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When Your Credit Card Funds Systemic Persecution: The Truth Behind China’s Uyghur Re-Education Camps

The arbitrary detention and enslavement of China’s Uyghur population is not some distant matter. It is directly intertwined with Western supply chains and consumer society through a vast network of state-sanctioned internment camps and forced-labor factories. It is about time we take action.

Biden, the Middle East, and the Restoration of the “Blob”

When Joe Biden delivered his victory speech to thousands of jubilant supporters gathered in Wilmington, Delaware, one topic was conspicuously absent: foreign policy. Faced...

The Fault in Our Stars: Modern Threats to International Space Law

The year is 2420. It is now not only achievable, but also cost-effective to leave the pale blue dot that is Earth. But rather than enter a solar system of wonder and exploration, instead, you are met with an American military base covering the surface of the Moon

A Game of Chess: International Moves in Belarus

Protesters in Belarus have been flooding the streets of Minsk for nine weeks straight, marching against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. These...

Is a Slavic Spring on the Horizon?

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent republics seemed to be fertile ground for democracy. Today, only three former...

Late to the Game: Nagorno-Karabakh and the Implications of U.S. Apathy

In March of this year, as Coronavirus thrust itself onto the forefront of the global stage, the Director General of the United Nations, Tatiana...

How China Got to the Top is How We Can Bring Uyghur Muslim Camps Down

Organ harvests, forced sterilization of women, psychological torture, and forced family separations—the hallmarks of the Xinjiang region in China. Uyghur Muslims live in fear...

Water is China’s Greatest Weapon and its Achilles Heel

Xi Jinping’s superpower could likely cut off much of Southeast Asia’s access to water if it desired, but could also succumb to its own water woes. How China manages its liquid gold will not only affect its own fate but the fate of hundreds of millions of thirsty citizens across the continent.

A Global Crisis Needs a Global Response

In an ideal world, a global pandemic would lead to unprecedented international cooperation. Similar to the unity of citizens following a domestic terrorist attack...

Stop the Next Pandemic: Conservation as Public Health Policy

In the age of COVID-19, there is no better time to address the root cause of pandemics — the way in which human interact with the environment — and change our legacy from that of “parasite” to nature’s advocate.