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Please join us today for the Creative Capsule Residency Showcase at noon Eastern on Zoom - register here [ [link removed] ]. The five residents have spent eight months working on projects that link creativity and global security — curating an exhibition on prison art in the Middle East, creating drawn reportage on deadly fake drugs in Africa, reporting a podcast on the Black Sea, etc. Read their essays here [ [link removed] ].
The latest episode [ [link removed] ] of the Things That Go Boom podcast takes listeners to Mexico, where discussions center on the women using the country’s feminist foreign policy as a cudgel in the struggle for their rights in their home country.
After a deadly attack in Australia killed five women and a male security guard, local authorities said it was clear the assailant had targeted women but declined to assign an ideological motive. But in a new commentary [ [link removed] ], Jessica Sciarone argues that misogynist violence is ideological and should be treated along the same lines as domestic terrorism.
Meanwhile, in Sudan, the country’s ongoing civil war recently passed the one-year mark, a grave anniversary for the civilians living through bombardment, hunger, and war crimes. The US should step up, argues [ [link removed] ] Lauren Evans, and use its diplomatic and humanitarian influence to support Sudanese civilians under fire.
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“Podcast: The War at Home [ [link removed] ]” by Laicie Heeley (April 15)
Mexico’s gotten a lot of praise for its feminist foreign policy — despite ongoing femicide in the country. But Mexican women are doing more than just pointing out the hypocrisy. They’re using these new foreign policy tools to fight back at home in the war against their own bodies.
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“In Gaza, Eid Celebrations Have Been Replaced by Bombings and Hunger [ [link removed] ]” by Mohammed Ali* (April 15)
Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, in the Gaza Strip has historically been marked by communal joy and celebration. The streets of Gaza’s dense refugee camps would come alive, pulsing with laughter. But six months into Israel’s war on the Strip, this year’s celebrations were starkly different.
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“Beyond Military Might: Rethinking the Trilateral Summit’s Approach to Regional Security [ [link removed] ]” by Narayani Sritharan (April 16)
The recent trilateral summit among the United States, Japan, and the Philippines focused predominantly on strengthening military ties in response to China’s maritime assertiveness in the South China Sea. But does the military-centric approach risk further escalating tensions?
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“India’s Growing Global Importance [ [link removed] ]” by Elizabeth Threlkeld, Sania Shahid, Andrew Latham, Amrita Jash (April 16)
As part of the “Adults in a Room” series, experts discuss India’s rapidly increasing importance on the global geopolitical scene. While there is growing recognition among US policymakers of the strategic importance of India, there remain significant assumptions about how India sees itself and the role it seeks in its region and the world.
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“Extreme Misogyny Fuels Mass Violence — and It Could Get Worse [ [link removed] ]” by Jessica Sciarone (April 17)
It may still be unclear what the Sydney attacker’s motivation was, but it is evident that he did single out women. If the perpetrator only sought out women and attacked them based on their gender, why shouldn’t we call it a terrorist attack? And why shouldn’t we say it is indeed ideologically motivated?
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“A Year into War, Will the US Support Civilians in Sudan? [ [link removed] ]” by Lauren Evans (April 17)
Critical side effects of the ongoing civil war in Sudan include extreme violence, displacement, and widespread hunger. However, the US still has a chance to use diplomatic and humanitarian influence to support the people of Sudan.
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“Deep Dive: American Identity vs. American Democracy [ [link removed] ]” by Emily Tamkin (April 18)
A new paper argues that, without significant priming of an inclusive understanding of Americanness, those with strong American identity are less likely to reject anti-Muslim policies, even though those policies are counter to ostensibly American values like religious freedom and equality.
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“The Nightmare of Climate Catastrophe in the Middle East [ [link removed] ]” by Juan Cole (April 18)
For the most part, the countries of the Middle East made a distinctly poor showing when it came to the greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels that are already heating the planet so radically. Ironically, the climate catastrophe puts the region at special risk.
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“How Laos Can Lead ASEAN on Environmental Issues [ [link removed] ]” by Sera Koulabdara (April 19)
As the world’s most bombed country per capita, Laos knows all too well of the dangers that lurk just inches beneath its soil. From 1964 to 1973, the United States dropped at least 2.5 million tons of ordnance on Laos. An estimated 30% of these ordnance failed to detonate, leaving millions of UXO scattered all across Laos’s land and water. 
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From the desk of Patrick Strickland, managing editor of Inkstick Media.
Header photo: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remove belongings from rubble after an Israeli airstrike in October 2023 (Wafa Agency via Wikimedia Commons [ [link removed] ]).

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