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The Siege-State Paradox: Law, Hegemony, and the Case of Venezuela
December 14, 2025
Thomas Plunkett The Bolivarian Republic has always had the ire of Washington. Amidst renewed saber-rattling—extrajudicial drone strikes on “narcos,” [1] amphibious landing drills in Puerto...
Dredging up Trouble: Environmental Implications of China’s Artificial Islands
December 2, 2025
Alexander Anthony In March 2014, satellite imagery showed a Chinese vessel dredging up sand near Cuarteron Reef—a submerged coral reef in the Spratly Islands. [1]...
The Silent Veto: An Examination of the Pocket Rescission in International Affairs
December 2, 2025
Keaton Zeimet On President Trump’s first day in office, his administration ordered billions of dollars in international aid frozen, [1] which would result in a...
Who Owns AI-Generated Creativity? A Comparative Look at International Copyright Approaches
November 25, 2025
Jiakang Yu Generative artificial intelligence now produces expressive works—images, music, code, even legal analysis—that resemble human creativity with increasing sophistication. Yet copyright systems around the...
Tensions and Transistors: An Introductory Guide to Chip Rules and Why They Fuel Trade Standoffs
November 11, 2025
Brendan Lugoperez The ubiquity of semiconductors places the industry at the intersection of trade politics and national security strategies. [1] Currently, the United States has...
Women and the Asylum Flip-Flop
November 4, 2025
Caroline Schaeffer History has marched forward with women gaining more rights, like the ability to vote and contract from picket lines and slogans. [1] However...
Make That Move: Entertainers Moving to a Different Jurisdiction as a Negotiating Tool
October 28, 2025
Ishan Singh “Make that move right now, baby. You only go out once in a lifetime.” [1] Make That Move was one of many hit...
Clearing the Air: Minnesota Paradiplomacy on Wildfires
October 14, 2025
Luca Costin In recent years, Minnesota small talk has shifted from snow to haze. Smoke emanating from wildfires in Canada has traveled south across the...
Media Companies and Genocide
October 7, 2025
Jazz Ward Mass media holds a vast level of power over people. It controls not just our schedules, our communications, and our serotonin, but also...
Space Force Turbulence
September 30, 2025
Teagan L. Danilowicz In 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, establishing the United States Space Force...