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What August’s Prison Swap Indicates About Future U.S.-Russian Relations
by Josephine Murphy January 14, 2025In the wake of major Russian political dissident Alexei Navalny’s death in February, a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia seemed unlikely—even…
Education in Syria has been under attack since the beginning of the civil war, which spanned over a decade. Beginning as a peaceful uprising…
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Proxy War in Ukraine: An Examination of the Other Actors Involved
by Charlie Donlan January 13, 2025As the war in Ukraine nears the three-year mark since Russia’s invasion, both sides have become increasingly reliant on outside state actors to support…
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Living on the Margins: Japan’s Responsibility to Address the Plights of Stateless Koreans
by Matthew Inui December 29, 2024Japan is widely considered one of the most racially homogeneous nations in the world, with more than 95 percent of the population reported as…
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Living on the Margins: Japan’s Responsibility to Address the Plights of Stateless Koreans
by Matthew Inui December 26, 2024Japan is widely considered one of the most racially homogeneous nations in the world, with more than 95 percent of the population reported as…
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Starlink and Ukraine: How Elon Musk’s Company Has Made Him a Key Figure in Global Affairs
by Brianna Bell December 26, 2024In February 2022, two days after Russia invaded and launched a cyberattack to take down the satellite system used by the Ukrainian military, Ukraine’s…