(Hon. Mention) Teetering on the Edge: Iraq’s Precarious Hold on Democracy
The Iraqi government’s response to the Arab Spring-inspired “Day of Rage” protests in 2011 reflects the fine line the country often crosses between taking neces...
The 2013 Acheson Prize for Outstanding Essays in International Studies
“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...
The China Skeptic’s Talking Points Memo
Little more than three decades since the opening of China’s economy under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the country has emerged as the greatest force reshapi...
Tweeting to Win: Al-Shabaab’s Strategic Use of Microblogging
Today, we live in a world of networked global communities, drawn together by the recent technological boom. This unprecedented degree of interconnectivity...
Public Opinion and Soft Balancing within the Transatlantic Alliance
Amidst the Iraq War and the promulgation of a unilateral foreign policy under the Bush administration, global public opinion of the United States plummeted. One...
The Evolution of Citizenship Adjudication in the European Union
In 1993, the Treaty on European Union (TEU), otherwise known as the Maastricht Treaty, entered into force and transformed the fundamental nature of what would h...
Seeing What We Want, When and Where We Want It
Lakhdar Brahimi’s credentials are impeccable, fruit of the Algerian statesman’s long career, and he’s as able a candidate as any to serve as United Nations spec...
Putin and USAID: The Makings of a Grip Too Tight on Power
In September 2012, the Russian government, headed by President Vladimir Putin, mandated that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cease operati...
Letter from the Editors (Vol. 3, Issue 1)
Dear Reader: Welcome to the fourth issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. It is hard to believe that it has been nearly two years since a small but ...
Stories from South Tel Aviv: The Plight of African Asylum Seekers in Israel
In 1948, the newly established Jewish and democratic State of Israel asserted in its Declaration of Independence that “The State of Israel will be open for Jewi...