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Revisiting France’s Burqa Ban Through a Psychoanalytic Lens

Posted on December 2020 by Aarushi Sharma

In 2011, France passed the infamous bill that prohibited face-covering in public places. It implied a ban on the niqab for Muslim women as well. The burqa ban w...

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The Relevance of Nation-States to the Study of the Middle East

Posted on March 2019 by admin

Written by Julie Geng Introduction The concept of the territorial state is not native to the Middle East, and most states have only gained independence in the l...

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Yale Student heads Clean Energy Start-up in Egypt

Posted on September 2018 by admin

Image Caption: Deena Mousa’s (‘20) Shamsina brings clean energy security to Cairo families Since 2015, Deena Mousa (JE ‘20) has served as the founder and h...

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Shaping Saddam: How the Media Mythologized A Monster — Honorable Mention

Posted on June 2018 by admin

This essay first appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Saddam Hussein was not involved in the terrorist attacks ...

Interviews

Interview with YPG volunteer soldier Brace Belden

Posted on May 2018 by admin

In May, YRIS Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Siegel (MY ‘20) had the chance to talk over the phone with Brace Belden, a former soldier for the YPG (In Kurdish, Yekîne...

Essays

The Survival of the Syrian Ba’ath Party: Domestic Politics or International Support?

Posted on April 2018 by admin

This piece was originally published in the Spring 2018 issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Photo caption: The Syrian dynasty. Introduction While ...

Interviews

Interview: Israel’s treatment of refugees, with visiting professor Tally Kritzman-Amir

Posted on April 2018 by admin

The Israeli government currently faces severe pushback on its plans to deport thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese refugees to third countries, namely Ugan...

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Hybrid War: A Definition and Call for Action

Posted on March 2018 by admin

If one were to divide violent conflict into two broad categories, on one side would lie traditional, so-called “conventional” warfare, and on the other, asymmet...

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Potential Peacemaker or Just Another Spectator?: China’s Relations with Israel and Palestine, and Its Prospect as a Broker for Peace

Posted on January 2018 by admin

Introduction Many experts have recently taken a keener eye to the activities of China in the Middle East, especially following heightened Chinese involvement th...

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