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Yale hosts a Fulbright-García Robles Visiting Chair for the next five years to deepen transnational academic relations.

Here’s how civil society and the government can ensure that constitutional values get translated into their work with communities on ground. Born out of peoples’ movements, struggles, and ideological and political dialogues, the Constitution of...

From Swahili to Irish Gaelic, students who choose to study lesser-known and taught languages are able to reap the benefits of their specialized study through the Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) scholarship.

The discovery of about 20 ancient Mancala game boards carved on rocks in central Kenya demonstrates the benefits of scholars partnering with local amateurs.

The discovery of about 20 ancient Mancala game boards carved on rocks in central Kenya demonstrates the benefits of scholars partnering with local amateurs.

Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections.

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday kicked off "Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024," its largest military drills since the Cold War. Approximately 90,000 troops from NATO's 31 members and Sweden are participating, with the associated exercises running until May 31. Russian media said NATO has openly admitted for the first time

Africa's Sahel region has presented Germany with unexpected challenges as Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso become military regimes. Why should Berlin continue ist involvement, and what are its strategic options?

Beijing has been increasingly vocal about Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Although Chinese ships are not being attacked, the volatile situation in the region is having a huge economic impact on China.

The 2020s in Africa's Sahel region did not turn out as expected for Germany: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are all governed by military regimes. So why — and how — should Berlin continue its involvement there?