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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/Global Issue

How Economic Incentives Undermine Human Rights Diplomacy in EU-China Relations

Posted on November 2021 by Brian Wu

On December 30, 2020, the European Union (EU) and China announced that they concluded the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), a long-awaited deal that ...

Americas/Essays/Spring Issue

The Fall of the Alien Tort Statute: Why the Supreme Court is Moving Away from Prosecuting Human Rights Abuses Abroad

Posted on April 2020 by Allison Merkel

Introduction In 2003, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb while on board a bus in Haifa. This event was part of a larger series of attacks against Israelis — a...

Book Reviews/Campus/Weekly Update

Samantha Power Revisits Yale

Posted on October 2019 by Samantha Larkin

Written by: Samantha Larkin By one o’clock, a dozen students had already taken the most coveted seats in Yale Law School’s Levinson Hall. Soon to be joined by c...

Campus

Facing Mirrors: A Film about Transgender Rights in Iran

Posted on April 2019 by admin

Written by Ariana Habibi On February 22, 2019, The Program in Iranian Studies at the MacMillan Center hosted a screening of ​Facing Mirrors (آینه های روبرو)​ , ...

Essays/Winter Issue

The Disappearance and Murder of Claudina Velasquez: A Story of Gender Stereotyping by Guatemalan Authorities

Posted on December 2018 by admin

Image Caption: Velásquez Paiz et al. v. Guatemala in the Inter-American Court revealed Guatemala’s failure to address stereotyping and gender-ba...

Acheson Prize

Third Place — A Critical Examination of Israeli LGBT Advancements: Genuine Progress or Attempts at Elevated Global Status?

Posted on June 2018 by admin

Image taken by Surbhi Bharadwaj (’20). This essay appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International studies. Introduction Vibra...

Campus

Yale UNICEF holds conference on child trafficking

Posted on April 2018 by admin

Yale UNICEF, an undergraduate organization committed to raising awareness for international children’s issues, hosted its annual spring conference on Saturday, ...

Essays

Treasure Not Found in the Ground: Political Institutions and Resource Wealth in Botswana and Gabon

Posted on January 2018 by admin

School students celebrating Botswana’s 50th independence day. Photo by Mahyar Sheykhi. This piece originally appeared in the Intercollegiate Issue 2017 of...

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A Question of Necessity? Need for Clarity on Torture in Israeli Law

Posted on November 2017 by admin

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, a deeply impactful conflict with ramifications still felt today. While the most visible result of Israel’s l...

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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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