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The article provides a historical look into the division between Japan and its Western allies after the Treaty of Versailles, signed at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference in France, due to racial equality issue. Topics discussed include Japanese experiment with internationalism, proposed incorporation of a racial equality clause into the Covenant of the League of Nations, efforts to promote Japanese cultural values, and Japanese opposition to international control of affairs in Manchuria, China.

This article provides an overview of the challenges faced by the Chinese working class, particularly at Foxconn, and the disconnect between China's economic growth and the struggles of its workers. It also examines the suppression of independent workers' organizing and the role of the Chinese state in limiting workers' collective power. The authors emphasize the importance of international solidarity and the need for a united front of working-class and socialist organizations. The first article explores the impact of the #MeToo movement on the Chinese democracy movement in New York City, highlighting divisions within the community. The second article focuses on labor conditions in China's largest iPhone factory and activists' efforts to hold Apple accountable. The third article discusses a poster campaign inspired by the Sitong Bridge Banners movement, reflecting on its message of courage, trust, and collective action. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on political updates in the U.S., particularly the alleged decline of neoconservatism and the rise of noninterventionist and isolationist policies in the Republican Party. Other topics include the potential end of the Republicans' support for multilateral organizations like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations, and the end of the bipartisan liberal internationalism era.

The article focuses on Walter Rodney's radical legacy and challenges the contemporary understanding of decolonization in academia, arguing that for Rodney, decolonization was a comprehensive political project rooted in global mass struggles. Topics include Rodney's intellectual and political trajectory, his commitment to internationalism grounded in specific contexts and working-class struggles, and the enduring relevance of his Marxist perspective.

South Korea's goal of becoming a global pivotal state involves restoring relationships with countries in the Indo-Pacific region. The Yoon Suk-yeol government has actively engaged with countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia, India, the European Union, ASEAN partners, and Pacific Island states. This strategy aims to position South Korea as a hub in the Indo-Pacific, where it can play a crucial role in facilitating transactions and exerting influence. South Korea's Indo-Pacific strategy emphasizes multilateralism, internationalism, and solidarity among like-minded countries to maintain a free, stable, and prosperous regional order. The trilateral cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan is seen as significant in stabilizing Northeast Asia and countering the influence of authoritarian regimes. Institutionalizing this trilateral cooperation can enhance regional stability and resilience. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on death and sacrifice in Franco-Prussian War and dispute over the candidacy of the Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty to the Spanish throne in July 1870, the war saw the French emperor Napoleon III. It mentions weaponry produced by industrialisation and technological innovation and French government overplayed its hand in the dispute over the Spanish throne. It also mentions volunteers inspired by republican internationalism rallied to the command of Giuseppe Garibaldi.

The article focuses on thew history of the first shot of the Ukrainian War fired in 1775, and mentions history of exercising international power under doctrinal allegiance that was not communism, capitalism and anarchism. Topics discussed include Bersiap killings during the Indonesian National Revolution of 1945-46, success of U.S. in defeating secession by the Confederate states, and intent of the revolutionary internationalisms.

The article argues that Australia should craft new strategy to counter global corruption given that elite corruption and kleptocracy intensify international challenges. It suggests that the systemic corruption may be associated with poorer countries but the stolen wealth is usually concealed in advanced economies. The article also reports that as an attractive destination for corrupt wealth from Asia and Pacific, Australia needs to cut off the flow of all corruption linked foreign investments.

The article interviews former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating who reflected on the failure of liberal internationalism. He highlighted the need for a representative structure of world power that is multipolar, not just run by the victors of World War II. Keating argued that the failure of US presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump was their inability to find and provide international structure.

The article focuses on the evolution of the U.S. Republican Party's foreign policy from internationalism to isolationism and its shift back, exploring historical patterns and the influence of key figures like former U.S. President Donald Trump. It also mentions the contrast between past Republican ideologies on trade, immigration, and foreign engagement, highlighting the party's historical shifts in these domains over time.

The British International School, Ukraine (BISU) is an inclusive international community established in 1997 as the first school to offer a British style education in Ukraine. Catering for children aged 3-18 years old via IGCSE, IBDP and A-level qualifications, this is the story of BISU navigating its way through the ongoing war since the outbreak of the invasion, and its vision for future development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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South Africa's experience with apartheid has given its foreign policy a uniquely moral frame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents reports that American foreign policy oppressive to neoliberal market economics can be supported with anti‑imperialist governments. Topics include Syrian state's brutal crushing of the democracy movement to support Chinese suppression of protests in Hong Kong and attempted genocide of Uighurs; and misconception is that Western imperialism is the basis for global capitalism that have developed a media culture.

The article focuses on the Mud Angels of 1966, a group of volunteers who came from across the European continent to help clean up Florence, Italy and became local heroes. The Arno flood of November 4-5, 1966 destroyed the Renaissance city's artistic and historical treasures. The volunteers were considered as an expression of the internationalist instincts, transnational travel and generational solidarity that had developed following World War II.

The article discusses the relation between U.S. foreign policy and environmental policy. Topics include the history of U.S. military interventions, the notion of a green internationalism for promoting climate change prevention, and the notion of progressive or socialist U.S. politics involving an end to military imperialism.

The article discusses left-wing approaches to U.S. foreign policy in relation to internationalism. Topics include the history of U.S. imperialism, the foreign policy approach of U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and the foreign policy conducted by U.S. President Donald Trump in relation to Venezuela.

The author reflects on core competencies and skills that have led international educators into 2023 as NAFSA celebrates its 75th anniversary. Topics discussed include criteria of an effective leader which includes possessing the knowledge, skills and abilities of a navigator who can transcend boundaries, and reason international education thrives on relationship building.

The article explains how campus arose and reasons for which socialists need to reject it. It is noted that civil rights and civil liberties are essential to the fight for socialism and to the creation of a genuine socialist society. When in 1848 a European-wide democratic revolution broke out, accompanied in France by a struggle for socialism, democrats everywhere on the continent united against the monarchs' autocracy and authoritarianism and the privileges of the nobility.

The article examines the foreign policy consensus of the administration of U.S. President Joseph Biden. Topics discussed include the features of the Biden foreign policy such as multilateralism and commitment to a rules-based international order, role of international security in the former foreign policy paradigm of the U.S. after World War II and the Cold War, and implication of the lack of American internationalism in the 21st century.

The article examines the politicized racism of U.S. President Donald Trump. It discusses the racial implications of Trump's efforts to negate the legitimacy and legacy of Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the country, as well as differences in their attitudes. It describes the impact of Trump's racism on African Americans, Latino immigrants and refugees. It also criticizes the ideal of universal equality among nations held up by U.S.-led internationalism.

The article presents the discussion on growing concerns around space debris. Topics include Moon Agreement (MA) stating the moon and celestial bodies being used for peaceful and free scientific investigation; and criticism of the MA arising around the open-ended language surrounding Article 11, lunar exploitation, and concepts of internationalism.

The article explores the significance of a pragmatic approach to the U.S. foreign policy. Topics discussed include the failure of U.S. attempts to influence the world according to U.S. standards through humanitarian intervention, democracy promotion and counterterrorism, disadvantages of liberal internationalism and the America first approach to foreign policy, and possible emphasis of the realist internationalist approach on the use of U.S. power as a convener to address global problems.

The article discusses the contradictions in the political philosophy, stance and outlook of U.S. Democratic Senator J. William Fulbright from Arkansas and its connection with the rise of new U.S. internationalism. Topics covered include Fulbright's educational and career background, how Fulbright was representative of midcentury internationalist and the transformation in how U.S. citizens talk about themselves in the past tense.

The article deals with the need for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to revive the domestic political foundations of U.S. internationalism before defending liberal values abroad. Topics discussed include the importance of structural political reforms to the restoration of popular support for the country's internationalist calling and a background of domestic support for U.S. international ambitions.

The article discusses how U.S. President Donald Trump's presidency will have enduring consequences for U.S. power and influence in the world. Topics covered include the shift of the U.S. away from engaged internationalism to isolationism, how one country anticipates the foreign policy behavior of another by making assessments about power and purpose and the implications of Trump's victory in the 2016 elections for the U.S. foreign policy.

The author discusses U.S. foreign policy as of June 2014, focusing on the implications of a potential shift towards a greater emphasis on domestic affairs and less concern with the needs of other countries through analysis of historical policy. Topics include a history of U.S. global involvement beginning in World War II, the impact of so-called "isolationist" policies, and the influence of the Cold War on foreign policy.

I doubt anyone reading this article woke up this morning thinking about regionalization. But even if you didn't, it is still affecting you. This third article in a series exploring changes to international education and looking to the future (see Summer 2022 and Autumn 2022 issues of International School for previous articles) considers a subtle but significant change happening around us, and one that will affect us as international educators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on Cold War policy means for current moment and U.S. President Harry Truman who formally made containment U.S. policy in March 1947, during a speech to Congress in which he outlined what is now known as the Truman Doctrine. It mentions appeal to anti-communism resonated with isolationists and internationalists and resulting Marshall Plan's economic help had conditions. It also mentions Russia's use of hybrid warfare which relies on conventional and irregular warfare, disinformation, cyberattacks, covert action, and local forces to stir up low-level conflict is likewise unsuited to traditional military.

The article focuses on American statecraft has oscillated between two poles such as stubborn isolationism and unstinting internationalism. Topics discussed include from the U.S. entry into World War II until the election of President Donald Trump the U.S. embraced global engagement, relying on a mix of U.S. power and international partnership to further its interests and spread its values; U.S. main interests in the region protecting the flow of Persian Gulf oil, containing Iran's nuclear ambitions, countering terrorist networks, advancing Israel's security and international project of building an order that is open, multilateral, and anchored in a coalition of leading liberal democracies.

The article discusses the impact of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's views and philosophies to international politics. Also cited are Wilson's dream of advancing international relations using the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as guide, the Wilsonian world order that focuses on self-determination, rule of law, liberal economics, and human rights protection, and the focus by the U.S. to the principles of liberal internationalism in foreign policy.

An essay is presented which explores the history of Jewish Revolutionary Internationalist movement. Topics discussed include the 1963 trial of anti-apartheid activists that have been arrested in Rivonia, South Africa, the 1964 speech delivered by then activist Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia trial, and the factors which influenced the structural assimilation of Jews in Western Europe.