Facebook’s Australian News Ban: Implications for Freedom of Political Communication
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...
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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...
Rage Against the Regime: A Case Study of Women Protesters in the 2020 Pro-Democracy Belarusian Protests
Abstract This article analyzes the role of women protesters in the 2020 Belarusian pro-democracy protests following the illegitimate re-election of the country’...
Defining the State: Despite Imperfections, Duterte’s Philippines is Still a Democracy
Since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in the Philippines in 2016, many have criticized his administration as undemocratic and even ruthless. Questions w...
Building Shared Futures: China’s “Community of Common Destiny,” Its Promises and Paradox in Southeast Asia
China’s rising prominence has been accompanied by not only economic and military might, but also a variety of new concepts in Beijing’s diplomatic lexicon. Duri...
A Precarious Situation: The Taliban’s Uyghur Dilemma
Since the Taliban’s return to power, the U.S. Federal Reserve has frozen just under $10 billion of Afghanistan’s assets. With a harsh winter about to settle in,...
The Rule of Law Crisis: EU’s response to Poland’s violation of the rule of law
Introduction Since its formation, one of the main aims of the European Union is to preserve unity among its member states and strengthen their cooperation. Late...
An Emerging Catastrophe: Implications of Climate Change on the MENA region
In recent years, the state of countries in the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region have painted a disturbing picture of the world ragged with em...
The “Zemmour phenomenon”: How Éric Zemmour is Harnessing French Pessimism to Drive His Xenophobic Candidacy
The social policies that Éric Zemmour would implement, if elected as French President, perfectly distill the currents of the country’s racism and xenophobia ove...
Looking Beyond Ukraine: How decisive U.S. action in the Ukraine crisis can help Taiwan
Near the Ukrainian border and in Crimea – a peninsula forcibly annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 – the buildup of Russian military forces is a point of gro...