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Georgetown Journal of International Affairs The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is the official publication of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Each issue of the journal provides readers with a diverse array of timely, peer-reviewed content penned by top policymakers, business leaders, and academic luminaries. The Journal takes a holistic approach to international affairs and features a 'Forum' that offers focused analysis on a specific key issue with each new edition of the publication, as well as nine regular sections: Books, Business &

Economics, Conflict & Security, Culture & Society, Law & Ethics, A Look Back, Politics & Diplomacy, Science & Technology, and View from the Ground. We also release free content online. In addition to analysis and research on ‘hot-topics’ in international affairs, we also supply our readership with in-depth scholarship in our Features, Business & Economics, Conflict & Security, Culture & Society, Human Rights & Governance, Relief & Development, and Science & Technology. Additionally, we post free weekly interviews with leading practitioners and scholars in the field through our online Five Minutes with an Expert feature.

Alexander Korolev argues that Russia's invasion of Ukraine can be better explained by offensive geopolitical rationality...
28/08/2024

Alexander Korolev argues that Russia's invasion of Ukraine can be better explained by offensive geopolitical rationality rather than solely by Vladimir Putin's characteristics.

While Putin miscalculated some aspects of the war, he correctly assessed the limits of Western support, non-Western cooperation with Russia, and the limited impact of sanctions, making a nuanced geopolitical response essential for the West.

Many assessments of the reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have emphasized Vladimir Putin’s individual characteristics or belief in Ukraine’s cultural affinity to Russia.

Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe, a fellow at ETH Zürich Spatial Development and Urban Policy (SPUR), argues that despite recent re...
26/08/2024

Dr. Sven Daniel Wolfe, a fellow at ETH Zürich Spatial Development and Urban Policy (SPUR), argues that despite recent reforms, the Olympic Games still harm host cities, particularly disadvantaged groups. He advocates for an independent body to regulate mega-events and give residents a say in their occurrence and impact. 👇

Recent reforms by the International Olympic Committee have made progress in reducing some of these damages to host cities and societies.

In 2022, annual global military expenditure reached a record high of $2,240 billion. In the 25th print edition, the Geor...
22/08/2024

In 2022, annual global military expenditure reached a record high of $2,240 billion. In the 25th print edition, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs spoke to Adedeji Ebo, Director, and Deputy to the High Representative at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, about the challenges facing multilateralism and how international arms control can adapt in response.

Read the interview now 👉 bit.ly/3XhedeP

Emma Briant, an expert on propaganda who helped uncover the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal in 2018, sits down ...
20/08/2024

Emma Briant, an expert on propaganda who helped uncover the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal in 2018, sits down with GJIA to address misunderstandings about propaganda, discuss important issues, and offer insights for addressing the problem in the future.

Read this interview, along with several other articles, in the 25th edition of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs 👉 https://bit.ly/3yLtdct

In the 25th print edition, GJIA sits down with Enrico Letta to discuss his official report "Much More Than a Market" on ...
20/08/2024

In the 25th print edition, GJIA sits down with Enrico Letta to discuss his official report "Much More Than a Market" on the future of the single market in .

Read now via Project MUSE 👉 https://bit.ly/4dx1dbQ

The 25th Edition of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is now available on Project MUSE, featuring intervie...
16/08/2024

The 25th Edition of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs is now available on Project MUSE, featuring interviews with Steven Levitsky, Enrico Letta, Chico Harlan, Adedeji Ebo, and Emma Briant.

Read now 👉 https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/51848

The Romani “tradition” of early marriage is not just a quaint custom. Human rights activists emphasize that it is a cove...
15/07/2024

The Romani “tradition” of early marriage is not just a quaint custom. Human rights activists emphasize that it is a cover for a profound issue of segregation and discrimination against Romani communities, writes Sophie Datishvili from the European Roma Rights Centre.

Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4f41gwF

14/07/2024

The role of women and religion in helping resolve geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East and Eurasia can be an integral factor. As scholars like Dr. Kadayifci-Orellana have studied, peaceful interpretations of religion can be interpreted into resolution solutions. Women, too, play an important part role in these regions, but often need the help of non-profit organizations.

In this episode, GJIA sits down with Dr. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana, an affiliate researcher at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, to discuss the potential role of religion and women in the Middle East and Eurasia.

Listen to 37th & The World wherever you get your podcasts.......

AI is transforming modern warfare, paralleling the Cold War's nuclear arms race, yet international regulation struggles ...
14/07/2024

AI is transforming modern warfare, paralleling the Cold War's nuclear arms race, yet international regulation struggles to keep pace with the rise of automated weapons systems, argues Kristian Humble.

Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePb8Knrx

In early October 2023, the United Nations Security Council approved a new Kenyan-led international policing mission to H...
18/12/2023

In early October 2023, the United Nations Security Council approved a new Kenyan-led international policing mission to Haiti.

That mission will face steep challenges to achieve its mandate of helping to address rampant gang violence and insecurity in Haiti. Even if this intervention helps stabilize Haiti in the short term, its longer-term impact will depend on the development of a credible political roadmap for the country.

Read more via the link in our bio. Edited by Jesse McGannon. . .

Earlier this month, the famed three giant pandas left Washington’s National Zoo in DC and went back to Beijing. How has ...
30/11/2023

Earlier this month, the famed three giant pandas left Washington’s National Zoo in DC and went back to Beijing. How has this affected US-China relations, and what does the recent APEC summit mean for future US-China diplomacy?
37th & The World sits down with Dennis Wilder, a former senior American intelligence official currently serving as a senior fellow of Georgetown’s Initiative for US-China Dialogue on Global Issues. He is also a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations.
Listen to the latest episode of 37th & The World wherever you get your podcasts.

“I went to visit apartments…as soon as they saw me coming with my white cane, they would look down on me.”In new testimo...
05/11/2023

“I went to visit apartments…as soon as they saw me coming with my white cane, they would look down on me.”

In new testimony-based research, Yolanda Muñoz & Martine Lévesque discuss the barriers women with disabilities face when escaping intimate partner violence (IPV) in Québec.

Edited by Ula Ekmecic. Read more via the link in our bio.

Read GJIA’s most-read articles in September 2023 via gjia.georgetown.edu  . .
22/10/2023

Read GJIA’s most-read articles in September 2023 via gjia.georgetown.edu . .

30/09/2023

A year ago, Russia’s cyberwar against Ukraine was reviled as it deployed hostile information and systems interventions with synchronized physical hostilities. Yet, the results of the cyberwar have been far less successful than originally feared.

Utilizing a myriad of friendly resources from hacktivists, tech companies, and allies, Ukraine has turned the cyber-tide and demonstrated an effective path forward for navigating this new age of warfare.

Read more at gjia.georgetown.edu

Check out Summer 2023’s most read articles online. Available to read at gjia.georgetown.edu!  . .
14/09/2023

Check out Summer 2023’s most read articles online. Available to read at gjia.georgetown.edu! . .

Russia’s cyberwar against Ukraine has been far less successful than originally feared. Jordana J. George, Assistant Prof...
11/09/2023

Russia’s cyberwar against Ukraine has been far less successful than originally feared.

Jordana J. George, Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, explains how Ukraine has turned the cyber-tide by utilizing resources from hacktivists, tech companies, and allies, demonstrating an effective path forward in this new age of warfare.

Edited by Sydney Raymond. Read more via the . .

Meet the Journal’s 2023-24 Executive Board! ℹ️ The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (GJIA) has proudly publis...
03/09/2023

Meet the Journal’s 2023-24 Executive Board!

ℹ️ The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (GJIA) has proudly published 24 volumes of policy-oriented analyses in print since its founding in 1998. The executive board is comprised of an Executive Director(s), Print Editor(s) in Chief, Online Editor(s) in Chief, and a Managing Editor(s). Each role will coordinate different sections of the Journal to ensure that GJIA’s mission is followed. . .

The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (GJIA) is opening its Fall 2023 hiring cycle. Applications will open Fri...
31/08/2023

The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (GJIA) is opening its Fall 2023 hiring cycle.

Applications will open Friday, September 1st for Editorial Assistants, Development Directors, Marketing Associates, and Podcast Producers.

All current and enrolled Georgetown University students in undergraduate or graduate programs are eligible to apply.

To find our more, use the link in our bio. . .

Dr John Ishiyama argues that the current conflict in Ethiopia is the result of the adoption of an ethnic federal system ...
29/08/2023

Dr John Ishiyama argues that the current conflict in Ethiopia is the result of the adoption of an ethnic federal system in the 1990s. Though there are certainly more proximate causes, the effects of the system of ethnic federalism are critical in understanding the nature of the conflict that threatens to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa region.

First, ethnic federalism has framed the fundamental political debate in the country, which has been reduced to questions about the balance of power between the ethnically based regions and the central state. Secondly, ethnic federalism has led to ethnification of identity in Ethiopia's population at large.

Read Dr. Ishiyama’s article in the latest Print edition, in print or online via Project Muse. . .

ChatGPT and other natural language models have recently sparked considerable intrigue and unease. Governments and busine...
27/08/2023

ChatGPT and other natural language models have recently sparked considerable intrigue and unease. Governments and businesses are increasingly acknowledging the role of Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs) in shaping the cybersecurity landscape.

Jim Waldo and Angela Wu discusses the implications of using GPTs in software development and the potential impact on cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

Read more via the link in our bio. . .

At present, the global architecture for data governance is severely underdeveloped.Dr. Sharinee Jagtiani, post-doctoral ...
22/08/2023

At present, the global architecture for data governance is severely underdeveloped.

Dr. Sharinee Jagtiani, post-doctoral Fellow in International Digital Policy at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) for Digital Engineering at University of Potsdam, explores the “fourth Industrial Revolution” of digitalization and the rivalries it has produced between American, Chinese, and “third-way” visions for Cloud governance.

Edited by Caroline Wilcox. Read more via the link in our bio.

During his election campaign in 2022, the current president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, proposed a project called “Total...
18/08/2023

During his election campaign in 2022, the current president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, proposed a project called “Total Peace,” to achieve the pacification of Colombian territories and to negotiate the demobilization of groups and structures that perpetrate violence in the country.

However, its implementation presents methodological obstacles as well as design problems that could risk the safety of both the Colombian population and the country’s territorial security. While the time needed to fulfill the objectives of each party may be an advantageous factor for the armed structures, that is not the case for the government led by Petro.

Read more by César Niño via the link in our bio.

With the recent uprising of Wagner troops against Putin’s Russia, a key question still looms over the expanding footprin...
27/06/2023

With the recent uprising of Wagner troops against Putin’s Russia, a key question still looms over the expanding footprint of the Wagner Group in Africa.

Ryan O’Farrel and Caleb Weiss argue that policymakers should understand the private military company’s motivations and capabilities and the dangers posed by its transactional relationships.

Read more via the link in our bio.

Pyongyang, which has already declared itself an 'irreversible' nuclear state, will have even less motivation to work tow...
21/06/2023

Pyongyang, which has already declared itself an 'irreversible' nuclear state, will have even less motivation to work toward denuclearization if it views China and Russia as a longer-term solution to its regime security vis-à-vis the United States.

Rachel Minyoung Lee from the OpenNuclear and StimsonCenter, highlights North Korea's changing strategic calculus.

Read more via the link in our bio.

TikTok, like other social media platforms, does not create societal problems; it reflects and amplifies existing domesti...
05/06/2023

TikTok, like other social media platforms, does not create societal problems; it reflects and amplifies existing domestic trends.

Caitlin T. Chin, a fellow with the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., examines the challenges of a TikTok ban or divestiture and its long-term implications for free speech, global data transfers, and US-China relations.

Read more via the link in our bio. Edited by

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine’s decision to permit parishes to celebrate Christmas on December 25 appeared to be a poli...
19/05/2023

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine’s decision to permit parishes to celebrate Christmas on December 25 appeared to be a political ploy designed to diminish the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

Dr. Nicholas Denysenko of Valparaiso University reflects on religious questions and challenges exacerbated by Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.

Read more via the link in our bio.

As the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest final fast approaches, we are reminded of how music, diplomacy, and politics are int...
11/05/2023

As the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest final fast approaches, we are reminded of how music, diplomacy, and politics are intertwined.

GJIA has highlighted this topic before in two key articles.

The first, written by by Dean Vuletic in March 2019, discusses musical diplomacy and notes how the contest always finds itself “as a mirror of International economic and political relations in Europe and the Mediterranean rim”.

The second article, written by Paul Jordan, focuses on the politicization of the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine in terms of nation-building in a post-Soviet context.

Read them both via the link in our bio.

In her latest article, Dr. Aditi Malhotra, the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Army Journal (CAJ), writes about the rati...
08/05/2023

In her latest article, Dr. Aditi Malhotra, the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Army Journal (CAJ), writes about the rationale behind India's complex relationship with the Quad and the challenges a multi-alignment strategy would bring in this new era of multipolarity.

Read more via the link in our bio. Edited by Sarah Shurden.

Why have protests erupted in Peru, what has fanned the flames, and what might extinguish the conflict?Dr. Cynthia McClin...
04/05/2023

Why have protests erupted in Peru, what has fanned the flames, and what might extinguish the conflict?

Dr. Cynthia McClintock discusses the actions Peru's government that have led to and exacerbated violence in the country.

The article offers unique insight on the causes and complications as well as recommendations for how the global community can offer support.

Read more via the link in our bio. Edited by

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The flagship academic journal of the School of Foreign Service and Georgetown’s only nationally distributed student publication. Publishing original and policy-oriented analyses, the journal takes a holistic approach to international relations, giving voice to leading academics, policymakers, and analysts. Since its founding in 1998, GJIA has been distributed in 300 outlets throughout the U.S. and in 18 countries. Its global readership includes international affairs professionals, think tanks, embassies, and university libraries. The journal can be found in bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and major academic hosting services such as JSTOR, Columbia International Affairs Online, ProQuest, Hein Online, or Thomson Gale. Articles are regularly excerpted by the Chronicle of Higher Education and PwC's Executive Digest. Submissions have been used in educational institutions such as Georgetown, Harvard, Princeton, and the National Defense University. Past contributors include academics, business leaders, and public figures such as Madeleine Albright (U.S. Secretary of State), Mary Robinson (President of Ireland), Diana Farrell (Director of the McKinsey Global Institute), Kenneth Waltz (Founder of Neorealism), Anthony Lake (Executive Director of UNICEF), Annette Lu (Vice President of Taiwan), Richard Haass (President of the Council on Foreign Relations), among others. Website: gjia.georgetown.edu Twitter: twitter.com/GJIA_Online Facebook: www.facebook.com/GUJournal