Results from Tunisia’s Second Free Presidential Election
Middle East and North Africa Desk Written by: Ariana Habibi, Saybrook College ’22 On October 13, Kais Saied was elected the sixth President of Tunisia in ...
Inside Havana’s Hottest Night Scene
North America and Caribbean Desk Written by: Chase Finney, Saybrook College ’22 In the past two decades, the city of Havana has continued to develop slowl...
Transportation in Transition
Latin America Desk Written by: Marianna Sierra, Yale College ’23 With a ground area of just over 1,000 square miles, Peru’s capital has one of the highest...
Update: the Rohingya Crisis
South and Central Asia Desk Written by: Tasnim Islam, Yale ’22 Following the genocide and other human rights violations committed by the Myanmar military ...
Gender-Based War Crimes: Its Gradual Evolution and Future
Written by: Yi Ning Nina Lu, University of Toronto The issue of gender-based war crimes has been one that the international community has increasingly shone a l...
A Daunting Well to Fill: Ensuring Clean Water and Sanitation Worldwide
Written by: Evan Collins, Yale College This piece was published as part of the YMUN Pegasus Series One of the most fundamental Sustainable Development Goals (SD...
Power Dynamics as an Explanation for Compliance with International Law
Written by: Boitumelo Sediti, University of Cape Town Introduction Debates around the rationale behind a state’s compliance with international law have been poi...
The Stalemate of Taiwan’s Democratization
Written by: Abby Chu, University of Toronto In a dramatic break from decades of diplomatic protocol, on December 2, 2018, US President-elect Donald Trump accept...
Trump withdraws U.S. troops from Syria
Middle East and North Africa Desk Written by: Jason Lee On October 13, President Trump announced a withdrawal of U.S troops from northern Syria. Justified as be...
Mauritius prime minister dissolves parliament, calls for election
South and Central Asia Desk Written by: Minahil Nawaz, Yale College ’21 On 6th October 2019, Mauritius’s Prime Minister, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, dissolved...