Europe's Refugee Problem Is In Lebanon
Europe distributes aid to global south countries to pass off the responsibility of refugee caretaking, overburdening states fatigued by...
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Kiara Shriqui
- Dec 1, 2022
Our Indirect Contribution to Modern Day Slavery: The Case of Uyghurs’ Forced Labor in China
by Kiara Shriqui “Let’s go to Zara this weekend, I really need new clothes and their fall collection is amazing!”, a friend said to me...
Sydney Hilbush
- Dec 1, 2022
Election Insecurity is an Issue of Human Security
Free and fair elections constitute a cornerstone of American democracy. While the 2020 presidential election was regarded as “the most...
Sidney Davis
- Nov 28, 2022
Russian Forces Threaten Violence, Retaliation against Anti-War Activism
On September 25, 2022, 31-year-old Russian activist Artyom Kamardin gained massive public support as he recited his anti-war poem at...
Nikki Mirala
- Nov 28, 2022
On the Impact of the War: How Ukrainian Mothers are Handling the Chaos
The Russo-Ukrainian War has been developing since early 2014, but the recent escalation of conflict following Russia’s invasion in...
Rebecca Locher
- Nov 28, 2022
Iran on the Brink
On September 13, 2022, The Iranian Morality Police arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini as she exited the subway with her brother in Tehran,...
Isabella Liu
- Apr 18, 2022
Western Fear and American Values: The Persistence of Guantanamo Bay
By Isabella Liu Since its post-9/11 conception, Guantanamo Bay has represented all the best and worst things about America. Its existence...
Kai Suherwan
- Apr 12, 2022
The Proliferation of Intelligence Gathering: Open Source Intelligence
By Kai Suherwan In the Ukrainian countryside, a lone individual with a cell phone and an internet connection takes a video of the Russian...
Connor Tull
- Mar 21, 2022
Bloodshed in the Horn: Implications and Consequences of the Tigray War for U.S. Policy
By Connor Tull While this past week has been marked by the terrifying violence being inflicted in Ukraine, in Ethiopia, another conflict...
Andrew Xiao
- Mar 21, 2022
A Tale of Two Cities: An Analogy for California’s Housing Hypocrisy
By Andrew Xiao At first glance, 280 Stanford Ave doesn’t offer much to the eyes. The 908-square-foot, two-bedroom home nestled in Palo...
Jessica Bakas
- Dec 3, 2021
A New Era: Reshaping U.S. Foreign Aid to MENA
By Jessica Bakas The U.S. was heavily entrenched in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) affairs after 9/11, and arguably so as the...
Andrew Xiao
- Dec 3, 2021
Infrastructure in America: The West Turns to High-Speed Rail
By Andrew Xiao Mid-November, President Joe Biden, with bipartisan support, signed into effect the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment...
Zane Bataineh
- Nov 10, 2021
President Biden, Release the Patents
By Zane Bataineh Even though the world has a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic continues, accompanied by more needless deaths. The global...
Alfred DeLisso
- Oct 12, 2021
Auditing Pandora’s Papers: Addressing Money Laundering at Home and Abroad
By Alfred DiLissio If you’ve been following the news lately you’ve likely seen the latest installment of the whiplash-inducing tax...
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