By Isa Rosario-Blake, University of Chicago This article appeared in CJFP's Winter 2024 publication. North Africa was changing rapidly in the year 1956. In March, both Morocco and Tunisia were granted independence from France. In July, the President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that he would be
By Lucy Tobier, Swarthmore College This article appeared in CJFP's Winter 2024 publication. Abstract Female terrorist and suicide bomber participation has been on the rise since the 1980s, increasing rapidly since the early 2000s. Previous media coverage and scholarly work have largely focused on individual-level factors when reporting
By Jason Huang, Northwestern University This article appeared in CJFP's Winter 2024 publication. In 2013, a report byJane’s Information Group[1] claimed that China had delivered two Mil Mi-17 ‘Hip’ military helicopters armed with TY-90 (Tianyan-90) air-to-air missiles to the United Wa State Army (UWSA), with three
By Juan Leal Mendoza, University of Chicago[1] This article appeared in CJFP's Winter 2024 publication. Abstract The Nixon administration’s partial withdrawal from South Korea in 1971 was unprecedented for American peacetime foreign policy in East Asia. It can be partially attributed to Nixon’s ambition to
By Tayson Reese, University of Chicago Given the global proliferation of and increasing reliance on uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) in emerging global counterterrorism efforts over the 21st century, a contentious debate has emerged among scholars of international relations on the fundamental efficacy of UAVs as tools of counterterrorism. This discourse
By Jack McGlinn, University of Chicago “War is the continuation of politics by other means” - Carl von Clausewitz, On War “The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War The second space race is on. As scientific understanding grows and the potential
By Francisco Gutierrez, University of Chicago The 2020s can unfortunately be considered a time of immense strife: the University of Chicago’s own Doomsday clock has inched us closer and closer to midnight, or global catastrophe. As of this year, we stand only 90 seconds from midnight. This is due
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By Tayson Reese, University of Chicago Introduction On September 7, 2013, at Nazarbayev University In Kazakhstan, Xi Xinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CCP), and essentially the preeminent leader of modern China, announced the Chinese government’s
By Alejandra Sarmiento, University of Chicago In the ever-shifting landscape of global geopolitics, the United States and China find themselves at the forefront of a complex and multifaceted relationship. Recent tensions between these two economic powerhouses have captured the world's attention, with implications reaching far beyond their respective
By Lindsay Greenspan, University of Chicago The first principle of the World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution reads, “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This statement highlights the WHO’s role in humanitarian global aid and health
By Jack Wells, University of Chicago As early as the 1990s, companies began shifting their supply chains to China, drawn by the allure of lower production costs, a vast labor pool, and increasingly liberalized trade policies. As a result of significant expansion after China's admission to the World
By Vivan Das, University of Chicago Since his appointment as Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi has starkly redefined India’s political relationship with the United States. U.S. President Joe Biden has characterized the relationship between the two nations as “the most consequential in the world” (BBC). Modi has