Jerusalem: Political Significance of a Holy Site
“Ten measures of beauty gave God to the world: nine to Jerusalem and one to the remainder. Ten measures of sorrow gave God to the world: nine to Jerusalem and o...
Category: Essays
The Rise of Dutch Neo-Nationalism: Three Explanations for the Recent Upsurge in Nationalist Mobilization
The return of populist, xenophobic and racist movements to the Netherlands has signified the resurgence of neo-nationalism in a country known for its multicultu...
Narco-Insurgency: Charting Gang-Violence in Mexico
This study seeks to understand more fully the most recent spike in drug-related violence in Mexico that began in 2006 and continues to this day. This research b...
Lebanon: Parody of a Nation? A Closer Look At Lebanese Confessionalism
“A nation is a guarantee for confessions but confessions are not a guarantee to the nation.” Michel Chiha Lebanese politics are very complex. Lebanon is a count...
Chinese Surplus Reversal: A Bitter Pill
China’s current account surplus reflects one of the most troubling imbalances in the global economy. This surplus, which has grown rapidly since the start of th...
Webs of Global Regulation: The End of Westphalian Sovereignty and the Harmonization of Norms
Classic descriptions of governance embedded sovereign legal authority in the nation-state. Outside of the nation-state was anarchy in the international order; w...
The New Media and Democratization in the Middle East
In the wake of nearly region-wide popular protests in the Middle East, and especially after the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime in Egypt, the modern debate about...
Redefining Gender Equality in the Context of Religion Today
While globalization has brought some people and ideas closer together, the feminist movement has struggled to redefine itself in the modern age. After the succe...
Explaining the Enabling Environment: The Terrorism-Poverty Nexus Revisited
In the years following the September 11th attacks, much political debate has focused on the professed causal connection between terrorism and poverty. To a cons...