Caleb Mills

Caleb M. Mills is an Editor at E-International Relations Magazine and an Associate at the South China Sea Newswire. He holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Purdue University, where he worked as a research assistant. In 2023, Caleb interned at Vanderbilt University’s Latin American Public Opinion Project, studying the phenomena of autogolpes. His research has focused on comparative political theory, including democratic backsliding and the intersection between electoral politics and foreign policy. Caleb’s work has appeared in the Lima Chronicle, Asia Times, International Policy Digest, RealClearPolitics, and Geopolitical Monitor. In 2020, Caleb’s research on China’s ongoing water crisis was referenced in Anatol Lievens's book, "Climate Change and the Nation State: The Case for Nationalism in a Warming World." published by Oxford University Press.

How Farming Stabilizes Tyrants

cc Flickr Toshiyuki IMAI, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The root of authoritarian power often grows from the farmer’s field.

For Europe, Green Means Progress

cc Wikicommons greens_climate, modified, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_bloc_at_the_Copenhagen_climate_demo_Belgium_and_Germany_(4186296278).jpg

Exploring how the ‘green wave’ is overhauling European politics.

Operation Peace Spring: A Timeline

TrumpErdogan, cc Flickr, modified, The White House, public domain, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Recounting the events surrounding the latest foreign policy upheaval to consume Washington D.C.

Plots to Kill American Democracy: A History

JohnLLewis, cc Flickr Kheel Center, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Foreign meddling in political affairs ala Russia during the 2016 election is nothing new. In fact, usually it’s Washington doing it.

Trump, Carter, and the Folly of Trade Wars

Jimmy Carter, cc Joe Haupt, modified, Flickr, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Unless President Trump heeds the lessons of the Carter administration, he’ll be doomed to repeat its failings at the ballot box.

Don’t Play Maduro’s Game

Maudro, cc Flickr Eneas De Troya, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The world has changed over the past 50 years. It’s time for US foreign policy to change with it.

The Case against Netanyahu Builds ahead of Israel Election

Netanyahu, Kremlin.ru, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/56739

Bibi is falling back on old tactics as he faces a new challenge to his decade-long rule.

UN Ambassadors: Weak and Getting Weaker

UN flag, cc Flickr sanjitbakshi, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The Trump administration has made one of the most thankless jobs in US politics even worse.

Why The Hungarian Government Just Doesn’t ‘Get It’ on Poverty

Homelessness, cc Flickr Ben Sutherland, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Homeless people are the new migrants in Hungary, at least so far as political stigmatization is concerned.

Trump is Right on Syria

TrumpGage, cc Flickr, Gage Skidmore, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

It may be hard admit given the US president’s woeful foreign policy record, but Trump is right on Syria: it’s time for the United States to get out.

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