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Lindsay J. Benstead

The author is an Associate Professor in the Hatfield School of Government and Director of the Middle East Studies Center at Portland State University. She is a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor.
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Plus ŇŞa Change? Why True Change in Algeria Will be Difficult

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Like many others around the world who have visited Algeria and follow its politics, I have been watching intently the development of the post-Bouteflika...
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Why Are Algerians Protesting? It’s Not Against Bouteflika.

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I visited Algeria in 2013, in the months before the field came together for the 2014 presidential election, and before the Algerian public knew...

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Americas

Maduro’s Capture: The Rise of Might-Makes-Right International Order?

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Maduro’s capture signals a grim shift: power over law. From Venezuela to Gaza and Ukraine, force is normalised, sovereignty erodes, and multilateral institutions hollow out—ushering a dangerous might-makes-right world order.
Commentary

The Russian Far East and China: Turning a Resource Periphery into a Gateway for Growth

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Sanctions revived Russia’s Far East as a pivot to Asia, but China ties remain extractive. Without diversification—energy, digital, tourism—the region risks staying a resource periphery, not a Northeast Asian gateway.
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The Tiny Chips Shaping Our World: AI and the New Geography of Power

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AI’s real power isn’t abstract—it’s silicon and data. Tiny chips now shape geopolitics, supply chains, and sovereignty. The AI race is a struggle over who sets the rules of our digital lives.
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Japan’s F-2 Fighter and the Challenge of Co-Developing Defense Capabilities with South Korea

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Japan’s F-2 shows co-development fails when power is asymmetric. Today, Japan–South Korea symmetry and shared threats create a rare chance to jointly build real deterrence—quietly, modularly, and beyond symbolism.
Arctic

Greenland, and the Arctic Turn in U.S. Policy

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Greenland is no longer just a partner—it’s a test. U.S. appointments signal an Arctic turn from consent to power, forcing Denmark, Europe, and Nuuk to defend self-determination against strategic coercion.

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