Events

Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World 0
- Analysis, Events
- December 16, 2025
The promise is unambiguous. In the first article of the United Nations Charter – eighty years ago – we find a clear commitment. One of the Purposes of the United Nations is “promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and …
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Misreading the Taliban: Strategic Evolution and the Consequences for Global Security 0
- Analysis, Events, External
- December 9, 2025
For many years, the world viewed the Taliban as a terrorist group whose agenda was limited to Afghanistan. The prevailing assumption was that the Taliban fought Afghan, U.S., and NATO forces with the intention of re-establishing themselves as an Islamic …
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Exploring the Sinosphere in Taiwan: Insights and Surprises 0
- Analysis, Events, External
- December 8, 2025
I spent three months in the spring of 2025 based at National Taiwan University’s Centre for China Studies, examining the question of Taiwan as a springboard for learning about the Sinosphere, by which I refer to the People’s Republic of …
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Twitter Conference: Understanding the Five Eyes 0
- CIPS, Events
- September 27, 2020
The term Five Eyes typically refers to a unique signals intelligence pooling club of three or four-letter acronymed agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. But FVEY, as it is also known, is now …
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