From Rising Sun to New Dawn: Japan’s Efforts in Cambodia’s Reconstruction
This essay won an honorable mention in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a foreign polic...
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The Ignored Cries of Tigray’s Women in Ethiopia
This essay won 1st place in the 2023 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “What is a current issue in internationa...
As China Saves Water, It Drains South Asia
This essay won 2nd place in the 2023 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “What is a current issue in international relation...
Beyond the Headlines: The Underreported Tragedy of the Anglophone Crisis
This essay won 3rd place in the 2023 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “What is a current issue in international relation...
A Technological Travesty: E-waste in the Philippines
This essay won an Honorable Mention in the 2023 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “What is a current ...
Invisible Children: How the media has failed to draw attention to one of Russia’s most pernicious war tactics
This essay won an Honorable Mention in the 2023 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “What is a current ...
The Coalition to Protect Against Misinformation: an answer to a wholly global issue
3rd Place, High School Essay Contest 2022 “Peanut butter cups can cause cancer!” proclaimed conspiracy theorist David Wolfe on Facebook in 2017. The claim is ob...
Coming to Consensus: Ensuring Privacy at the Global Level
2nd Place, High School Essay Contest 2022 From 1999 to 2019, the world underwent a 1125% increase in the percent of the global population using the internet[1]....
Ensuring Cooperation for Central Asia’s Water Woes
1st Place, High School Essay Contest 2022 On April 28, 2021, border personnel from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan fired on each other, marking the beginning of a bor...
Japanese Culture and Government: How Culture Influences Politics, Governance, and Priorities
3rd Place, High School Essay Contest 2021 臭い物に蓋 — Put a lid on what smells bad. This Japanese saying reflects the nation’s culture of desiring to melt...