The Pendulum
Russia in Ukraine: An Examination of Russian Motivations for Invasion
Matthew M. Ployhart In 862, Vikings under the command of Oleg of Novgorod founded the Slavic state of Kievan Rus, which was situated in...
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The Pendulum
- May 10
- 5 min
Cosmos and Conflict: The Russian-Ukrainian War and Global Space Partnership
Mary Grace Nimmer On July 15, 1975, the world witnessed the success of the first international space partnership, the Apollo-Soyuz Test...
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The Pendulum
- Apr 27
- 4 min
Inside Putin’s mind: Moscow’s Motives Explained
Blake Mauro, Contributing Writer As discussed in part one of this series, Putin has repeatedly denounced and denied Ukraine’s independent...
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The Pendulum
- Apr 14
- 4 min
A Spoiled Brotherhood: A Historical Look into Russia’s and Ukraine’s Relationship
Blake Mauro, Contributing Writer The Russia-Ukraine conflict has roots which existed before February 24, 2022, before the invasion of...
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The Pendulum
- Apr 8
- 4 min
A Silent Battle: Sexual Violence within Militaries Around the World
Ava Barros In the United States military alone, one in four service women report being sexually assaulted by a fellow service member, and...
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The Pendulum
- Mar 1
- 5 min
The Nihilistic Nutcracker: How Ballet’s Roots Confound Modern Political Issues
Clara Noble As the holiday season winds to a close, the last of the Christmas trees find homes on snow banks and curbsides and holiday...
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The Pendulum
- Jan 31
- 4 min
Putin’s Gamble: The Ukraine Crisis and How it Started
Gavin Hunt It’s the night of January 21st in Ukraine as a Boeing 747 cargo plane lands and begins slowly taxiing to its parking zone....
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The Pendulum
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Moscow or Bust
Clara Noble Russia—a hulking mass of nature, history, and people—can be understood through St. Petersburg’s recent explosion of modernism...
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The Pendulum
- Apr 13, 2021
- 4 min
Armenia and Azerbaijan: The Aftermath of Atrocity
Mary Grace Nimmer In the past several decades, both Azerbaijanis and Armenians have called Nagorno-Karabakh home. In 1992, shortly after...
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The Pendulum
- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
Sick Man of Europe: The Potential of Italexit
Della Maggio Despite the importance of the relationship between Italy and European Union (EU), tension between these two entities has...
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The Pendulum
- Aug 29, 2020
- 3 min
An Act of Backpedaling: Italy’s Migration Policy in the Era of COVID-19
Della Maggio In 2018 and 2019, the previous Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, introduced and pushed through parliament...
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The Pendulum
- Jan 29, 2020
- 5 min
Imperialism: An Inside Look
Josephine Rohrer Imperialism, while seemingly embedded only in the past, has lasting effects on the world and remains relevant in...
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The Pendulum
- Nov 7, 2019
- 7 min
Gender Equality and Welfare States: Denmark and the United States, a case study
Aynsley Hartney Introduction Rome. Washington D.C. Sydney. Johannesburg. Copenhagen. These are just a few of the many women’s marches...
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The Pendulum
- Oct 17, 2019
- 2 min
Putin's Georgian Scheme
Austin Schlueter The recent decision by the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament to allow a member of Russia’s legislature, the Duma, to...
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The Pendulum
- Apr 5, 2019
- 2 min
A Fragile Baltic Balance
Olivia Loew After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Baltic States struggled to rebuild their societies and economies while...
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The Pendulum
- Mar 25, 2019
- 3 min
Emmanuel Macron's Neon Siege
M.J. Fleck France is in the midst of an inscrutable existential crisis. For nine weekends running, gilets jaunes (yellow jacket)...
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The Pendulum
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Island Prison: Inside Moria, Europe's Largest Refugee Camp
Ted Anastopoulo On the island of Lesvos, Greece, twenty minutes from the luxury villas of Mytilene, streets of scattered life jackets...
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The Pendulum
- Feb 22, 2019
- 3 min
Moscow Meddling: Russian State Media and the West
Austin Schlueter Though social media misinformation campaigns organized by the Russian government have penetrated our country’s political...
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The Pendulum
- Jun 10, 2017
- 4 min
The Off-Ramp From Grexit: A Road Map to Sensible Economic Reform
We live in uncertain times. As if Brexit, a populist President in the US, and Russian hacking were not bad enough, global financial...
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The Pendulum
- Nov 4, 2015
- 2 min
Why Slapping Sanctions On Russia Won't Work
In response to the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea in late February of 2014, the United States, the EU, and their allies have...
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