Noam Chomsky on protests in Iran, crisis in Haiti, U.S. actions in Taiwan, and more
Considered the father of modern linguistics and one of the most influential public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive s...
Category: Essays
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...
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...
Development or Dependency? A Critical Analysis of Structural Adjustment in Argentina
This piece was published in the Global Issue Print Edition (Volume 12) Abstract This research paper constitutes a critical analysis of the Keystone Internationa...
Soldiers of God: The Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian Democracy
This piece was published in the Global Issue Print Edition (Volume 12) Abstract The Muslim Brotherhood has been a constant of Egyptian and Middle Eastern politi...
Genocidal Rape and the Justice System: A Victim-Based Analysis of the Insufficient Restorative Justice Afforded to Rwanda’s Sexual Assault Survivors
This piece was published in the Global Issue Print Edition (Volume 12) Introduction The Rwandan genocide of 1994 is considered one of the most egregious human r...
The Application of the Traditional Concept of Neutrality to Modern Means of Warfare
INTRODUCTION Neutrality, in its traditional sense, was activated when conventional war broke out and was limited to neutral states refraining from taking part i...
The Perfect Storm: Existing and Evolving American Perceptions and their Effects on the Beginnings of Sino-American Rapprochement, 1964-1970
Research Question(s): Were material, intellectual, or personal factors the most important to Sino-American rapprochement? Why did rapprochement happen duri...