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Female members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard wait to greet Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on August 30th, 2018, in Beijing, China. Maada Bio is in China for the "Forum on China-Africa Cooperation," which will be held from September 3rd to 4th in Beijing.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A Chinese Honor Guard Greets the President of Sierra Leone

Female members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard wait to greet Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on August 30th, 2018, in Beijing, China.

Pacific Standard Staff

New students sit and wait to be welcomed in one of the lecture halls of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, on April 9th, 2008.

Education

The Importance of Teaching Gender In International Relations Classrooms

You can't understand international security without thinking about gender and the many ways it influences behavior, access, and opportunity.

Elizabeth Weingarten

Economics

The Hidden Signals in Corporate Ribbon-Cutting Ceremonies

The ritual can reveal much more about government-business relations than you'd think, according to a new analysis.

Rick Paulas

News in Brief

Our Frenemies in the Middle East

American foreign policy doesn’t often see beyond friend and foe, but it should.

Douglas Ollivant

News in Brief

Where Weapons Go

A new analysis finds that the United States, Russia, and China are selling more weapons than ever, while India, China, and Saudi Arabia are top buyers.

Francie Diep

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Someone Successfully Explained Egypt’s Politics! (In English)

Below, an excerpt from must-read, Cairo-based Sarah Carr (tagline: “1/2 Egyptian. It’s My Country Too You Bastards”) who…

Marc Herman