Yale Model United Nations XLI Position Paper Award
The following essay was submitted as a position paper for the 41st Yale Model United Nations conference and was selected by the secretariat as an outstanding tr...
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Freedom for Authoritarianism: Patriotic Hackers and Chinese Nationalism
Introduction In 2005, against the backdrop of increasing tensions between China and Japan, servers hosting the website of Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, Japanese Mini...
“Ulei Română” During World War II and Beyond: Development of the Romanian Oil Industry
And elsewhere German columns raced By light of burning Russian farms Across the steppes of the Ukraine; These deep incursions, Blitzkrieg paced, Could win the w...
Tunisia Today: Historical Statebuilding Processes as Predictors of Post-Arab Spring Success
Tunisia’s post-Arab Spring development has been punctuated by a series of promising successes. Last spring, the BBC couched the nation’s recent passing of elect...
How Do Levels of Consent Shape Different Forms of Human Trafficking In Southeast Asia?
Human trafficking is one of the most tragic features of present-day global migration, with an estimated 2 million people being trafficked annually.[1] Although ...
The Outsiders: How The Lives of Margaret Thatcher and Angela Merkel Created Modern Europe
“We want the Community to move forward as twelve… Europe is strongest when it grows through willing co-operation and practical measures, not compulsion or burea...
The ‘Modern Galahad’ and the ‘Apostle of Kultur’: Representations of the East African Campaign and the Imperial Gendering of British War Culture, 1914-1918
Although Kiboriani and Buigiri were called “Women’s Camp,” the [German military] man placed in charge of them was quite unfit to have the charge of ladies. His ...
A YIRA Photoessay: The Social and Economic Development of Rio De Janeiro Prior to its World Sporting Events
In March 2014, seven Yale undergraduates traveled to Rio de Janeiro as part of the Yale International Relations Association spring break delegation to Brazil. T...
Honorable Mention – Women of War: The Female Fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Since the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 1983, Tamil women have occupied a key role in the conflict. In the struggle for the anticipated state of Tamil Ee...
Honorable Mention – How Did the Chicken Cross the Pacific? Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Appeal to China’s Culinary Tradition in Creating Its Fast Food Empire
The story of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in China begins on November 12, 1987 at around 9:30 AM in central Beijing. On the side of QianmenxiRoad, nestled on th...
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