Written by: Pranav Krishnan The tragedy of Afghanistan did not end with the conclusion of the war. Today, the Afghan people are facing what some now consider to be the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Last year’s American and NATO military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the following Taliban victory saw the collapse of the country’s democratic…
Category: Middle East
Return of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: What Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Mean in 2022?
Written by: Kate Roglieri Since the first use of an atomic weapon, nuclear proliferation has been an important part of international relations. Nuclear weapons cause destruction like no other weapon humanity created. When nations with conflicting interests use and expand their nuclear arsenal, it puts the international community on high alert, because no one wants…
U.S. Foreign Policy in Yemen’s Civil War
Written by: Christopher Ploumidis Introduction The Yemeni civil war is a bloody conflict that has left an estimated two-hundred and thirty thousand dead and resulted in what the United Nations call “the worst humanitarian crisis” since 2019. In recent years, this crisis has garnered massive international attention due to the sheer amount of human suffering…
Israel v. Iran: An Underground Cyberwar Bubbling Up to the Surface
Written by: Cormac O’Harrow In all likelihood, you’ve probably heard of Stuxnet: a joint CIA/Mossad cyberattack that crippled Iran’s nuclear centrifuges in 2010. You may have even heard of Natanz, another Iranian centrifuge site that was targeted earlier this year and was attacked using a Stuxnet-style virus. This too was a Mossad, the Israeli Intelligence…
The Implications of the US Military Pullout from Afghanistan
Written by: Ken Wang The United States first stepped into the sphere of Afghanistan in the 1950s. We began our first military operation during the 1970s and further expanded our operations in 2001 after President Bush declared a War on Terror, vowing to hunt down Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for the 9/11 attack…
Newcastle United’s Blood Money Takeover
Written by: Harry Colvin This past October, English football club Newcastle United was purchased by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, emphasizing an ongoing debate about where the line is drawn between western morals and football success. The funding comes specifically from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, run by Yasir Al Rumayyan, who will become a…
By Outlawing Six Palestinian Human Rights Groups, Israel Undermines the UN
Written by: Julian Cooper On October 22nd, Israel’s Justice Ministry outlawed six human rights organizations by declaring them to be affiliates of “terrorism.” Among these six organizations was a relief group for Palestinian children, a legal support group for Palestinian prisoners and a women’s rights group. The other three organizations, all based in the West…
Dane County Board Refuses to Condemn Israeli Apartheid
Written by: Julian Cooper On October 7th, the Dane County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to vote on Resolution 131, formally titled “Resolution Condemning the Acts of Israel and Calling for the Biden Administration to Immediately Cut All Military Sales to the Country.” Dane County is the second-most populous county in Wisconsin, containing the state’s…
More Than Just Space Travel
Written by: Pooja Gundimeda “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” People worldwide recognize this quote by Neil Armstrong, the first man to ever walk on the moon. Since the mid 20th century, mankind has watched as fellow humans take on the treacherous task of traveling to space. Soon after…
2030: Electric Cars, Peak Oil, and Saudi Arabia’s Future
Written by: Saul Brodkey Soon after the first oil prospecting expeditions seventy years ago, the Arabian peninsula was tipped on its head. Saudi Arabia went from a barren desert kingdom reliant on subsistence agriculture to a bustling oasis with a GDP per capita on par with Canada. The petroleum industry accounts for nearly all exports…
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