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Improving Medical Humanitarianism: Pitfalls and Best Practices for International Aid

Casey Kozak - The necessity of international relief is unending as new crises continue to emerge across the world. International aid plays a crucial role in shaping how affected communities rebuild after a crisis. However, humanitarian aid often results in a variety of unanticipated... Keep Reading »
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United States Patents, Biopiracy, and Cultural Imperialism: The Theft of India's Traditional Knowledge

Daanyaal R. Kumar - This article aims to present the biopiracy of traditional knowledge from India by the United States, which has occurred directly through the use of patent law and indirectly through economic power and cultural imperialism. Throughout this essay, I will analyze U.S.... Keep Reading »
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Changes in Estonian Defense Policy Following Episodes of Russian Aggression

Benjamin Cooper - After joining the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2004, Estonians felt secure and in charge of their future. However, following the 2007 Bronze Horseman incident in the Estonian capital of Tallinn which included riots incited... Keep Reading »

Food Insecurity and the Threat to Global Stability and Security in the 21st Century

Michael DeFeo - In 2010, over 250,000 Syrian farmers were forced from their land due to water shortages. Lack of water left these farmers dangerously food insecure, so they moved, en masse, into Syrian urban centers. This strained an already overburdened infrastructure which increased... Keep Reading »

Before Drones: U.S. Covert Action in Africa During the Congo Crisis

Drew A. Calcagno - As with much of the African continent, the Congo endured a harsh colonial past. What trailed, after its 1960 independence from Belgium, also followed a similar trend of its continental neighbors – continued foreign meddling. At the outset, reasons for such continuation... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Human Rights
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
The Effectiveness of the International Criminal Court: Challenges and Pathways for Prosecuting Human Rights Violations
By Sarah J. Goodman
Of the thousands of potential cases that could have been investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC), only 44 individuals have been indicted, with 45 cases currently before the ICC. Further, only 14 out of the 45 have resulted in a complete... Read Article »
International Criminal Court International Relations Human Rights International Justice
International Aid
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Improving Medical Humanitarianism: Pitfalls and Best Practices for International Aid
By Casey Kozak
The necessity of international relief is unending as new crises continue to emerge across the world. International aid plays a crucial role in shaping how affected communities rebuild after a crisis. However, humanitarian aid often results in a... Read Article »
International Aid Humanitarianism Humanitarian Intervention Global Health International Development
Human Rights
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Abu Ghraib, Homonationalism, and the Rationalization of Modern Torture
By Emma D. Rosner
Drawing on Jasbir Puar’s analysis of homonationalism in the post-9/11 United States, I investigate the Orientalist and Islamophobic discourses present in liberal and LGBTQ news articles and human rights reports responding to the release of... Read Article »
Torture Abu Ghraib Homonationalism Human Rights
Environmental Policy
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Cobalt, Computation, and the Congo: Making Corporations Pay for Their Transnational Terrors
By Isabel G. Padalecki
Though electronic products are ubiquitous in the modern Western world, most people are not aware of the origins of the batteries that power devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones. Lithium-ion batteries, though used primarily in wealthy... Read Article »
Environmental Policy Democratic Republic Of Congo Resource Management Extractive Industry Mining Child Labor
Gender Studies
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
The Process and Barriers to Legal Gender Transition: A Case Study Analyzing the Yogyakarta Principles
By Christian Borkey
Trans people experience a wide range of social and legal disadvantages, including an inconsistent, patchwork system - where one exists at all - to attain legal recognition of their gender. In the absence of such legal recognition, transgender people... Read Article »
Transgender Legal Gender Transition Yogyakarta Principles Gender Studies
Public Art
2019, Vol. 11 No. 12
The Aftermath of Agent Orange: Combating Slow Violence, Necropolitics, and Stigma in Vietnamese Communities
By Dan N. Dinh
Although the Vietnam War officially ended in 1975, the long-term effects of the toxic contaminant, dioxin, found in Agent Orange continues to be a large public health issue. Throughout this paper, the theoretical framework of slow violence will... Read Article »
Agent Orange Slow Politics Necropolitics Vietnam War Public Art Photography
Biopiracy
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
United States Patents, Biopiracy, and Cultural Imperialism: The Theft of India's Traditional Knowledge
By Daanyaal R. Kumar
This article aims to present the biopiracy of traditional knowledge from India by the United States, which has occurred directly through the use of patent law and indirectly through economic power and cultural imperialism. Throughout this essay,... Read Article »
Biopiracy Traditional Knowledge Cultural Imperialism Patent Law International Relations Foreign Policy India
Political Economy
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
Women & Globalization: The Impact of Increased Women's Economic Rights on Globalization
By Liam F. Kerr
Globalization is generally studied as a process that extensively impacts nations and peoples across every aspect of society. Empirical and theoretical research largely focuses on this effect, seeking to discover the impact of an increasingly globalized... Read Article »
Globalization Women's Rights Political Economy International Trade Foreign Direct Investment
International Relations
2018, Vol. 10 No. 10
Changes in Estonian Defense Policy Following Episodes of Russian Aggression
By Benjamin Cooper
After joining the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2004, Estonians felt secure and in charge of their future. However, following the 2007 Bronze Horseman incident in the Estonian capital of Tallinn which included... Read Article »
Estonia Eastern Europe NATO Russia International Relations Sovereignty
Comparative Politics
2018, Vol. 10 No. 07
Explaining the Rise of Populism in Poland: The Post-Communist Transition as a Critical Juncture and Origin of Political Decay in Poland
By Phillip S. Swallow
The Polish populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) overturned the mainstream consensus in Polish politics by returning to power in 2015 with a populist platform, decrying a selfish elite and advancing policies that critics saw as illiberal and authoritarian... Read Article »
Comparative Politics Poland Institutions Governance Populism State Capture Political Decay European Politics
Decolonization
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
Newspaper Coverage of the Mau Mau Movement: A Constructivist Argument
By Esme Trahair
On February 14th, 1965, just one week before he was assassinated, Malcolm X delivered a speech in Detroit. He spoke about his beliefs concerning segregation and civil rights, and made a point of contextualizing the civil rights movement globally... Read Article »
Mau Mau Kenya Decolonization Sub-Saharan Africa Civil Rights Movement Revolution Colonialism
Drug Trafficking
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
A Line in the Sand: Drug Control Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
By Benjamin J. Mackey
This paper analyzes the ongoing drug war being waged between Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), their rivals, and the U.S./Mexican governments. This analysis is conducted through the lens of drug control; namely, through an examination... Read Article »
Drug Trafficking Border Security U.S.-Mexico Border War on Drugs Organized Crime Cartels
Victoria Era
2018, Vol. 10 No. 01
Victorian Racism: An Explication of Scientific Knowledge, its Social Character, and its Relation to Victorian Popular Culture
By Peter H. Conlin
The British Empire of the nineteenth century displayed and embodied racism in its composite. In embodying this idea of racial inequality, the Empire created grounds on which it could justify the imperialist actions that it executed throughout the... Read Article »
Victorian Era British Empire Colonialism Racism Scientific Knowledge British Imperialism
Chinese Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 12
Globalization of Chinese Online Literature: Understanding Transnational Reading of Chinese Xuanhuan Novels Among English Readers
By Yuxi Wang
Since its emergence in the 19th century, fantasy fiction has proliferated throughout the world, from the global craze of Lord of the Rings (1954) to Harry Potter (1997). As a sub-genre of fantasy based on Chinese traditional mythology and martial... Read Article »
Chinese Literature China Popular Culture Science Fiction Fan Fiction Xuanhuan
International Relations
2017, Vol. 9 No. 12
Realism and Arab Nationalism: An Uneasy Partnership
By Marina M. Elgawly
The relationship between realism and nationalism is not clearly articulated in international relations literature. On one hand, realism and nationalism are viewed as contradictory forces, standing against one another as reason to emotion, reality... Read Article »
International Relations Middle East Arab Nationalism Realism Nationalism Pan-Arabism
 
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