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Better Late Than Never? How Pope Francis Upped the Ante in Greece’s Negotiation with the British Museum Regarding the Repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles
March 27, 2023
Laura Phillipp Tucker Did Lord Elgin know he was creating a centuries-long strife when he took The Parthenon Marbles—a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures—from the...
Sri Lanka Local Elections Delayed: Government Cites Financial Concerns to Cover Corruption & Delays
March 23, 2023
Suzanne Mead A small island country off of the coast of India, Sri Lanka rarely makes U.S. headlines. [1] Yet, a majority of people in...
Minnesota’s Anti-BDS Law is Safe From Constitutional Challenges for the Foreseeable Future
March 22, 2023
Joanna Curry Following the lead of U.S. foreign policy and consistently with over 30 other states, in 2017 Minnesota passed a law that prohibits the...
International Law v. “International Practice”: Critiquing the American Response to Unmanned Flying Objects Over United States Territory
March 20, 2023
Funsho Delé Nwabuzor The recent international incident regarding the purported Chinese spy balloon that flew over United States territory has been closely watched and commented...
What Happened in Qatar?: Examining the Corruption Scandal Surrounding the 2022 World Cup
March 17, 2023
Josh Mone Background In 2010, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, the then-Prime Minister of Qatar, traveled to France to pitch the almost fantastical idea of...
Avoiding Conscription or Fleeing from Injustice? The Story of Russian Men Seeking Refuge from the Ukraine-Russian War
March 3, 2023
Andrew Y. Kim It is perhaps widely recognized and supported by international law and humanitarian principles that individuals forced to flee their homeland due to...
Comparison of U.S. and E.U. Central Banking Ethics Rules
February 24, 2023
Emma Wittmer At the core of the global economy is a public trust in central banks to execute monetary policy fairly and without bias. In...
Future of the Northern Ireland Protocol in Question on the Eve of the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
February 24, 2023
Olivia Gulley On January 31, 2020, The United Kingdom officially left the European Union. [1] During Withdrawal Agreement negotiations between the UK and the EU...
Something’s in the Air: 'Spy Balloons,' High-Altitude Objects, and Vertical Sovereignty
February 17, 2023
Ian Johnson On January 28th, 2023, the United States identified an object entering United States’ airspace near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. [1] By Tuesday, January 31...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s a Spy Balloon! The International Law Implications of China’s Actions and the United States’ Response
February 17, 2023
Hannah Grayson All the news has been talking about in the past couple of weeks has been the Chinese spy balloon flying over the length...