By: Anthony Cruz It is rare to hear Belarus counted among states accused of human rights violations. American scholars, commentators, and writers tend to focus on China, Iran, Syria, and North Korea as the world’s worst human rights offenders. Since its separation from the Soviet Union in 1990, however, Belarus has maintained one of the world’s worst human rights records. [...]
By: Gregory Segal In December 1991, after over 45 years of bitter rivalry with the United States, the Soviet Union suddenly disappeared from the world map. With the Soviet Union’s abrupt disintegration, Americans quickly believed that the Cold War, and the era it entailed, rapidly ended along with it. As President George H. W. Bush said in a June 1992 [...]
By: Edoardo SaravalleActor Gerard Depardieu’s public renunciation of his French citizenship in response to the 75% marginal tax rate instituted in France by President Francois Hollande acted as a warning sign, suggesting that Europe’s high tax model is quickly becoming obsolete. While this individual case was in many ways particular — the Supreme Court eventually annulled the rate and Depardieu himself [...]
By: Raquel Macgregor After hearing Romney’s “I don’t want to go down the path to Spain” comment during the first U.S. 2012 presidential debate, I had to laugh at the irony of my choice of Seville, Spain for my semester abroad. It seems I couldn’t have picked a worse time to live in Spain. Poverty and unemployment are ubiquitous, there [...]
By: Casey Anderson Two states in the United States recently passed measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. While this is treated as a somewhat comical situation in the U.S., it has unintended ramifications for foreign policy in Latin America with regards to the war on drugs. The United States has historically shaped drug policy in Latin America, ensuring the [...]
By: Anthony Cruz Under the leadership of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has seen itself become a more prominent (and often controversial) participant in the international community. In this capacity, Venezuela has also become more of a nuisance to American foreign policy, forging relations with many states that have records of acting as adversaries toward Washington. Furthermore, Chavez has branded himself a [...]
By: Brian Liu Despite China’s recent economic success, social and economic problems lie just beyond the horizon. These issues include an unsustainable economic model, a failed One-Child policy, and political corruption. The burden of these problems now falls into the lap of Xi Jinping, China’s newly selected leader of the executive politburo committee. In order to remedy such problems, the [...]
By: Raquel MacGregor After hearing Romney’s “I don’t want to go down the path to Spain” comment during the first U.S. 2012 presidential debate, I had to laugh at the irony of my choice of Seville, Spain for my semester abroad. It seems I couldn’t have picked a worse time to live in Spain. Poverty and unemployment are ubiquitous, there [...]
By: Aidan McConnell As Argentina contends with rising inflation, looming economic stagnation, and concerns about a return to authoritarianism, protests—some 700,000 strong—have rocked the streets of Buenos Aires and cities around the world. Comprised of predominantly middle-income Argentinian citizens, the demonstrations primarily stem from reforms and policy directives of the nation’s controversial president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and are fueled [...]
By John Cheo LET’S TAKE a walk down memory lane. Remember the kid in middle school with whom no one would form a team for a group project because he sounded, acted, dressed, or smelled weird? Or the kid in high school to whom an invitation to the coolest party would not be extended on similar grounds? Open, voluntary association [...]
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