Saudi Arabia and Oil Depletion
Image Caption: As Saudi Arabia’s production and export of oil slows down, the nation will have to undergo a number of significant changes as it adjusts. S...
Review: On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
John Lewis Gaddis’ most recent book certainly puts the ‘grand’ in Grand Strategy. It spans roughly 2,500 years of history and draws upon the works and deeds of ...
Yale alum William Nguyen arrested in Vietnam protests against special economic zones
Image Caption: Active police presence in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam photographed by YRIS Editor Muriel Wang William Nguyen graduated from Yale College in 2008 an...
Caught between Baghdad and Erbil: The Political Struggle of Iraqi Turkmans
Image Caption: A man in traditional Turkman clothing sits in Altun Kupri, a town near Kirkuk, Iraq. In the summer of 2014, Arshad al-Salihi, head of the Iraqi T...
Announcing the 2018 Acheson Prize Winners
“The passing decades confirm Dean Acheson’s place as the clearest thinking, most effective Secretary of State of the twentieth century. As a writer he has...
First Place — On the Shores of Bab-el-Mandeb: Assessing China’s First Overseas Military Base in Djibouti and Chinese Grand Strategic Vision for the Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean
Image caption: U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Camp Lemonnier walk on the deck of the Chinese hospital ship, Ark Peace, in the Port of Djibouti, August 28, ...
Second Place — Marine Biodiversity Protection in the Arctic: A Proposed Role for International Environmental Law In Conserving Arctic Marine Biodiversity
This essay first appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Abstract As global climate change accelerates sea ice los...
Third Place — A Critical Examination of Israeli LGBT Advancements: Genuine Progress or Attempts at Elevated Global Status?
Image taken by Surbhi Bharadwaj (’20). This essay appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International studies. Introduction Vibra...
Shaping Saddam: How the Media Mythologized A Monster — Honorable Mention
This essay first appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Saddam Hussein was not involved in the terrorist attacks ...
A Theory of International AI Coordination: Strategic implications of perceived benefits, harms, capacities, and distribution in AI development — Honorable Mention
Image: The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division at the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. This essay first appeared i...
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