The Coalition to Protect Against Misinformation: an answer to a wholly global issue
3rd Place, High School Essay Contest 2022 “Peanut butter cups can cause cancer!” proclaimed conspiracy theorist David Wolfe on Facebook in 2017. The claim is ob...
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Coming to Consensus: Ensuring Privacy at the Global Level
2nd Place, High School Essay Contest 2022 From 1999 to 2019, the world underwent a 1125% increase in the percent of the global population using the internet[1]....
Ensuring Cooperation for Central Asia’s Water Woes
1st Place, High School Essay Contest 2022 On April 28, 2021, border personnel from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan fired on each other, marking the beginning of a bor...
The National Security Law, “One Country Two Systems,” and Hong Kong’s National Security Apparatus: The Coup De Grace to Hong Kong’s Ideological Independence and Democratic Autonomy
Abstract This paper examines the future of the “One Country Two Systems”’ principle amid China’s recent encroachments on Hong Kong’s democratic autonomy a...
Why did the Islamic Republic continue clandestine cooperation with Israel?
Abstract It is often believed that Iran’s Islamic Republic and the State of Israel became estranged after Ayatollah Khomeini arose to power during the Islamic R...
State Controls and Narrative Constructions of Migration, Smuggling, and Europe at the Serbian-Hungarian Border
Introduction In 2015, the European Union (EU) registered the arrival of more than one million migrants, thrusting the European “migration crisis” to the forefro...
“1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh” and “The Blood Telegram”: A Review
I. 50 Years Since Independence, 50 Years Since Genocide December 17, 2021, marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of the country of Bangladesh. ...
The Definition of a Refugee Under International Law: The Complexities Behind the Initial Deliberations and Modern Implications for Contemporary Refugees
This piece was published in the Winter Issue Online Edition (Volume 11) Abstract: In the aftermath of World War II, a new world order was created with the...
Rage Against the Regime: A Case Study of Women Protesters in the 2020 Pro-Democracy Belarusian Protests
Abstract This article analyzes the role of women protesters in the 2020 Belarusian pro-democracy protests following the illegitimate re-election of the country’...
Defining the State: Despite Imperfections, Duterte’s Philippines is Still a Democracy
Since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in the Philippines in 2016, many have criticized his administration as undemocratic and even ruthless. Questions w...