El Salvador’s Femicide Crisis
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Sophie Huttner, Yale ’22 By the time a Salvadoran woman turns thirty, she will more likely than not have experienced gender-...
Category: Essays
Authoritarian Environmentalism, Democracy, and Political Legitimacy
By: Mayson Glenne Obrien, University of Texas Our planet is warming at an alarming rate, due largely to human actions, such as burning fossil fuels and repurpos...
Collective Memory, Reconciliation, and Disillusionment: Monuments in Post-Civil War Settings
Winter Issue Written by Diana Knott, American University Introduction Following civil wars, states struggle to reckon with the violence and loss suffered and in...
Pride as Regret: The Psychological Well-being of Young Adults Who Are Children of Martyrs
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Majlinda Zhuniq, University of Pristina Despite the fact that war in Kosovo has ended in 1999, the consequences of the loss of lov...
Narrow Artificial Intelligence Weapons Systems and their Impact on the Balance of Power
By:Alexandra Tsitsiringos, Tufts University Narrow Artificial Intelligence Weapons Systems and their Impact on the Balance of Power Research Question: How might...
Integration in Latvia: Exploring a Thematically-Interconnected Discourse in an Ethnically-Divided Society
By: Colin Bushweller; University of Vermont 1. Introduction “Our Latvia is not yet ready. We are still building it and on the way. Latvia should never be ready....
Constraints on an “African Solution:” How Regional Interests Interplay with the African Standby Force
Winter Issue 2019 Written By: Connor Akiyama, Tufts University Introduction In recent years, the African Union (AU) has made great strides to improve political ...
Relations with Russia Reveal Intrinsic Flaws in EU Foreign Policy Structure
Winter Issue 2019 Written by: Dalya Soffer, Boston University Following Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014, the EU presented an unexpectedly strong and unifi...
Iranian Nationalism during the Constitutional Revolution
The Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1906-1911 brought major shifts to Iranian society, the reverberations of which remain evident today. This paper examine...
The Dominant Male Perspective in Sexual Violence Laws: A Radical Feminist Critique of The Lebanese Penal Code
Global Issue 2019 Written by: Natasha Mouawad, American University of Beirut Introduction Jurisprudence represents a constant and sincere attempt to provid...