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What’s Your Favorite Foreign Policy Podcast?

A foreign policy podcast can examine many different types of issues, from national security to economic development. Here is a list of a few foreign policy podcasts we like in both content and approach.
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Book Review - Cyber Threats & Nuclear Weapons

As the world’s infrastructure becomes increasingly interconnected, more critical systems are exposed to cyber threats. Cyber threats seek to turn potential security vulnerabilities into attacks on systems and networks.
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Sakura Scholars, faculty, and staff meet with the MEXT minister and delegation from the Japanese Embassy.

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Sakura Scholars Program Fosters US-Japan Connection

The Sakura Scholars program at SIS is a one-of-a-kind, undergraduate, dual degree program that allows students to study at Ritsumeikan University (RU) in Kyoto, Japan, and at American University (AU) in Washington, DC.
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An Urge to Serve: AU Named the Top Producer of Peace Corps Volunteers Among Medium-Sized Colleges

More than 750 Eagles have fanned out around the globe since the agency was founded in 1961.
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Q&A: Current Global Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

SIS professor Nina Yamanis answers questions about ongoing COVID-19 vaccine access around the world.
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Seven Things to Know about ISIS-K and the Moscow Attack

A Q&A with SIS professors Keith Darden and Joe Young about the March 25 terrorist attack in Moscow, ISIS-K, and why Tajikistan is a fertile ground for ISIS-K recruiting.
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Markets Matter - A Glance into the Spyware Industry

A case study in the modern spyware marketplace and the impact of recent policy actions including from the United States (in partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative).
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Reflecting on Twenty Years of the NRSD Program

SIS is marking the 20th anniversary of the Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD) master’s program at SIS. To celebrate this milestone, we caught up with some of NRSD’s founders, faculty, and alumni.
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President of the United States Joe Biden

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Biden Steps Up Pressure on Israel

SIS professor Jordan Tama spoke to The Conversation about President Joe Biden's recent threat to place conditions on support for Israel after an Israeli drone strike killed seven aid workers in Gaza.
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Feminist Foreign Policy and the EU: Can the US Support Such a Policy?

What are the implications of Sweden's recent revocation of its feminist foreign policy for transatlantic relations?
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