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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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Oct 17, 20192 min read


The Blue Bubble
Jade Killion An unknown death toll with hundreds injured. Seven months of protests. No mass media coverage. Sudan has been taken over by...

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Oct 11, 20193 min read


Examining the Israeli Elections
Tyler McDougald On April 9th, 2019, Israel held an election for their twenty-first Knesset, the country’s parliament. On September 17th,...

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Oct 3, 20192 min read


Lockdown in Kashmir Reopens Old Political Wounds
Nathan Matzko During the last month of the Islamic lunar calendar, Muslims across the globe observe one of Islam’s holiest holidays, Eid...

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Sep 26, 20193 min read


The Forgotten Voice in the Taliban Peace Talks
Rachel Clyburn When President Trump officially ended the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban, reactions to the decision...

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Sep 19, 20192 min read



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Aug 30, 20190 min read


Breaking the Glass: Female Representation in Global Politics
Carly Sincavitch The global average of women in national assemblies is 21.5 percent; this figure represents women who actually run for...

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May 6, 20195 min read


Conflict in Congo Worsens Ebola Outbreak
Christian Adams In 1976 a village along the Ebola River witnessed the first recorded outbreak of the deadly virus named after the now...

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Apr 28, 20193 min read


International Scientific Community Confronts Human Genome-Editing
Nate Matzko Imagine a world where parents could walk into a physician-scientist’s office and request which physical traits their child...

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Apr 22, 20194 min read


Asia Spearheading Investment in Virtual Reality Technology
McKenzie Myers Snapchat Lens. Ikea Place. Pokémon Go. These augmented and virtual realities (VR) have become some of the most popular...

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Apr 14, 20193 min read


The Imposition of a Gender Binary
Andrew Gasparini A vast majority of the contemporary world employs a two-category classification gender model, where the gender one is...

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Apr 8, 20192 min read


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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Apr 5, 20192 min read


The Dynamics of Divorce
Rachel Clyburn Depending on the context or the individual, divorce possesses a variety of definitions and connotations. For some, it is a...

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Mar 31, 20192 min read


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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Mar 25, 20193 min read


The Problem With Your Plate
Dana Phan In our globalized world, dinner time now includes foods and ingredients from all regions of the earth. However, the contents of...

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Mar 10, 20192 min read


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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Mar 4, 20193 min read


Presidential Hopeful Coming To Clemson
Presidential hopefuls are beginning their tours around the country to woo voters and establish themselves as front-runners. One such...

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Feb 26, 20191 min read


Is Bitcoin Better than the Euro?
Travis Redd Imagine never exchanging money when visiting a foreign country. What if the the world used just one currency? Although, one...

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Feb 25, 20195 min read


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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Feb 22, 20193 min read


Immigration and Western Obligation
M.J. Fleck Refugees and asylum-seekers are pushed from their homes by war, poverty, and persecution. On screens they see London, New...

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Sep 3, 20186 min read
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