International

Money Talks: United States Domestic vs. Foreign Affairs

April 3, 2024

The issue here is not that the government does not have money for the problems that we are facing within the borders of the United States, but rather that the United States government has chosen to use the money to aid our allies and influence global foreign policy. [...]

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: An Epidemic

August 9, 2023

Countless cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women have been reported by Indigenous communities but have not made headlines. The following personal accounts come from those reports. It is April 18, 2017 and residents of a neighborhood in Lumberton, North Carolina have just discovered the naked body of Rhonda Jones stuffed in a trashcan. Rhonda was a thirty-six year old woman and member of the Lumbee Tribe. Only a few hours had passed when Christina Bennett, another member of the Lumbee [...]

Stuck in 1945: The U.N.’s “Big Five” Security Council

August 9, 2023

What is the U.N. Security Council? International relations is a broad and complex system. With each nation employing different approaches to governance and law, the United Nations and its Security Council represent the key entities balancing national and international interests on the international stage. As such, the operations of the United Nations Security Council are essential to understanding international law and transnational relations. Created in 1945 following the Second World War, [...]

No protection under law: The unchecked prevalence of violence against women in North Korea

December 15, 2018

The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly referred to as North Korea, has found itself under international scrutiny and condemnation once again as the subject of a recent Human Rights Watch report. [...]

How much is too much? Deference and the application of foreign laws in U.S. courts

April 20, 2018

The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari on a case that could have international implications regarding conflicts of law between the U.S. and foreign nations. [...]

“You can go your own way…”

April 10, 2017

As the UK begins sorting out the details of its breakup with the EU, “Brexit” is certain to cause repercussions for many years to come. [...]

Sold to the highest bidder: the black market of international adoptions.

March 13, 2017

The business of snatching babies off the street and tricking mothers into selling their infants for next to nothing. [...]

Doing the two-step sidestep: U.S. abstains from U.N. resolution denouncing Israeli settlements in the West Bank

January 23, 2017

United States does not vote on Resolution 2334, which could have detrimental effects on relations between Israel and the U.S. [...]

Deterrence backed diplomacy

January 16, 2017

Congress passes law without Obama’s signature to extend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 for another decade [...]

Brother, may I?: Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system

November 7, 2016

Women in Saudi Arabia are denied basic human rights under a system that employs strict restrictions on everything from driving, to making healthcare decisions. [...]

Colombia says “No” to peace.

October 10, 2016

The Colombian people decided to vote against the peace accords between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels. [...]

Judge, why couldn’t you just keep your lips together?

September 19, 2016

A Canadian judge is in hot water after making off-color comments regarding a sexual assault victim and insinuating that she played a role in causing her own attack. [...]

In the Philippines, the face of meth is death.

September 12, 2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s extrajudicial war on drugs is rapidly accruing a massive body count. [...]

Space… the final frontier

September 5, 2016

With the recent discovery of a new earth-like planet, many countries are beginning serious talks about inhabiting and colonizing a planet in outer space. [...]

Tribally-Sanctioned Pedophilia?

August 1, 2016

In Southern Malawi, there exists an unspeakable practice. [...]

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