Cosmopolitan Culpability: The Dynamics of Mitigated Punishment and Migration
A version of this article originally appeared in Inquiries Journal.Annamaneni, Keerthana. “Towards a Theory of Leniency for Immigrants.” Inquiries J...
Category: Essays
Revisionist Memory: How the far-right Alternative for Germany is seeking to reshape the nation’s collective memory to promote a Eurosceptic, German-centric foreign policy agenda
Throughout the history of modern Germany, an unwavering government commitment to the remembrance of the National Socialists’ atrocities has permeated an ingrain...
Military Modernizers: US Military Aid and the Indonesian Civic Action Program, 1958-1965
On March 12, 1958, an unidentified plane parachuted 20 cases of arms into the middle of a field in Pekanbaru, a city that became a major conflict zone in the In...
Franco-Era Spain and its Usage of Soft Power
There is no doubt that juxtaposing themes such as cruelty and mercy, fear and love present throughout life and media contributed to the two-dimensional divide b...
LDS Charities and Faith-Based Humanitarian Aid
The women’s organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or LDS Church) has a motto: charity never faileth. It comes from the Book of Mormon...
Community Solar Development in Bolivia: A Path Towards Climate Resilience, Decolonization, and Political Empowerment
Analyzing the interactions between capitalism, colonialism, and the field of international development in Latin America, this paper explores small-scale, commun...
The Fall of the Alien Tort Statute: Why the Supreme Court is Moving Away from Prosecuting Human Rights Abuses Abroad
Introduction In 2003, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb while on board a bus in Haifa. This event was part of a larger series of attacks against Israelis — a...
Collective China Crisis: An Analysis of China’s Threatening Rise and a Revival of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Introduction Russian attempts to interfere in Western politics are well-documented. But, despite the similarities in policy, Chinese attempts at interference us...
Democratic Identity in Postwar America: The Politicization of Asian Americans in the Early Cold War
Written By: Sarah Lu, Columbia University A series of unresolved fragments, we come together as a contingent whole. We gain social recognition as a racial colle...
How to Scare a Giant: Resolve Signaling in South China Sea Maritime Disputes
Written by: James Boehme, Tufts University Summary Introduction Vast quantities of International Relations scholarship published over the past several decades h...