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...
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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...
Syria expected for readmission to the Arab League
Written by Minahil Nawaz In December 2018, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir became the first leader of an Arab League member state to visit Syria in eight ...
2018 Closing Ceremony at the Yale Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program
Written by Brandon Lu On December 6th, 2018 the Yale Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program held its closing ceremony, marking the end of the 2018 program f...
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...