Inside Havana’s Hottest Night Scene
North America and Caribbean Desk Written by: Chase Finney, Saybrook College ’22 In the past two decades, the city of Havana has continued to develop slowl...
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Transportation in Transition
Latin America Desk Written by: Marianna Sierra, Yale College ’23 With a ground area of just over 1,000 square miles, Peru’s capital has one of the highest...
Update: the Rohingya Crisis
South and Central Asia Desk Written by: Tasnim Islam, Yale ’22 Following the genocide and other human rights violations committed by the Myanmar military ...
A Daunting Well to Fill: Ensuring Clean Water and Sanitation Worldwide
Written by: Evan Collins, Yale College This piece was published as part of the YMUN Pegasus Series One of the most fundamental Sustainable Development Goals (SD...
Trump withdraws U.S. troops from Syria
Middle East and North Africa Desk Written by: Jason Lee On October 13, President Trump announced a withdrawal of U.S troops from northern Syria. Justified as be...
Mauritius prime minister dissolves parliament, calls for election
South and Central Asia Desk Written by: Minahil Nawaz, Yale College ’21 On 6th October 2019, Mauritius’s Prime Minister, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, dissolved...
Palestinian Nationalism through Anderson’s Imagined Communities: An evolution of Imperialism, Nationalism and Colonialism
Introduction Both limited and sovereign, Benedict Anderson’s theory encompasses a wide range of nationalisms, using such concepts as print capitalism and offici...
Clinging to the Past: A “Downtown Abbey” Film Review
Written by: Muriel Wang, Trumbull College ’20 This piece was published as part of YRIS’s new arts column. Be warned: spoilers ahead for the Septembe...
The Truth Behind the Jamaican Bobsled Team
When asked to describe what the average Jamaican looks like, most Americans will respond with a depiction of a person somewhat reminiscent of a member of the 19...
The Implications of the Saudi-Iran Conflict on the People of Yemen
The pressing issue at hand in the Middle East is the growing tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The conflict between these two nations has its roots i...