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Category: Acheson Prize

The Acheson Prize Issue, named after 51st US Secretary of State and Yale alumnus Dean Acheson, highlights outstanding global affairs scholarship exclusively written by Yale undergraduate students.

Essays/Acheson Prize

Third Place – Advancing Deterrence and Eradicating Agency: The 1920 Iraqi Revolt and the Emergence of Aerial Control in Iraq

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Zoe Rubin / 0 Comment

“Air power may either end war or end civilization.”  — Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 14 March 1933 In the spring of 1920, British a...

Essays/Acheson Prize

Honorable Mention – China in Africa: The Role of “Non-Official Development Assistance” in Emerging Economies

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Rhea Kumar / 0 Comment

The third world, as it used to be known, is disappearing gradually, as the parts of it that have developed are now concentrating their energies on building up t...

Essays/Acheson Prize

Honorable Mention – Understanding Sexual Warfare in Kashmir: Prevalence, Consequences, and a Feminist Critique

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Joseph English / 0 Comment

Since the Indian invasion of 1947, the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir has been plagued by fierce armed conflict and political tension. Kashmiri insurgents ...

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1st Place – The Historiography of Postwar and Contemporary Histories of the Outbreak of World War I

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Tess McCann / 0 Comment

The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the A...

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2nd Place – Sinking their Claws into the Arctic: Prospects for Sino-Russian Relations in the World’s Newest Frontier

Posted on May 4, 2014 by TaoTao Holmes / 0 Comment

“The Arctic is not only the Arctic Ocean… It is the place where the Eurasian, North American, and Asian Pacific regions meet, where the frontiers come close to ...

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3rd Place – Four Ways to Matter in Pakistan: How Four of Pakistan’s Most Important Politicians Retained Power in Exile, 1984-2014

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Akbar Ahmed / 0 Comment

Former Pakistani President and Chief of Army Staff Pervez Musharraf entered self-imposed exile in April 2009. Given that he knew he’d face criminal charges in P...

Acheson Prize/Essays

3rd Place – The Invisible Ring and the Invisible Contract: Corporate Social Contract as the Normative Basis of Corporate Environmental Responsibility

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Dilong Sun

In Book I of the Republic, Plato proposes one of the most troubling and puzzling ethical questions in Western philosophical tradition through the “Ring of...

Essays/Acheson Prize

Honorable Mention – Women of War: The Female Fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Erin Alexander / 0 Comment

Since the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 1983, Tamil women have occupied a key role in the conflict. In the struggle for the anticipated state of Tamil Ee...

Essays/Acheson Prize

Honorable Mention – How Did the Chicken Cross the Pacific? Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Appeal to China’s Culinary Tradition in Creating Its Fast Food Empire

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Jack Linshi / 0 Comment

The story of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in China begins on November 12, 1987 at around 9:30 AM in central Beijing. On the side of QianmenxiRoad, nestled on th...

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Acheson Prize

Announcing The 2014 Acheson Prize

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Editorial Board / 0 Comment

“The passing decades confirm Dean Acheson’s place as the clearest thinking, most effective Secretary of State of the twentieth century. As a writer he has...

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