How Crisis Softened a Century of Conflict
This essay won 3rd Place in the 2025 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Examine the evolution of a re...
Chip by Chip: How Japan and South Korea Transformed Historical Rivalry into Collaboration
This essay won an honorable mention in the 2025 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Examine the evolution of a relationshi...
A Coded Revolution: How Tunisia and Estonia Digitized a Democratic Alliance
This essay won an honorable mention in the 2025 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Examine the evolut...
Ancient Greek Heritage Diplomacy as a Means of Soft Power
Introduction In an era marked by shifting geopolitical paradigms and the proliferation of non-traditional instruments of statecraft, culture has reemerged as a ...
Moral Authority in a Technological World: The Vatican and the Global AI Race
In Vatican City, the home of the Roman Catholic Church and among the holiest sites in the Christian world, representatives from the world’s leading techno...
“China is Learning Super Fast:” Economist Zhiguo He on U.S.–China Financial Ties, Tariffs, and the Future of Global Markets
Zhiguo He is a Chinese economist and James Irvin Miller Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before joining the Stanford faculty, h...
The Cold War and Taiwan: A Lesson for Modern U.S. Diplomacy
The Cold War may feel like distant history, but its echoes are unmistakable in today’s geopolitical landscape as the United States once again arms foreign allie...
Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality Rebooted: Putin’s Authoritarian Playbook
Since coming to power in 1999, Vladimir Putin has presented himself as a leader restoring Russian greatness. To some, his rule appears defined by assertive mode...
Constructing Sovereignty through Strategic Narratives: A Constructivist Analysis of India’s and China’s Discursive Claims over Arunachal Pradesh
Introduction The region of Arunachal, a sparsely populated Himalayan borderland, had long eluded the firm control of any pre-modern state. Only in 1912-13 did B...
Soft Power by Design: Japanese Culinary Diplomacy
Introduction In an era dominated by military and economic interests, the concept of soft power offers an alternative framework for understanding global influenc...