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Stopping Global Financial Crimes: A Conversation with an Expert
Emerging Voices Staff Writer Dan Kent had the chance to sit down with Aishwarya Gupta, a Vice President in the Global Financial Crimes Division at Sumitomo Mitsui. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. Could we start with an overview of your professional background? I am the Vice President of Financial Crimes Compliance…
Read MoreThe UN from Inside: Perspectives from a U.S. Public Delegate to the United Nations
Emerging Voices Staff Writer Dan Kent had the chance to sit down with S. Douglas Bunch, a Public Delegate at the United States Mission to the United Nations. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. Thank you for taking the time to talk to us! First, can you give me an overview of…
Read MoreStopping Global Financial Crimes: A Conversation with an Expert
Emerging Voices Staff Writer Dan Kent had the chance to sit down with Aishwarya Gupta, a Vice President in the Global Financial Crimes Division at Sumitomo Mitsui. Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation.
Read MoreThe Changing Soft Power Landscape of International Higher Education
By Dan Kent With the release of an updated strategy on international education and engagement by the US Department of Education, the US government has acknowledged the importance of education as a vehicle for advancing its international interests. Specifically, the US higher education sector has long been widely acknowledged as a source of soft power…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Soft Power Playbook
By Lauren McCranie In 1990, Joseph Nye sought to think more holistically about global power dynamics and introduced the concept of soft power: the ability of a country to persuade foreign publics to agree with its policies and stances without explicit force (as opposed to hard power levers like military force). A country’s soft power…
Read MoreDisplaced and Vulnerable: LGBTQ People in Conflict Zones
By Dan Kent With one of the largest refugee crises in Europe since World War II continuing to unfold in Ukraine, it is worth examining the various ramifications that such an outflow of people involves, including in other conflict zones. Although much has been discussed regarding the unimaginable human toll in death and suffering across…
Read MoreThe Global Nature of Border Disputes: The Transformative Effect of Oil
By Dan Kent Many of Latin America’s border disputes are rooted in its colonial history. The dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is no different, having wide-ranging implications for the future of both nations. As energy markets continue to roil the globe with an array of supply-chain and demand shocks produced by various conflicts and the…
Read MoreThe Global Nature of Border Disputes: Tangled Borders and Uncertain Futures in Central Asia
By Dan Kent When looking at a map of Central Asia, one attribute immediately stands out: it is a tangled assortment of enclaves, exclaves, and jagged borders. Central Asia, a region of 76 million people living across five nations, can trace these convoluted borders to their long history as Soviet states. During that era, borders were inconsequential, and…
Read MoreThe Global Nature of Border Disputes: Learning from Conflict in Georgia
By Dan Kent As the Russian-Ukraine crisis continues to roil unabated, it is worth considering the broader array of crises that have characterized much of the post-Soviet world. Contention over borders and spheres of influence regarding Russia is hardly new. One of the most recent examples comes from Georgia in the Caucasus, over which a…
Read MoreThe Global Nature of Border Disputes: Recent and Centuries-Long Disagreements
By Dan Kent It is well-known that most modern nation-state borders were drawn relatively recently, resulting from the aftermath of World War II and the decline of European colonization worldwide. However, what is less well-known is the broad extent to which these borders are today, in many places, still deeply unsettled. These disputes span the…
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