Ye Discusses the Future of China’s BRI
Min Ye, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published an article in the January 2021 issue of
Asia Policy – a publication of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) – on the effect of COVID-19 on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
In the article, titled “Atrophying or Adapting: China’s Belt and Road after the Covid-19 Pandemic,” Ye explores China’s policy discourse and activities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s prioritization of BRI, as well as its globalization strategy for the future. Ye outlines the policy implications of China’s continued commitment to BRI, which she argues will expand at home and abroad as the country continues to recover from the pandemic.
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Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Jayita Sarkar, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published an op-ed in the
Washington Post discussing the threat of domestic nuclear terrorism in the United States.
The article, titled “It’s time to take domestic nuclear terrorism seriously,” examines why the Biden administration needs to move away from the 1970s understanding of nuclear terrorism as the threat of radical Islam from outside of U.S. borders. She argues that the new administration needs to pay close attention to apocalyptically-minded White supremacists who have been calling for nuclear attacks on non-White people also since the 1970s.
Interview with Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia
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January 28, 2021
On January 22, 2021, Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia, visited Brussels to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the future of Georgia-EU-NATO relations. Our Senior Editor Paul Nash was able to discuss that visit with President Zourabichvili.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili.
Salome Zourabichvili was inaugurated as the first female President of Georgia on December 16, 2018. She was born in 1952 and went to the Institute of Political Studies (1969-1972, Paris, France) and then onto a master s program at Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (1972-1973, New York, USA). From 1974 to 2004, Zourabichvili worked in the diplomatic service for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France in several embassies (including Italy, the United States, and Chad) and with French representations to internation
Miller Explores Social Media’s Impact on Democracy
Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published an article in
Hindustan Timeson social media and its impact on global politics. This is the seventh of Miller’s monthly columns in
Hindustan Times.
In the article, titled “The democratic dilemma posed by social media,” Miller discusses social media’s impact on the world and what the future might hold now that these platforms are so ubiquitous. From the Arab Spring to the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol, social media has played a huge role in connecting people and allowing them to share information as well as, unfortunately, falsehoods and conspiracy theories. While social media has allowed ordinary citizens to share ideas, mobilize social movements, and communicate directly with elected officials, Miller concludes with the troubling fact that the a
Miller Explores Social Media’s Impact on Democracy
Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, published an article in
Hindustan Timeson social media and its impact on global politics. This is the seventh of Miller’s monthly columns in
Hindustan Times.
In the article, titled “The democratic dilemma posed by social media,” Miller discusses social media’s impact on the world and what the future might hold now that these platforms are so ubiquitous. From the Arab Spring to the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol, social media has played a huge role in connecting people and allowing them to share information as well as, unfortunately, falsehoods and conspiracy theories. While social media has allowed ordinary citizens to share ideas, mobilize social movements, and communicate directly with elected officials, Miller concludes with the troubling fact that the a