Tyranny of the Majority: Sri Lanka and Buddhist Majoritarian Politics
Buddhism as a religion is a proponent of equality and typically condemns discriminatory and hierarchical structures in society. However, the involvement of Budd...
Author: Jake Mezey
Battle in the Himalayas Strains India-China Relations
Where is Ladakh? When conflict on the disputed mountain border between China and India broke out last summer, international spectators took quick notice. But th...
India’s Political Institutions Grapple with Misogynistic Culture as Sexual Violence Persists in the Country
The fatal gang rape of a woman in 2012, later to be known as the Nirbhaya case, horrified the nation and sparked national protests. These protests spurred a lon...
Culture of Torture and Intimidation: The Military in Thailand
In 2019, Thai authorities confirmed that four more people were killed in a late-night attack by Muslim insurgents in Southern Thailand. The insurgents assaulted...
Dagestan: Wrestling as a Way of Life
South and Central Asia Desk Written by: Jake Mezey, Timothy Dwight College ’21 Dagestan is a semi-autonomous republic in Russia’s Southern Caucuses known ...
Fading Hope For a Peace Agreement in Afghanistan
Written by: Jake Mezey, Timothy Dwight College ’21 The peace process in America’s longest war appears to be halted for the near future. The United States ...
Campus Report on Andrew Song’s Talk: “Soldiers for Sale”
As part of the Global Perspectives Society’s Student Speaker Series, YRIS editor and Naval ROTC cadet Andrew Song gave a talk on the rise of military contractor...
Erendira Vanegas at “From Women’s Rights to Human Rights: The Struggle for Liberation in Nicaragua”
Image Caption: Erendira Vanegas spoke about much of her work with the New Haven-León Sister City Project at an event hosted by the Yale International Relations ...
Yale set to host conference on Cyberwarfare and Artificial Intelligence
The Johnson Center for American Diplomacy and the Jackson Institute will host their annual conference on April 6th and 7th, bringing together leading foreign po...