3rd Place — Reexamining Bureaucracy in the Context of Somalia’s Telecom Success
Since the overthrow of former President Siad Barre (1991), Somalia has had neither a state nor a bureaucracy.1 After three decades marked by failed peace confer...
Destitute and Desolate: Colombia’s Compassion to Venezuela’s Vulnerability
This essay won 1st Place in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a fore...
India’s Tibet Policy: Empowering the Snow Lion to Stand Up to the Dragon
This essay won 2nd Place in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a fore...
The Flow of Diplomacy: Lessons from the Indus Water Treaty
This essay won 3rd place in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a fore...
Setting it all Ablaze: John Howard’s 1998 Letter to B.J. Habibie
This essay won an honorable mention in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an exampl...
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...
‘Today’s world will not be a repeat of the Cold War:’ Professor Odd Arne Westad on the Evolution of Geopolitics
Odd Arne Westad is a Norwegian scholar of modern international and global history, with a specialization in the history of Eastern Asia since the 18th century. ...
The Quandary of Expression: A Deep Dive into Freedom of Speech and the Press in the Philippines
Timothy Snyder, author of ‘On Tyranny,’ once said, “To abandon truth is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true then no one can criticize power, because there is...
Grain of Discontent: What imposters of the story remain unnoticed?
The Ukrainian steppe. There is no end to its breadth. It is an endless plain covered with thick feather grass, a rich tapestry of colorful fields. Welcome to th...
Fanning the Flames: Pyusawhti Violence in the Myanmar’s Dry Zone
Since the end of British occupation in 1948, Myanmar has been mired in constant ethnic and political violence. It is believed that over fifty non-state armed gr...