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Category: High School Essay Contest

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High School Essay Contest

The Ignored Cries of Tigray’s Women in Ethiopia

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Solemei Scamaroni

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...

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High School Essay Contest

As China Saves Water, It Drains South Asia

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Ashwin Telang

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...

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High School Essay Contest

Beyond the Headlines: The Underreported Tragedy of the Anglophone Crisis

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Gerselle Koh

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...

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High School Essay Contest

A Technological Travesty: E-waste in the Philippines

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Ayisha Ong

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 ...

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High School Essay Contest

Invisible Children: How the media has failed to draw attention to one of Russia’s most pernicious war tactics

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Michelle Orloff

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 ...

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High School Essay Contest

The Coalition to Protect Against Misinformation: an answer to a wholly global issue

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Andrew Chung

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...

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High School Essay Contest

Coming to Consensus: Ensuring Privacy at the Global Level

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Isabelle Ravanas

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]....

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High School Essay Contest

Ensuring Cooperation for Central Asia’s Water Woes

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Evan Burkeen

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...

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High School Essay Contest

Japanese Culture and Government: How Culture Influences Politics, Governance, and Priorities

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Yewon Chang

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...

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High School Essay Contest

Once Again with the Church and the State: Russian Orthodox Faith in Characterizing Contemporary National Politics

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Giang Huong Do

Finalist, High School Essay Contest 2021 “The conversion of Prince Vladimir and the whole of Rus to Orthodoxy were of truly historic significance and played a f...

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