Is the World Ready for China’s Gene-edited Babies?
Written by Thais Aguiar Introduction In the same year the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrated its 70th birthday, an announcement shocked the scient...
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Remembrance and Reconciliation: Engaging with Contested History
Written by Tyler Jager Introduction and Background Many nation-states are guilty of an “original sin” of a sort: a case in which the state was complicit in, or ...
An analysis of the 2018 Italian general election
Written by Ariana Habibi Held on March 4 in response to President Sergio Mattarella’s decision to dissolve the Italian parliament, the 2018 Italian general elec...
On the advent and spread of the game Mah-Jong
Written by Sam Pekats Invented mysteriously in mid-19th century China, there is much uncertainty regarding the Mahjong’s origins.[1] For much of Mahjong’s early...
Netanyahu calls for snap elections
Written by Numi Katz Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on December 24 that Israel would hold early elections on April 9th, 2019. The ann...
Sunda Strait tsunami calls into question warning mechanisms
Written by Putt Punyagupta On December 22, a tumultuous series of waves pummelled coastal settlements on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java, killing nea...
On the Fate of Intervention: Forgotten Lessons from Two UN Peacekeeping Missions
Written by Tyler Jager As the Cold War came to a close in the 1990s, global attitudes towards conflict changed. The majority of conflicts during the Cold War we...
Guyanese government collapses after no-confidence vote
Written by Putt Punyagupta Guyana, a Caribbean English-speaking nation of 750,000, faces inevitable political change as of December 21, following a dramatic par...
State Fragility in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Written by Ariana Habibi When considering fragile states, there is an assumption that countries who have yet to industrialize or otherwise conform to modernity ...
Bangladeshis head to polls in elections marred by violence
Written by Minahil Nawaz Over 100 million people headed to the polls in Bangladesh to vote in the country’s 11th general elections on Sunday, December 30th. The...