Revisiting Lebanon: Dual Crises Linger Long After Beirut Explosion
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion shook Beirut, Lebanon. Viral videos of the blast circulated around the world, triggering a global outpouring of sympathy ...
A Means to End Nuclear Proliferation: An Argument for U.S. Recommitment to an Iran Nuclear Deal
The City of Music is set to host a round of negotiations on a potential return to the magnum opus of nuclear agreements next week. Vienna, Austria’s capital cit...
War and Nationalism: How North Korea Forges a National Identity from Loss
The upcoming anniversary of the Korean War is a reminder of the United States’ first military loss after 1945. Although the conflict ended with the Korean Armis...
Nuclear Pacific: Ballistic Missile Defenses Drive an Arms Race in the Pacific
American military leaders’ argument is simple: Pacific adversaries (particularly North Korea) have large and growing ballistic missile arsenals. To combat this ...
Impasse in the 2021 Somali Elections: A Grave Threat to Somalia’s Fragile Democracy
In the capital city of Mogadishu, at least 20 people were killed or injured due to conflict between government forces and protestors that took place in the morn...
The Price of Progress: Indonesia’s Omnibus Law and the Environmental Sacrifice of Economic Expansion in Asia
On October 5, 2020, the Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) — Indonesia’s main parliamentary body—passed a long-awaited “omnibus bill” amending existing produc...
The Prospect of Radically Inclusive Love in Latin America
While holding Cuba’s first LGBTQ+ friendly mass, Alexya Salvador, a Brazilian transgender pastor, proclaimed God’s love to be radically inclusive. [1] Her words...
Following the Fork in the Road: A Comparative Framework for Analyzing Democracy’s Development in Belarus
Abstract In the wake of the overtly manipulated August 2020 Belarusian presidential election, nationwide protests against thirty-year-president Alexander Lukash...
Seeking like a State: Hamas’ Relationship with its Government Sponsors
Introduction Why do some terror organizations seek state sponsorship? Although the risks of cooperation for both terror organizations and states ar...
A “Growing Concern”: The Public’s Xenophobia Toward and Discrimination Against Venezuelan Migrants in Ecuador
Introduction Since 2015, over 4.7 million Venezuelans have left their country and become part of the largest exodus in the history of Latin America (UNHCR, 2020...