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The JCPOA Deep Dive: Security Analysis, Political Realities, and Reccomendations for Vienna
Overview: On May 8th, 2018, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The deal...
May 19, 202115 min read
A New Cold War? The Chinese Challenge to the Status Quo and its effect on EU-US Relations
The rapid rise of China in recent decades has increasingly drawn attention to its similarities with the rise of the Soviet Union. Many...
May 17, 20213 min read
The INF Treaty: Policy Options for the Biden Administration
Decision Brief Issue Summary: The U.S. withdrew from the Intermediate Nuclear forces (INF) treaty on 1 February 2019. This was due to...
Dec 20, 202011 min read
The Biden Administration: Reshaping the JCPOA in the Post-Trump Era
Introduction: Ever since the CIA backed the coup against democratically chosen Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, the United...
Dec 19, 202019 min read
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Analysis Through the Liberalist Theory of International Affairs
One of the largest questions in terms of international cooperation is that of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. The TPP...
Aug 18, 202011 min read
The U.S. in the Middle East: A Quick Debrief of the 20th Century
How did the United States end up stuck in the Middle East? The reasons can be boiled down to Oil, Orientalism, Israel, and the Cold war.
Aug 17, 20207 min read
Constructivism vs. The English School: History Revision and Human Rights
Within international relations, it is not rare to find theories that share similarities with each other, as the study as a whole is...
Aug 4, 20209 min read
Classical Realism vs. Structural Realism
Classical realism and structural realism are both significant theories in the realm of international affairs and share a number of key...
Jul 15, 202010 min read
China, India, and Pakistan: An Analysis Into the Future of Asia
Introduction: Over the past few decades, it has become clear that the balance of power and influence between regions is fluctuating. For...
Jul 4, 202010 min read
Religious War and Theism: An Application of “The Problem of Evil”
I'd like to preface this article with the fact that the article does not articulate my personal views on faith and religions, but rather...
Jul 3, 202012 min read
Insights to Aquinas' Five Proofs
The goal of Aquinas’ five ways was to prove the existence of God in conjunction with his faith in Catholicism. As both a Dominican friar...
Jun 21, 20206 min read
Socrates' Dying Thoughts
It is through “the Apology” and “the Crito” by which Socrates and Plato indicate their views on wisdom, reason, death, and our duty to...
Jun 20, 20206 min read
American Amateurism: The Public Strikes Back
Ushered in by the Trump administration was a new focus on American amateurism. No longer would the Washington elite control American policy
May 15, 20203 min read
Safe Injection Sites: The Case for Harm Reduction
As humanity currently deals with the Coronavirus pandemic, it concurrently must deal with another, more subtle, yet equally sinister...
May 8, 202012 min read
Nuclear Disarmament: An Overview
Introduction: The great challenge of advancing the nuclear disarmament agenda has been relevant since the United States utilized the...
Apr 7, 202013 min read
Term Limits: A Brief Re-imagination of Gridlock and Policy
Term limits for seats in Congress have been hotly debated for a number of years, but have come to a boil in recent years. Gridlock and...
Apr 7, 20203 min read
The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Racism as a Justification for Imperialism
The definition of imperialism as provided by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is stated as “the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending...
Apr 5, 20208 min read
The Impact of European Expansion In the Americas and China
Human history over the past few centuries has been dominated by European government, conflict, thought, and expansion. Prior to this,...
Apr 5, 20207 min read
President vs. Parliament: A Comparative Analysis of Democratic Systems
In “The Perils of Presidentialism”, Juan Linz argues that parliamentary democracies are more conducive to stable democracies (Linz,...
Apr 5, 20204 min read
A Comparative Analysis of India and Pakistan's Strength and Scope
Over the years, scholarship has attempted to identify the optimal method of institution building in developing states. As Fukuyama noted...
Apr 5, 20205 min read
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