CIGA Staff

CIGA Staff

Why America Shouldn’t Dominate the World

Author: Stephen Wertheim Affiliation: Quincy Institute For Responsible StateCraft Organization/Publisher: Foreign Affairs Date/Place: March/April, 2020, U.S. Type of Literature: Analysis Word Count: 4420 Link: Keywords: America, Soviet Union, Climate Change, War Machine, Trump Brief:  This article profiles the US,…

A Thick Cloud in the US-Iran Climate

Author: Ali Akbar Dareini Affiliation: Center for Strategic Studies Tehran Organization/Publisher: Aljazeera Centre For Studies.  Date/Place:  February 13, 2020, Doha Type of Literature: Report            Number of Pages: 15 Link: Keywords: Soleimani, Sanctions, Retaliation, Maximum Pressure. Brief:  The door of…

The 3 Most Polarizing Words in India

Author: Snigdha Poonam Affiliation: Hindustan Times  Organization/Publisher: Foreign Policy Date/Place: February 13, 2020, U.S. Type of Literature: Magazine Article Word Count: 1880 Link:  Keywords: India, Hindutva, Nationalism, Nazism, Ram, Muslims, Communalism Brief: In Hinduism, Ram, one of thousands of deities,…

Reckless Choices, Bad Deals, and Dangerous Provocations: Trump’s Foreign Policy Is in a Downward Spiral Toward 2020

Author: Hal Brands Affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)  Organization/Publisher: Foreign Affairs Date/Place: September 27, 2019, U.S. Type of Literature: Journal Article Word Count: 2212 Link:  Keywords: Trump’s Personal characteristics, Dealmaker, Advisors, The US Foreign Policy, The…

The black soul is (still) a white man’s artefact? Postcoloniality, post-Fanonism and the tenacity of race(ism) in A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass

Author: Sakiru Adebay Affiliation: University of Witwaterstand Organization/Publisher: Journal, African Studies Date/Place: December 6, 2019, Africa Type of Literature: Article Number of Pages:   18        Link: Keywords: Fanon, Barrett, Blackass, Colonialism, Colonial Racism, Postcolonialism, Whiteness Brief: Sakiru Adebayo draws attention to…