Column/Americas/Asia/Europe/Science and Technology

Failures, Successes, and Challenges in Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing: Lessons from the Soviet Union, China, and Taiwan

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Ethan Chiu

Semiconductors are the technological backbone of modern electronics and, by extension, the global economy. The policies governing their production and distribut...

Column/Europe/Middle East

Sweden’s NATO Bid and Turkey-Kurdish Relations

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Lauren Cho

Powerful organizations of world leaders rarely let new members into their ranks. On October 23, 2023, Turkey—a member of NATO since 1952—submitted Sweden’s bid ...

Column/Americas

Lifting the 60 Year Embargo: Cuba’s Successes Make the Country a Model, Not an Enemy

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Ermiya Fanaeian

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced an embargo on all trade with Cuba. This proclamation followed an organized effort by the United States to isolate t...

Column/Asia

Ensuring Rare Earth Elements for National Security

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Anne Rehill

In August of 2022, President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act enacted some of the largest-ever subsidies and rebates to incentivize the domestic production and c...

Interviews/Campus

YIRA World Fellows Panel 2023: TRANSCRIPT

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Owen Haywood

Each year, the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs selects a group of 16 extraordinary leaders from across the world to spend four months in residence at Yale...

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...

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...