Mark Lu
- Jan 1, 2020
- 23 min
The Red Priests of Power, Part 1: Hong Kong in the Greater Power Conflict
I was in my last day of contemporary U.S. history class a couple weeks ago, engaging in a discussion on the future of American foreign...
David Leshchiner
- Nov 24, 2019
- 9 min
New Nation: The Bougainville Question
In the Pacific Ocean, the island of Bougainville, currently part of Papua New Guinea (PNG), is poised to become the newest nation in the...
Katharine Sciackitano
- Oct 22, 2019
- 9 min
It's more than just Ukraine: Trump's constitutional crimes
While the political sphere today is obsessed with Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president and the subsequent fallout, this...
Chris Fenn
- May 19, 2019
- 11 min
A Threat To MENA and Western Interests: Al-Shabaab's Foreign Fighters
On March 29, 2017, President Donald J. Trump advanced proposals, designed and endorsed by senior officials at the Department of Defense,...
Dennis Marinovsky
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
Ukraine's No Laughing Matter
As I write this article, the war over the Donbass region of Ukraine has lasted exactly four years. While most of the world has moved on,...
Chris Fenn
- Feb 6, 2019
- 9 min
Part II: Constitutional Failure Since 9/11
I. Introduction Since September 11, 2001, presidents and their administrations have adopted theories of broad emergency presidential...
Lana Green
- Dec 4, 2018
- 8 min
The Nationalist International: Europe's Far Right Surge
“Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. By saying, ‘Our interests first, who cares about the others,’ we erase what a nation holds...
Duncan Crim
- Oct 16, 2018
- 4 min
The Scallop Wars
The twentieth century saw destruction on a scale incomprehensible to anyone. No man, past or present, could ever fully understand the...