Putin and USAID: The Makings of a Grip Too Tight on Power
In September 2012, the Russian government, headed by President Vladimir Putin, mandated that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cease operati...
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Letter from the Editors (Vol. 3, Issue 1)
Dear Reader: Welcome to the fourth issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. It is hard to believe that it has been nearly two years since a small but ...
Stories from South Tel Aviv: The Plight of African Asylum Seekers in Israel
In 1948, the newly established Jewish and democratic State of Israel asserted in its Declaration of Independence that “The State of Israel will be open for Jewi...
The Northern Distribution Network and Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The United States has committed to withdrawing from Afghanistan by 2014. Given the sheer amount of equipment and number of personnel currently on the ground, t...
Dismissing Bo Xilai: A Red Canary in the Coal Mine Ahead of China’s Leadership
The dismissal of Bo Xilai from his position as the CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary after the Wang Lijun incident has received widespread coverage in internati...
Letter from the Editor (Vol. 2, Issue 2)
Welcome to the Summer 2012 issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. It has been an exciting couple of months for YRIS—we just wrapped up our speaker s...
Prospects for Future Peace in Afghanistan: India as a US Partner
As America prepares to leave Afghanistan, it should help India find a greater and more measured role in the country. The US-India relationship...
Letter from the Editor (Vol. 2, Issue 1)
Welcome to the Winter 2011 issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Started by a group of undergraduates in the fall of 2010, we are excited for our s...
2011: The Year the World Said No
In 2011 global protest movements, socially organized and electronically connected, ushered in massive political and economic changes. The “Arab Spring” raged in...
Fighting Over Libya
The course of this magazine’s gestation has coincided with transformative political developments in the North Africa and the Middle East. We write at a time whe...