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Comments/Europe

The “Zemmour phenomenon”: How Éric Zemmour is Harnessing French Pessimism to Drive His Xenophobic Candidacy

Posted on January 2022 by Tristan Byrne

The social policies that Éric Zemmour would implement, if elected as French President, perfectly distill the currents of the country’s racism and xenophobia ove...

Comments/Europe

Looking Beyond Ukraine: How decisive U.S. action in the Ukraine crisis can help Taiwan

Posted on January 2022 by Abby Schnabel

Near the Ukrainian border and in Crimea – a peninsula forcibly annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 – the buildup of Russian military forces is a point of gro...

Comments/Europe

Pride and Populism: Rising Populist Governments in Europe Clamp Down on LGBTQ+ Rights

Posted on January 2022 by Irene Colombo

On October 27th, the Italian Senate scrapped DDL Zan, a bill that would have amended a section of the Italian penal code to include bans on discrimination, viol...

Comments/Europe

Dealing with the colonial past in the Netherlands: the Zwarte Piet Phenomenon

Posted on January 2022 by Barbora Novakova

The significance of evaluating controversial remnants of the past and an accompanying greater emphasis on political correctness are resonating through...

Africa/Arts and Culture/Comments

Restitution of African Art: the Recent Wave to Decolonize Museums

Posted on December 2021 by Alexander Hoang

How must one reconcile with the mistakes of the past and the systems created because of them? As you enter the main floor of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, ...

Africa/Comments

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Travel Bans Hit South Africa Following Emergence of Omicron

Posted on December 2021 by Elizabeth Dejanikus

The identification and spread of the newest SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, by South African scientists has brought with it a host of medical, economic, and politi...

Africa/Comments

An exploration of the various advantages and disadvantages of a one-party dominant political system, in a South African context

Posted on December 2021 by Saghaar Wright

Introduction: Robert Michels, a German sociologist with renowned political distinction, first put forth the idea of ‘The Iron Law of the Oligarchy’ in academic ...

Asia/Comments

The Taliban, Pakistan, and Indonesia: Changing the Geopolitical Landscape

Posted on December 2021 by Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman

The situation in Afghanistan On August 19, 2021, the Taliban declared the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (further called the Emirate). A...

Asia/Comments

Fear of Irrelevance: Minilaterals and ASEAN’s Inability to Manage Great Power Competition

Posted on November 2021 by Arrizal Jaknanihan

The newly established trilateral defense pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, known as AUKUS, has added fuel to the rivalry in the...

Asia/Comments

Triangulation and Strangulation: The Story of China’s Asia

Posted on November 2021 by Deepanshu Singal

“China’s Asia: Triangular Dynamics since the Cold War” makes for a riveting title of an equally interesting book by Lowell Dittmer, published in early 2018. Low...

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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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