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Condoleeza Rice and Amy Zegart: A Lecture on Political Risk and US Foreign Policy
by Andrea Zachrich May 24, 2018Earlier this month, Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart visited UCLA to speak about their newly published book, “Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can…
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The Art of “No Deal”
by Zach Emanuel May 16, 2018After many months of debate within the executive branch, on May 8th, 2018 President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Joint…
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The Dangerous Precedent of Marriage Equality Voting in Australia and Ireland
by Xinong Wang April 27, 2018The institution of marriage in most countries around the world refers, by default, to marriage between a man and a woman. Marriage equality –…
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Broader Regional Implications of Trump’s Jerusalem Embassy Move
by Zach Emanuel April 11, 2018In one of the more contentious decisions in a presidency already packed with controversy, President Trump’s announcement in December of 2017 to recognize Jerusalem…
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The Connection Between Putin’s Chef, Global Political Interference and a Ukrainian Invasion
by Conor McDonald March 24, 2018If the American dream consists of starting from scratch and, through tireless labor, building one’s assets up to formidable quantities, then it should be…
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#MeToo Movement: A Comparison of French and American Gender Equality and Secularism
by Andrea Zachrich March 6, 2018When film producer Harvey Weinstein was accused by dozens of women last November of sexual assault and predatory behavior, an outpouring of comparable claims…