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Power or Water: Ethiopia’s Hydroelectric Dam & Rising Tensions along the Nile River

Posted on April 2022 by Kaleb Assefa

Estimated to cost almost 5 billion dollars at completion and holding 74 billion cubic meters of water at capacity, Ethiopia’s new hydroelectric dam will produce...

Africa

Bracing Against the Tide: ECOWAS and Recent Military Coups in West Africa

Posted on March 2022 by Thomas Lowe

A historical center of global trade, culture, and learning, West Africa is now the world epicenter of military coup d’etats. Over the last seven decades, the re...

Americas/Asia/Comments/Europe

Sanctions on Russia: Implications for the Financial World Order

Posted on March 2022 by Jasmine Keung

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Western sanctions have failed to act as an effective deterrent against Russian aggression. Today, as Vladimir P...

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. ...

Comments/Europe

The Strategy Making Dilemma: Life and Land

Posted on February 2022 by Deepanshu Singal

A strategy is a plan of action to achieve certain goals. It is used in both state policy and daily lives. For nations, strategy entails using their diplomatic, ...

Comments/Europe

The Personality of Boris Johnson and His Impact on the Possible Scottish Independence Referendum

Posted on February 2022 by Barbora Novakova

The Brexit referendum in 2016 has sparked new hopes in the matter of Scotland’s independence. Unsatisfied with the UK leaving the European Union, Scottish natio...

Comments/Science and Technology

Facebook’s Australian News Ban: Implications for Freedom of Political Communication

Posted on February 2022 by Jess Honan

As part of the backlash against the Australian government’s deliberation over whether Facebook should pay media outlets to use their news content in February th...

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’...

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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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