Student Op-Ed

Image Source: Politico How Israeli Domestic Politics Make the Israel-Palestine Peace Process Destined to Fail By Ellie Stanton The protracted conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has continued to dominate international discussion and attention. Despite various peace plans and initiatives, the ostensibly interminable negotiations within the international community have yet...

Image Source: ​ NET The Many Additional Battles Public Health Faces by Kainoa Cunningham My experience with public health comes from working as a prevention department assistant at Boulder County AIDS Project* preceding the coronavirus pandemic. Through my nine months in the position, I became intimately aware of the socio-economic,...

Image Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/mood-of-the-nation/story/motn-india-china-lac-dispute-war-military-1708906-2020-08-07 The China India Border Conflict, The Great Game and a Sino – Indian Split by Dylan Yachyshen In desolate mountains and deserts of Central and South Asia, regional powers embark upon infrastructure initiatives and reconnaissance to solidify their position amidst blurry borders. Discovered by a rival power,...

Image Source: SCDC United States: Health Inequalities are Worsening ​by Elizabeth Mather As the United States experiences a second uptick in COVID-19 cases, public health officials continue to advise communities to stay home and avoid nonessential contact with others, even advocating for telemedicine over in-person doctor visits. Some Americans have...

Source: https://news.uchicago.edu/black-lives-matter-protests-hope-future Moving Forward, but in Circles by Josh Frank America was born of revolution, but it will die of stagnation. The American revolutionaries of the 18th century looked quite a bit different from the freedom fighters of today. The founding fathers of the United States were exclusively white, many...

Why the U.S Should Refocus, not Reduce, Commitments in West Africa Author: Dylan Yachyshen Background In December 2019 , news emerged that the Pentagon was considering reducing U.S involvement in West Africa, ostensibly to divert resources from combatting terrorism in Africa to the new “ great power competition ” with...

Source - Council on Foreign Relations - 2017 Introduction In 2013, China launched the Belt and Road Initiative to strengthen its state-owned enterprises (SOE), create new export markets and augment its geopolitical power. China began investing in African and Asian transportation, energy and infrastructure, currently amounting to over 100 billion...