Category: Gender, Identity, and Security

18 Articles

Gender, Identity, and Security
Middle East & North Africa
Terrorism & Transnational Threats

Reign of Terror: The Empress of ISIS

Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi are all prominent international terrorists who have plotted and executed attacks…

December 2, 2022

Gender, Identity, and Security
Sub-Saharan Africa

Why We Should Pay More Attention to LGBTQ+ Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Security interests in Africa also exist outside of the strategic competition paradigm. Policymakers should be more involved in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the promotion of minority…

November 16, 2022

Gender, Identity, and Security
Intelligence & National Security

Advancing A Feminist Approach To National Security

Over the first two years of the Biden administration, multiple geopolitical flashpoints—including the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the protests of “Russian mothers”…

October 17, 2022

East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Gender, Identity, and Security

China’s Dismissal of #MeToo as a Tool of Western Influence Harms Women

The #MeToo movement empowered women all across the globe to speak out against sexual harassment, including in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Yet progress in China has…

October 14, 2022

East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Gender, Identity, and Security

Taking My Dream To The Grave: Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule

Farzana Ahmadi had dreamed of holding a government office after graduating university. Now, she says, she will take her dream to the grave. When the United States military…

April 27, 2022

Gender, Identity, and Security
Race & Security

Lest We Ever Forget: Remebering The World’s Oppressed In The Face Of New Wars

Russia’s war in Ukraine not only victimizes Ukrainians but also negatively impacts minorities throughout the world. By encompassing almost all of the United State’s public,…

April 20, 2022

Gender, Identity, and Security

Stronger Together: The Impact Of Women’s Involvement In Foreign Policy And Peace Agreements

In 2011, Nicholas Kristof highlighted in a New York Times blog that, “When girls get educated, when women enter the formal labor force, when female talent can be…

March 23, 2022

Europe & Central Asia
Gender, Identity, and Security

The Mystique Of The Female Soldier: Portrayals Of Ukrainian Women In Western Media

The conflict in Ukraine is one of the largest Europe has seen since World War II. While warfare has changed a lot in 80 years, the way we perceive women’s roles in wartime has…

March 15, 2022