Review: “Democracy and Dissent”
Written by Mary Orsak On April 6, over 50 students and alumni protested University President Peter Salovey during his speech honoring 50 years of Asian American...
Tag: Arab Spring
The Survival of the Syrian Ba’ath Party: Domestic Politics or International Support?
This piece was originally published in the Spring 2018 issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Photo caption: The Syrian dynasty. Introduction While ...
Should the United States Implement Democracy in the Muslim World?
The Islamist Ennahda party in Tunisian parliament. Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union and subsequent establishment of Western liberal hegemony, American ac...
Potential Peacemaker or Just Another Spectator?: China’s Relations with Israel and Palestine, and Its Prospect as a Broker for Peace
Introduction Many experts have recently taken a keener eye to the activities of China in the Middle East, especially following heightened Chinese involvement th...
Honorable Mention — The Realities of the Rise of an Islamist Group to Power: A Case Study of the 2010 Tunisian Revolution
This piece appeared in the 2017 Acheson Prize Issue of the Yale Review for International Studies. Introduction The concept of an Islamic state is central t...
2011: The Year the World Said No
In 2011 global protest movements, socially organized and electronically connected, ushered in massive political and economic changes. The “Arab Spring” raged in...