by Harris Gruman The following is a transcription of the Keynote Presentation to the MAPA annual meeting by Harris Gruman on May 10, 2025. Ten years ago, Paul Shannon and Cole Harrison invited me to participate in a conference on building a convergence of the “Big Three” issues of the … Read More

by Mark Stern It is my belief that it is critical to alter the image of China presented by the Democratic and Republican parties in order to minimize war.  To that end I make the following points, not intending to glorify China or suggest it does not have its faults … Read More

by Grace Cowell On November 6, 2024, the day after Trump’s reelection, the air around the Northeastern University campus felt full of disappointment. As a political science student, naturally all of my classes that Wednesday turned into large discussions where most everyone was not only in a collective state of … Read More

by Hayat Imam An act of terrorism in Kashmir has triggered a crisis in South Asia that is extremely alarming: two nuclear armed countries, India and Pakistan, are in a dangerous face off.  Yesterday, India attacked 9 sites in Pakistan. This tense situation in Kashmir might appear to be new, … Read More

by Matt Bivens, M.D. The original version of this article was published on the author’s Substack six months ago. Although the current situation has changed significantly with Trump’s efforts to negotiate and with the newly signed agreements on mineral rights, the background to the war that the author gives is … Read More

by Ellen Mass This article is Part Five of a series on Mexico’s history and economic development. You can read Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four. — In order to resurrect and strengthen Mexico’s position in Latin America, former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) advocated … Read More