On Street-Side Sexism: Global Awareness for a Global Problem
Global awareness has recently risen about the street harassment experienced by women worldwide. Though there is little consistency in street climates towards wo...
Category: Column
Cuba as a Humanitarian Model in the 21st Century
A quick Google search of “Cuba Humanitarian Aid” generates countless pages of do-gooders soliciting donations for aid to Cuban citizens. The general perception ...
A Selective Sanctuary: “Pinkwashing” and Gay Palestinian Asylum-Seekers in Israel
Every June, the LGBTQ community celebrates pride month. And every year, Tel-Aviv is marketed as a must-visit gaycation destination. From the rainbow-decorated s...
Letter from the Editors (Vol. 5, Issue 1)
Dear Reader: It is with great pleasure that we present you with this fall’s intercollegiate edition of the Yale Review of International Studies. Now in its seco...
Letter from the Editors (Vol. 4, Issue 3)
This year, we were humbled again by student interest in the Dean Gooderham Acheson Prize for Outstanding Essays in International Studies. The more than one hund...
Letter from the Editors (Vol. 4, Issue 2)
Dear Reader: In this issue of the Yale Review of International Studies, the seventh since our founding, we’re proud to continue and renew our commitment to prov...
Janet Yellen and International Impact at the Federal Reserve
Barack Obama recently announced his nomination of Janet Yellen as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Though the Fed chair has always wielded extensive po...
The Business of Love: Inside Shanghai’s “Marriage Market”
Female, born in October 1974. Shanghai. 1.66m in height, unmarried. PhD at the London School of Economics & Political Science, now works at a famous univers...
No Respite – The Euro Crisis and the CFSP
Looking at the European Union from an outside perspective—let’s say from Yale— leads almost inevitably to one question: When will they finally solve their econo...
Letter from the Editors (Vol. 4, Issue 1)
Dear Reader: We’ve been thrilled — though hardly surprised — to see just how broad and deep Yale’s pool of student scholarship in inter- national studies runs. ...