This is the first installment in a series of primers produced in partnership with The Diplomat.
“Words have meanings.” It’s easy to dismiss this statement as a truism. But words – and their meanings – do hold particular import in the multi-layered realm of maritime territorial disputes, where the distinction between a rock and an island can mean the difference between hundreds of square miles of Exclusive Economic Zone. At times, usage of words has itself opened new fronts in conflicts as nationalist fights over place names in textbooks have shown. Those wishing to understand and accurately describe maritime Asia’s long-standing territorial disputes must wade through a colorful and evolving vocabulary. So, in an effort to help bring clarity to the lexicon we offer this guide to common terms in use.
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Sughrue is a due diligence consultant for Morgan Stanley, active-duty military spouse and former international conflict resolution trainer for the United States Institute of Peace. She is a member of the Truman National Security Project and lives in Carmel Valley.
Usually when I would return home to Washington, D.C., after an international work trip, I would be eager to tell colleagues, friends and family about the work I was doing as a conflict resolution trainer for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). However, after two weeks in South Sudan in 2010 training Sudanese women from Darfur to Khartoum, I was emotionally depleted. I listened to the women’s trauma stories from morning until late into the night. I listened and offered comfort, but I did not have solutions for their suffering. I felt overwhelmed and sad. After some reflection, I realized I had experienced residual stress during those two weeks, and likely a culmination of seven years of similar work prior to th
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Open America’s Doors to Refugees Who Want to Escape Taliban Ruleby Doug Bandow Posted on
Losing a war is never pretty. Leaving behind thousands of people who risked their lives to fight with you is truly ugly. If the Biden administration’s timetable for Afghanistan holds firm, American forces will be home by fall. And a multitude of Afghans will be vulnerable to retaliation if the Taliban wins the ensuing struggle, as is widely feared.
The potential tragedy – how else to describe the outcome of America’s ill-fated intervention? – brings to mind the exodus from South Vietnam after that country