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Oxford’s Crossroads: Education and Class in British Society
Image source: Wikimedia Commons Owen Eastman As an academic institution, Oxford University holds a weighty place in pop culture that few...
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Jul 2114 min read
Cigarettes and Whisky: The Practical Barriers to Greenlandic Independence
Matthew M. Ployhart I lurched forward in my seat as the boat slammed down into the icy waters of the Arctic after racing over another...
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Jun 58 min read
Russia and Mozambique: A Contemporary Case Study
Matthew Ployhart Image credits: Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons 4.0 usage Russia’s presence in Africa has long-term historical...
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Sep 11, 202315 min read
Belarus: A Threat to Ukraine? A Brief Summary of What Was Once “Europe’s Last Dictatorship"
Matthew M. Ployhart The Russo-Ukrainian War has gained significant global attention since the renewed Russian invasion of the country in...
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Apr 10, 20237 min read
Where to Turn Next? The Future of European Energy Post-Russia
Matthew M. Ployhart On the morning of February 4, 2022, Russia launched a new invasion of Ukraine. Although hostilities truly began in...
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Sep 21, 20225 min read
Russia in Ukraine: An Examination of Russian Motivations for Invasion
Matthew M. Ployhart In 862, Vikings under the command of Oleg of Novgorod founded the Slavic state of Kievan Rus, which was situated in...
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May 10, 20225 min read
Cosmos and Conflict: The Russian-Ukrainian War and Global Space Partnership
Mary Grace Nimmer On July 15, 1975, the world witnessed the success of the first international space partnership, the Apollo-Soyuz Test...
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Apr 27, 20224 min read
Inside Putin’s mind: Moscow’s Motives Explained
Blake Mauro, Contributing Writer As discussed in part one of this series, Putin has repeatedly denounced and denied Ukraine’s independent...
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Apr 14, 20224 min read
A Spoiled Brotherhood: A Historical Look into Russia’s and Ukraine’s Relationship
Blake Mauro, Contributing Writer The Russia-Ukraine conflict has roots which existed before February 24, 2022, before the invasion of...
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Apr 8, 20224 min read
A Silent Battle: Sexual Violence within Militaries Around the World
Ava Barros In the United States military alone, one in four service women report being sexually assaulted by a fellow service member, and...
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Mar 1, 20225 min read
The Nihilistic Nutcracker: How Ballet’s Roots Confound Modern Political Issues
Clara Noble As the holiday season winds to a close, the last of the Christmas trees find homes on snow banks and curbsides and holiday...
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Jan 31, 20224 min read
Putin’s Gamble: The Ukraine Crisis and How it Started
Gavin Hunt It’s the night of January 21st in Ukraine as a Boeing 747 cargo plane lands and begins slowly taxiing to its parking zone....
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Nov 2, 20213 min read
Moscow or Bust
Clara Noble Russia—a hulking mass of nature, history, and people—can be understood through St. Petersburg’s recent explosion of modernism...
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Apr 13, 20214 min read
Armenia and Azerbaijan: The Aftermath of Atrocity
Mary Grace Nimmer In the past several decades, both Azerbaijanis and Armenians have called Nagorno-Karabakh home. In 1992, shortly after...
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Feb 3, 20213 min read
Sick Man of Europe: The Potential of Italexit
Della Maggio Despite the importance of the relationship between Italy and European Union (EU), tension between these two entities has...
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Aug 29, 20203 min read
An Act of Backpedaling: Italy’s Migration Policy in the Era of COVID-19
Della Maggio In 2018 and 2019, the previous Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, introduced and pushed through parliament...
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Jan 29, 20205 min read
Imperialism: An Inside Look
Josephine Rohrer Imperialism, while seemingly embedded only in the past, has lasting effects on the world and remains relevant in...
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Nov 7, 20197 min read
Gender Equality and Welfare States: Denmark and the United States, a case study
Aynsley Hartney Introduction Rome. Washington D.C. Sydney. Johannesburg. Copenhagen. These are just a few of the many women’s marches...
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Oct 17, 20192 min read
Putin's Georgian Scheme
Austin Schlueter The recent decision by the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament to allow a member of Russia’s legislature, the Duma, to...
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Apr 5, 20192 min read
A Fragile Baltic Balance
Olivia Loew After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Baltic States struggled to rebuild their societies and economies while...
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