Acoustic Warfare: The Case for Reimagining Sound as an Instrument of War
Written by Andrew Song Historically, militaries wage war through conventional methods: the projection of raw physical power through the use of small arms, tanks...
Peace, But No Justice in Colombia
Written by Juanita Garcia Uribe On October 24th, Sergio Jaramillo Caro, the former High Commissioner for Peace in Colombia, spoke on the topic of “Peace and Jus...
Contradiction and Ambivalence: Mexico’s Cold War and the United States
Image Caption: Former Mexican President López Mateos (left) was one of several presidents to navigate a complex and often contradictory Cold War forei...
The Disappearance and Murder of Claudina Velasquez: A Story of Gender Stereotyping by Guatemalan Authorities
Image Caption: Velásquez Paiz et al. v. Guatemala in the Inter-American Court revealed Guatemala’s failure to address stereotyping and gender-ba...
The Oslo Peace Process: The Collapse of Coherence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Image Caption: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands at the signing of the 1993 Oslo D...
Financing Revolution, Subversion, and Terror: How Armed Non-State Actors Fundraise
Image Caption: Armed non-state actors like Hezbollah require a dependable source of funding, and various factors may affect the diversity of such funding. Intro...
Using Koreanness: Fostering the Growth of the Republic of Korea
Image Caption: Former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, elected in 1997, pursued an open-ended “Sunshine Policy” with North Korea in hopes of bet...
U.S. Involvement in the 1980s Iran-Iraq War: America’s Haphazard Extension of Gulf Insecurity
In a televised address on September 17, 1980, president Saddam Hussein stood before the National Assembly of Iraq and condemned the neighboring state Iran. Huss...
Yale and the World Reacts to the Conclusion of NATO Trident Juncture 2018
Image Caption: Norway’s king and crown prince visit NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise, the organization’s largest since 2002. As Yale students ...
Protesters Rally Worldwide against Gender Violence for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
On November 25, 2018, thousands of protesters rallied in countries across the world for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a U...