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High School Essay Contest

Ensuring Cooperation for Central Asia’s Water Woes

Posted on May 2022 by Evan Burkeen

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...

Comments/Europe

The European Union’s Rubicon or a New Normal? Brexit’s impact on the dynamics of European integration, and national stay or leave sentiments

Posted on April 2022 by Bowen Damask

As Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics at ETH Zurich, contended in 2018, in relation to the European Union (EU) “crises are open decision-makin...

Hong Kong Skyline
Asia/Essays/Spring Issue

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

Posted on April 2022 by Pieter van Wingerden

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...

map of Iran and Israel
Essays/Middle East/Spring Issue

Why did the Islamic Republic continue clandestine cooperation with Israel?

Posted on April 2022 by Rana Nejad

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...

Asia/Comments

Menustration Myths: Period Poverty and Education in South Asia

Posted on April 2022 by Anjali Mangla

Imagine a girl being told she cannot enter places of religious worship, cannot enter the kitchen, must be “purified,” and cannot touch boys. This situation is a...

Essays/Europe/Winter Issue

State Controls and Narrative Constructions of Migration, Smuggling, and Europe at the Serbian-Hungarian Border

Posted on March 2022 by Zachary Goodwin

Introduction In 2015, the European Union (EU) registered the arrival of more than one million migrants, thrusting the European “migration crisis” to the forefro...

Asia/Book Reviews/Comments

“1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh” and “The Blood Telegram”: A Review

Posted on March 2022 by Alex Abarca

I. 50 Years Since Independence, 50 Years Since Genocide  December 17, 2021, marked the 50th anniversary of the creation of the country of Bangladesh. ...

Essays/Winter Issue

The Definition of a Refugee Under International Law: The Complexities Behind the Initial Deliberations and Modern Implications for Contemporary Refugees

Posted on February 2022 by Abby Kleinman

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...

Winter Issue

Rage Against the Regime: A Case Study of Women Protesters in the 2020 Pro-Democracy Belarusian Protests

Posted on January 2022 by Tomas Bajelis

Abstract This article analyzes the role of women protesters in the 2020 Belarusian pro-democracy protests following the illegitimate re-election of the country’...

Asia/Comments

Defining the State: Despite Imperfections, Duterte’s Philippines is Still a Democracy

Posted on January 2022 by Deepanshu Singal

Since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in the Philippines in 2016, many have criticized his administration as undemocratic and even ruthless. Questions w...

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YRIS Acheson Prize Issue

The Yale Review of International Studies is currently soliciting submissions for our annual Acheson Prize Issue. The author of the winning essay will receive a monetary prize of $700, second place will receive $300, and third place will receive $200. We are accepting any essay related to international affairs under 40 pages double spaced. A panel of Yale professors will judge the essays, and the competition is exclusively open to Yale undergraduates. Students can submit their essays by email to yris@yira.org. Submissions are due on April 15.

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