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 ...
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The Prospect of Radically Inclusive Love in Latin America
While holding Cuba’s first LGBTQ+ friendly mass, Alexya Salvador, a Brazilian transgender pastor, proclaimed God’s love to be radically inclusive. [1] Her words...
How Buddhist Nationalism Defines Myanmar’s Politics
The military-led coup in Myanmar has met with widespread protests by people of diverse backgrounds, including Buddhist monks. The demonstrations by the monks ho...
“Music for the Many”: A Quantitative Inquiry into Contextual Questions Surrounding National Anthem Adoption
This piece was published in the Winter Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) Abstract National Anthems: Legislation Worth Exploring In his 1987 essay “On Being ...
Thailand’s Military-Industrial Complex: A Case Study of the Thai Military Bank
This piece was published in the Winter Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) Introduction The installation of Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order (N...
China’s ICT Engagement in Africa: A Comparative Analysis
This piece was published in the Winter Issue Print Edition (Volume 11) Abstract This paper will analyze the methods, extent, and economic and political effects ...
The China-India Dispute and its Geopolitical Implications
India and China are at the worst diplomatic relations as of now. The current Galwan border dispute is worse than the 72 days long Doklam stand-off in 1967. It h...
Hungary’s Democratic Backsliding as a Threat to EU Normative Power
With the end of the Cold War and the fall of Communism in Europe, many Central and Eastern European countries underwent a radical political and economic reconfi...
Anti-Immigrant Populism in Italy: An Analysis of Matteo Salvini’s Strategy to Push Italy’s Immigration Policy to the Far Right
Matteo Salvini, head of the Lega Nord party (LN) and a rising political figure in Italy, has leveraged Facebook and populism to push Italian public opinion of i...
Vietnam’s Power Crunch and the U.S. Commitment to the Indo-Pacific: Towards Sustainable Energy Cooperation
Introduction Vietnam is widely regarded as a star in the sphere of emerging markets.1 In 1986, the government introduced “Đổi Mới,” a series of econom...