Opinion: Crypto AG, US Espionage, and Human Rights Atrocities
A CIA report refers to it as “the intelligence coup of the century.” Earlier this month, the details of a decades-long covert operation were revealed, in which the CIA secretly More
30 Years Later: A New Cold War?
Today, the 9th of November, marks 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell. This momentous occasion in 1989 represented not only the physical collapse of a concrete barrier dividing West More
30 Years Ago: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall, a firmly dividing force between Eastern and Western Europe, finally fell. With the wall’s destruction, East Germans were finally granted the same social, More
The Materialist View of International Relations: A Case Study of the Cold War and Beyond
There are several theoretical perspectives on the relations between states which offer varying descriptive and predictive conclusions regarding state behaviour. However, none of the theories presented offer a universal answer More
A Short History of American Intervention in Latin America
Recent events in Venezuela have been met with greatly varying international response. Considering the increasingly repressive and autocratic nature of Maduro’s regime and its effects on the Venezuelan economy, many have More
Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: The Realities of Today’s U.S. Nuclear Program
The introduction of nuclear weapons as a means of warfare fundamentally changed the framework of international conflicts and heightened the stakes of war substantially. The prospect of entire wars being More
Op-Ed: Maduro is an Illegitimate President. Venezuela’s Neighbours Must Hasten his Demise
The dystopian soap opera that is Venezuelan politics hit the headlines again this month, now with the proclamation of a new acting President by the opposition-controlled National Assembly. This may More
Armenia’s Post-Modern Moment: The “Legal Revolution”
Reading our journal’s year in review article, one may get the impression that we live in turbulent times. The prospects for our liberal order have remained uncertain, in line with More
The Realities of Proxy Wars in the Post Cold War Era
The role of proxy wars are best known from the Cold War, when conflicts played out in the context of competing ideologies: communism and democracy. These wars were essential in More