Guyanese government collapses after no-confidence vote
Written by Putt Punyagupta Guyana, a Caribbean English-speaking nation of 750,000, faces inevitable political change as of December 21, following a dramatic par...
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State Fragility in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Written by Ariana Habibi When considering fragile states, there is an assumption that countries who have yet to industrialize or otherwise conform to modernity ...
Bangladeshis head to polls in elections marred by violence
Written by Minahil Nawaz Over 100 million people headed to the polls in Bangladesh to vote in the country’s 11th general elections on Sunday, December 30th. The...
Syria expected for readmission to the Arab League
Written by Minahil Nawaz In December 2018, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir became the first leader of an Arab League member state to visit Syria in eight ...
Acoustic Warfare: The Case for Reimagining Sound as an Instrument of War
Written by Andrew Song Historically, militaries wage war through conventional methods: the projection of raw physical power through the use of small arms, tanks...
U.S. Involvement in the 1980s Iran-Iraq War: America’s Haphazard Extension of Gulf Insecurity
In a televised address on September 17, 1980, president Saddam Hussein stood before the National Assembly of Iraq and condemned the neighboring state Iran. Huss...
Yale and the World Reacts to the Conclusion of NATO Trident Juncture 2018
Image Caption: Norway’s king and crown prince visit NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise, the organization’s largest since 2002. As Yale students ...
Protesters Rally Worldwide against Gender Violence for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
On November 25, 2018, thousands of protesters rallied in countries across the world for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a U...
The Rise of the Right-Wing AfD Party in Germany
Image Caption: Protestors at a far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) demonstration carry signs with anti-immigrant and Islamophobic messages. At the end ...
Chinese Control of the Mekong River Delta
Image Caption: Flash flooding as a result of a collapsed dam in Laos led to the deaths of at least 40 people and caused several dozen others to go missing ...