By Yasmin Samrai, Stanford ’22 Vladimir Putin broke his months-long silence over the Ukrainian crisis during a press conference on February 1 and accused the United States of “drawing” Russia into an armed conflict with its western neighbor. The Russian President is following a familiar script: deflect blame onto the…

Beijing’s neighbors are ready to take steps to protect themselves. Taehwa Hong This commentary was originally published in Foreign Policy There’s been a lot of attention paid to the danger of intensifying U.S.-China competition, and to ways to reduce tensions. …

“The American anti-terrorism plan cannot consist only of a never-ending war overseas. First and foremost, we need to clean up our own backyard and root out domestic terrorism.” By Nora Swidey Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the American people and government have been fearing another terrorist attack on U.S. soil…

By Dathan Duplichen Current momentum exists at the national level for the development of Internet of Things (IoT) security. These initiatives focus on consumer-based IoT and ignore Industrial IoT (IIoT). Consumer-based IoT security is critical in dampening the effects of malicious software globally but does not directly address the ever-present…

A partnership between four students of the Stanford Ford Dorsey Master’s in International Policy (MIP) program and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under the auspices of the U.S. …

By Dathan Duplichen The Ukrainian tech sector is poised to cross ten percent of GDP, generates $360 million US Dollars (USD) in tax revenue, and accounts for over $5 billion USD in exports. As a percentage of commercial services as a whole it equated to 53.05% in 2019. The growing…

Georgian activist Nino Evgenidze discusses the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia and what it means for Georgia, the region and the world. By Alice Wenner Last week, opposition parties in the nation of Georgia vowed to boycott Parliament until the government releases Nika Melia, the leader of Georgia’s main…

Abbas Milani — an expert on U.S.-Iran relations — discusses the Iranian economy, the future of Iran’s leadership, and what a potential nuclear deal could mean for the U.S. By Alice Wenner Iran’s economy is at its worst point in decades, its Supreme Leader is ill, and the country is…

Master’s in International Policy student Anna Nguyen ’21 reflects on her fall internship, during which she helped to carry out research and propose a digital transformation strategy for the United Nations System. By Anna Nguyen ‘21 My 12-week internship with the United Nations in the Fall Quarter 2020 was not…