Ironies in Economic Growth: Sub-Saharan African Economies Rebound After COVID-19 Hit
Signage hangs at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. In its first World Economic Outlook r...
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“Our Art is Global”: Sultan Al-Qassemi on Art and Protest in the Middle East
On February 15th, the Yale Arab Students Association hosted Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, Emirati columnist, researcher and the Founder of Barjeel Art Foundation, to...
Secularism, Separatism, and Silencing: How Islamophobia is Codified in the Name of ‘Laïcité’
The French word, ‘laïcité’, represents the constitutional principle of secularism in France. The model of separating religion from public life has long been a c...
Queer Biopolitics in Authoritarian Iran
This piece was published in the Spring Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) As photographer Laurence Rasti depicts above, queer life in Iran is fraught with tension....
Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Efficacy of National Action Plans in Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire
Abstract Twenty years after the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, conflict-related sexual violence remains a persistent problem. In th...
The Atomic Bomb is What States Make of it: A Constructivist Approach to Sanctioning Iran
This piece was published in the Spring Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) “There is no “logic” of anarchy apart from the practices that create and inst...
Dictatorship of the Vengeful: The Rise of Civic Authoritarianism in Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippines
This piece was published in the Spring Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) “The real inversion takes place when, in their desire for a certain majesty, the masses j...
“Minari”, Language, and the Pain of Categorization
Apparently, through a year and a pandemic, the Golden Globes organization has yet to understand that the language of a film’s dialogue is not what defines the f...
Revisiting Lebanon: Dual Crises Linger Long After Beirut Explosion
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion shook Beirut, Lebanon. Viral videos of the blast circulated around the world, triggering a global outpouring of sympathy ...
A Means to End Nuclear Proliferation: An Argument for U.S. Recommitment to an Iran Nuclear Deal
The City of Music is set to host a round of negotiations on a potential return to the magnum opus of nuclear agreements next week. Vienna, Austria’s capital cit...