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Forced Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Cotton Industry of Uzbekistan

Forced Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Cotton Industry of Uzbekistan

“The conditions were…unfit. We became ‘friends’ with mouses and rats while living in the state farm’s old building. There were no showers…
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Katrina Ferreira
Xiongan: Just Another New Area

Xiongan: Just Another New Area

Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong province was proclaimed a “special economic zone” (SEZ),[2] establishing it as an area in which “foreign and…
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Louis Liu
An Ideology Corrupted: The Relationship Between Socialism and Venezuela’s Fall

An Ideology Corrupted: The Relationship Between Socialism and Venez...

Ahead of his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump held the international community in suspense as it waited to…
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Giancarlo Valdetaro
Security through Diplomacy: Analyzing the Merits of the Iran Nuclear Deal

Security through Diplomacy: Analyzing the Merits of the Iran Nuclea...

In 2015, many Americans feared the threat of nuclear war with a nation potentially willing to attack the United States. Fear of Iran’s…
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Aneil Gill
A Threat to Democracy: Russia and the Rise of European Populism

A Threat to Democracy: Russia and the Rise of European Populism

Over the past several months, words such as “dossier,” “investigation,” and “collusion” have riddled international headlines. These words…
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Madeline Rutowski
The Influence of President Trump’s Drone Policies on U.S. Military Policy

The Influence of President Trump’s Drone Policies on U.S. Military ...

I. Introduction
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Renee Girard
Suu Kyi’s Naypyidaw’s Address Should Frighten All People Concerned for the Rohingya

Suu Kyi’s Naypyidaw’s Address Should Frighten All People Concerned ...

Over the last year and a half, I wrote two articles concerning the genocide in Burma and the election of the National League for Democracy…
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Chris Arce
The devastation in Puerto Rico is no “good news story”

The devastation in Puerto Rico is no “good news story”

Last month on September 20th, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. Two weeks later, less than 6% of citizens have electricity, and…
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Chris Arce
After Colombian Peace Agreement, A Country Still Divided

After Colombian Peace Agreement, A Country Still Divided

The history of the armed conflict in Colombia is a long, bitter, and bloody one. After 53 years of guerrilla warfare between the Fuerzas…
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Sarah Paez
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The Pushers and Pullers

Interning at the U.S. Consulate General in Milan
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Cornell International Affairs Society
Sustainable Development Goals: Without Politics and With a Better Economy-Environment Relationship

Sustainable Development Goals: Without Politics and With a Better Economy-Environment Relationship

Michelle de Leon, mad354@cornell.edu
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Cornell International Affairs Society
A Discourse on the Efforts to Establish a Kurdish Nation State: Part 1

A Discourse on the Efforts to Establish a Kurdish Nation State: Part 1

Thomas (TJ) Ball, tb357@cornell.edu
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Cornell International Affairs Society
Cracks in the Union

Cracks in the Union

The pressures driving Europe apart
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Berke Gursoy
Life After Death: When the Foreign Fighters of ISIS Return Home

Life After Death: When the Foreign Fighters of ISIS Return Home

Ben Abeles, bba28@cornell.edu
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Cornell International Affairs Society
Metrics, Uncertainty, and a Legal Framework

Metrics, Uncertainty, and a Legal Framework

Steps Toward a Global Emissions Trading System
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Michelle de Leon

Modern Security (and Diplomacy) Woes

21st Century Attacks on Diplomatic Missions
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Cornell International Affairs Society
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