CUSTOMERS SHOULDN’T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR E-WASTE—PRODUCERS SHOULD BE
The price for requiring manufacturers to take responsibility for the lifecycle of their electronic products will be high but that cost is dwarfed by the incalculable price we are currently paying for our health, security, and the future of our children, writes Colleen Graffy.
CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE: WOMEN, RACISM, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
We must apply all the good work we have done about promoting equality and justice abroad, right here at home, especially when it comes to women’s rights, write C. Steven McGann and Sahana Dharmapuri.
LA’S TIME TO LEAD A FAIR, STRONG, AND CLEAN COVID-19 RECOVERY
Los Angeles has what it takes to be the leading light when it comes to building back better after COVID-19, write Tammie Arnold and Daniel Weiss.
U.S.-POLAND RELATIONS TRANSCEND TRUMP'S TRANSACTIONAL DIPLOMACY
Relations between Washington and Warsaw are not just about a personal affinity between two men facing reelection, but rather, they are embedded in a larger transatlantic alliance system and rules-based international order of which the EU and NATO are vital anchors, write Mieczysław P. Boduszyński and Kamil Lungu.
INTERRACIAL FRIENDSHIPS CAN BE GRATIFYING, BUT THEY’RE ALSO COMPLICATED
The fight for racial justice must be fought on all fronts—ideally with a multiracial coalition—in the streets, in the courts, in the voting booth, in the workplace, and even at the dinner table, where the seeds of justice or bias are often first planted, writes Judy Belk.
NONPROFIT DIPLOMACY IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER
It is imperative that nonprofit organizations continue to be funded through this crisis so they can continue to provide services once stay-at-home orders are lifted, writes Madison McAleese.
TURKEY’S ‘BLUE HOMELAND’ DOCTRINE TAKES SHAPE IN LIBYA
Erdogan's adventurism could precipitate a deeper conflict and crisis in the Mediterranean region, extending north toward Greece, writes Henri Barkey.
CHINA’S RISE AS A MILITARY POWER: A VIEW FROM TOKYO
For a Japanese perspective on China’s ascendancy as a military and maritime power, Jongsoo Lee interviews Narushige Michishita, vice president and professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo.
ADDRESSING SYSTEMATIC INEQUALITIES IS CRUCIAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Addressing domestic issues such as those raised by the Black Lives Matter movement is not only crucial for people seeking justice, but are quintessential for enhancing the country’s international legitimacy, credibility, and power, writes Sohaela Amiri
THE UNEXPECTED CONNECTION: SOCIAL UNREST IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHILE
The United States seems to be taking plays out of the South American oppressors’ handbook on its own citizens, something I never thought I’d see in America, writes Samantha Pettigrew.

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