No Such Thing as Free Internet
In October of 2021, Google announced that it would invest $1 billion into African internet infrastructure over five years[1]. On March 18th of this year, the fi...
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The National Security Law, “One Country Two Systems,” and Hong Kong’s National Security Apparatus: The Coup De Grace to Hong Kong’s Ideological Independence and Democratic Autonomy
Abstract This paper examines the future of the “One Country Two Systems”’ principle amid China’s recent encroachments on Hong Kong’s democratic autonomy a...
Why did the Islamic Republic continue clandestine cooperation with Israel?
Abstract It is often believed that Iran’s Islamic Republic and the State of Israel became estranged after Ayatollah Khomeini arose to power during the Islamic R...
Menstruation Myths: Period Poverty and Education in South Asia
Imagine a girl being told she cannot enter places of religious worship, cannot enter the kitchen, must be “purified,” and cannot touch boys. This situation is a...
Power or Water: Ethiopia’s Hydroelectric Dam & Rising Tensions along the Nile River
Estimated to cost almost 5 billion dollars at completion and holding 74 billion cubic meters of water at capacity, Ethiopia’s new hydroelectric dam will produce...
The Strategy Making Dilemma: Life and Land
A strategy is a plan of action to achieve certain goals. It is used in both state policy and daily lives. For nations, strategy entails using their diplomatic, ...
Facebook’s Australian News Ban: Implications for Freedom of Political Communication
As part of the backlash against the Australian government’s deliberation over whether Facebook should pay media outlets to use their news content in February th...
The Definition of a Refugee Under International Law: The Complexities Behind the Initial Deliberations and Modern Implications for Contemporary Refugees
This piece was published in the Winter Issue Online Edition (Volume 11) Abstract: In the aftermath of World War II, a new world order was created with the...
Rage Against the Regime: A Case Study of Women Protesters in the 2020 Pro-Democracy Belarusian Protests
Abstract This article analyzes the role of women protesters in the 2020 Belarusian pro-democracy protests following the illegitimate re-election of the country’...
Defining the State: Despite Imperfections, Duterte’s Philippines is Still a Democracy
Since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in the Philippines in 2016, many have criticized his administration as undemocratic and even ruthless. Questions w...