First Place – The Armenian Genocide Centennial and the Politics of Remembrance
After the bitter winter months, springtime brings hope and warmth to Yerevan, the Armenian capital. As the melting alpine snow gives way to roaring streams, wil...
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.
Second Place – A Farewell to ‘Dulce et Decorum est’? Constitutional Patriotism’s Strained Relationship with the Enlightenment and What It Means for the European Union
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori. —Wilfred Owen[...
Third Place – Advancing Deterrence and Eradicating Agency: The 1920 Iraqi Revolt and the Emergence of Aerial Control in Iraq
“Air power may either end war or end civilization.” — Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 14 March 1933 In the spring of 1920, British a...
Honorable Mention – China in Africa: The Role of “Non-Official Development Assistance” in Emerging Economies
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...
Honorable Mention – Understanding Sexual Warfare in Kashmir: Prevalence, Consequences, and a Feminist Critique
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 ...
1st Place – The Historiography of Postwar and Contemporary Histories of the Outbreak of World War I
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...
2nd Place – Sinking their Claws into the Arctic: Prospects for Sino-Russian Relations in the World’s Newest Frontier
“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 ...
3rd Place – Four Ways to Matter in Pakistan: How Four of Pakistan’s Most Important Politicians Retained Power in Exile, 1984-2014
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...
3rd Place – The Invisible Ring and the Invisible Contract: Corporate Social Contract as the Normative Basis of Corporate Environmental Responsibility
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...
Honorable Mention – Women of War: The Female Fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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...