Iran Changing Course on Nukes? Establishing a Legal Framework for Nuclear...
Photo Courtesy: Pete Souza[i] By: Ben Haight “We no longer live in a world where only the actual firing of weapons represents a sufficient challenge to a nation’s security to constitute maximum peril....
View ArticleSaudi Arabia, the UN Security Council, and the Future of U.S.-Saudi Relations
Photo Courtesy: Britannica[1] By: Chloé A. Maiers On Thursday, October 17 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the UN Security Council (UNSC) to serve a...
View ArticleCash Transfers and External Aid: Can the Developed World Effectively Foster...
Photo Courtesy: Benedicte Desrus/AP Photo[1] By: Natalie Schreffler Development is a phenomenon that has generated considerable debate among scholars and practitioners since the end of World War II,...
View ArticleGoing Global: English Proficiency and Business Competitiveness in Japan
Photo Courtesy: Kimie Takahashi[1] By Marina Kurokawa Last May, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the majority party in the National Diet of Japan, announced as part of their agenda, a provision to...
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Sino-African Relations: For Better or For Worse?
Photo Credit: Linda Akanvou[1] By: Linda-Ann Akanvou A symposium marking 50 years of Sino-African relations was held on the 22nd of October 2013 at Harare, Zimbabwe. This three-day event, organized by...
View ArticleAFSPA and Kashmir: Boon or Bane?
Photo Credit: The Scribe[1] By: Shriya Chadha Kashmir has been a rather contentious issue ever since the creation of India and Pakistan as independent states in 1947. As a small, princely state to the...
View ArticlePerspectives on Film: Bollywood and International Copyright Infringement
Photo Credit: Alltopfive[1] By: Richard Guerra Did you know that The Departed was a remake? Scorsese’s film was based on a 2002 Hong Kong movie called MouGaan Dou, which was titled Internal Affairs in...
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Updated: Kim Jong-un’s New Entourage (Reprint)
Photo Credit: Rodong Sinmun[1] By Andy Lim Understanding Pyongyang Inner Circle Studying Pyongyang leadership is an unenviable task, much like Kremlinologists who received no credit for their work...
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Feature: Being Muslim from the eyes of the world within America
Zehra Çayıroğlu What is it like to be Muslim in America? I’m not exactly sure where to start with answering this question, but I believe it’s best to start by answering what it’s like to be a Muslim in...
View ArticleEmbracing Multiculturalism: Why Diversity is Preferable to Universality
Jason Isgrigg The debate between cultural unity and cultural plurality dates back to at least the ancient Greeks when they disputed whether a true universal human “goodness” existed. More than two...
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