Professor Minxin Pei on his book “The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China”
Neha Dixit on Journalism, Erasure, and Democratic Exclusion in India
Neha Dixit is an independent journalist and author based in New Delhi. For over two decades, she has reported on politics, gender, labour, and social justice in South Asia, producing investigative, na... Read More
Dr. Christine Fair on the Pakistan–Afghanistan Conflict and Regional Stability
Dr. Christine Fair is a Professor in the Security Studies Program within Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She previously served as a senior political scientist with... Read More
Dr. Suk-Young Kim on the Hybrid Power Behind K-Culture’s Global Rise
Dr. Suk-Young Kim is a Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at UCLA and serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and External Engagement at the School of Theater, Film and Television. As ... Read More
Dr. James Stocker on Hezbollah, Conflict, and the Future of Lebanon
James R. Stocker is associate professor of global affairs at Trinity Washington University. He is the author of Spheres of Intervention: US Foreign Policy and the Collapse of Lebanon, 1967–1976, whi... Read More
Matthew Kroenig on Assessing the Rising China-Taiwan Tensions
Matthew Kroenig is vice president for geostrategy and fellows and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. In these roles, he manages the Scowcroft Cente... Read More
Sweden at a Crossroads: Erik Ramanathan on War, Alliance, and Arctic Competition
Erik Ramanathan is a diplomat, legal professional, and public policy leader who served as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from December 2021 to January 2025. Credentialed in Stockholm just weeks before Russ... Read More
Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd on the Junta-Run Election in Myanmar
Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd is a faculty member at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, where she researches and teaches on U.S.-Myanmar relations, Southeast Asian security dynamics, economic-securi... Read More
Dr. Felicity Vabulas on her book “Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change.”
Dr. Felicity Vabulas is the Blanche E. Seaver Associate Professor of International Studies at Pepperdine University. Her research focuses on the political economy of international cooperation, and whe... Read More
Dr. Sebastien Peyrouse on Central Asia Between Competing Powers and the C5+1 Summit
Dr. Sebastien Peyrouse is the Director of the Central Asia Program and a Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs,... Read More