awards tuition and living

The Herald editorial board looks at President Kennedy’s legacy through a 21st-century lens quoting from Prof. Kenneth B. Pyle‘s Nov. 18 lecture on Hiroshima and the historians. The 50th anniversary of

Nada Bakos, a former CIA analyst who was part of the team charged with finding Osama bin Laden, spoke to University of Washington students on Nov. 13 after screening an

History suggests that Tacloban and other communities severely damaged by Typhoon Haiyan will eventually recover, says Vicente Rafael, affiliate professor of Southeast Asia Studies, in this CNN article. “I have no

Professor Ellis Goldberg, chair of the JSIS Middle East Center, published “Islam and politics” on Nov. 4 in openDemocracy. Goldberg writes, “There remains a deeper problem in making a religious

The Canadian Consulate in Seattle was at capacity on Oct. 24 for Vancouver-based Tony Penikett’s talk on “Where is the Arctic, who lives there, what are their security interests.” Penikett

Despite writing extensively on the Middle East as an author and journalist, Cengiz Çandar said the only thing he knows for sure about its future is that he can’t know.