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Embattled and Emboldened: The Many Fronts of India’s Grand Strategy
Since the early 2000s, buttressed by the weight of its technological advancement and marshaled by burgeoning ideological schisms, India has forged an increasingly complex net of strategic relations. Accordingly, the landscape of Indian international affairs, divided between India, America, and…
A Woman’s Place: The Race for Mexico’s First Female President
Classrooms are now tense encampments for student protestors at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico. Marisa Belausteguigoitia, a full-time lecturer at UNAM whose research focuses on collective young feminist protestors, shared that…
Global Fever: The Climate-Driven Infectious Diseases Threatening Worldwide Health Systems
In the beginning of the 19th century, New Orleans was one of the United States’ wealthiest and largest cities. Its port shipped the produce of the American interior to worldwide markets, and wealthy merchants walked the streets in the latest…
Global Challenges, Global Solutions: A Conversation With Ted Wittenstein
Edward (Ted) Wittenstein YC ’04, YLS ’12 is a former intelligence professional and diplomat. After graduating from Yale College, he served as an intelligence policy analyst for the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of…
Shenzhen Rewind
For three years, Shenzhen was my address, but not my home. The miracle city only felt aggressively utilitarian and vacuously cold to me—until I started seeing it through color-suppressant filters. For me, it takes more than one story to understand…
Shuttered Consulates: The Impact of Ambassador Expulsions
The West Bank’s setting sun painted long shadows on the ground as Husam Zomlot, the de facto Palestinian ambassador to the United States, stood on the balcony of his family home in Ramallah and gazed over the undulating hills. The…
Working in the Shadows: The Plight of Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan
In February 2023, Esmeralda Prego migrated from the Philippines to Nantou, Taiwan, to work as an in-home caretaker. She expected to spend her time helping an elderly grandmother with her daily routine. Instead, she found herself forced to work 13…
A Cry for Care: The Decline of Public Healthcare in Spain
In February 2023, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the streets of Madrid, Spain’s capital city, to voice their outrage at the deterioration of public healthcare in the region. According to the protestors, Madrid’s right-wing government has paved the…