The Italian Budget: A European Economic Crisis?
Written by Jake Kochanowsky (Wesleyan University) While all eyes are fixated on the chaotic Brexit negotiations, another major political story is unfolding in I...
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On the Fate of Intervention: Forgotten Lessons from Two UN Peacekeeping Missions
Written by Tyler Jager As the Cold War came to a close in the 1990s, global attitudes towards conflict changed. The majority of conflicts during the Cold War we...
Fifty Shades of Gray: An Analysis of Modern Conflict
Written by Henry Suckow-Ziemer Less than a week after Indian PM Narendra Modi promised a “jaw-breaking” response to a terror attack that killed 40 paramilitary ...
If We Want to Fix The American College System, We Need to Change American Culture
Written by Ryan Fuentes In the modern news landscape, making Page One demands increasingly dramatic scandal and higher-stakes tragedy. In this setting, a recent...
Critical Comments Among Chinese Netizens—Before and After the Cyber Security Law
Introduction China is well-known for its internet censorship system, through which the government prevents citizens from viewing unfavorable reports of the regi...
Failure of Global Governance: The United Nations’ Failure to Stop North Korean Nuclear Weapons
“[Nuclear weapons is] the firm guarantee by which our descendants can enjoy the most dignified and happiest life in the world” – Kim Jong Un[1] North Korea has ...
Renowned Egyptian fine artist passes away at 88
Written by Elisabeth Siegel Egyptian artist Omar el-Nagdi passed away last Friday at the age of 88 after an illustrious career that spanned sixty years total. B...
A Personal Reflection on the Recent New Zealand Mosque Shootings
Written by Tasnim Islam Following the recent mosque shooting in New Zealand, many Muslim communities across the globe mourn the death of 50 innocent lives. They...
The Relevance of Nation-States to the Study of the Middle East
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...
“Re-Education Camps” for Uyghur Muslims in China
Written by Zhen Tu Xinjiang, a city in northwestern China, is home to a substantial population of Uyghurs―Turkish people of Islamic faith. In September 2017, th...