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Jun 23, 20223 min read

Can the War Be Ended? US-Saudi Relations and the Yemen War

by John Whitehead — The Biden administration announced on June 14 that the president would visit Saudi Arabia in July. During his trip,...

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Jun 20, 20224 min read

Rehumanizing Children

by Lauren Pope — Last month, a 4th-grade classroom became the scene of unspeakable carnage. A teenager, not much older than the victims,...

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May 23, 20224 min read

The Cost of War: Shireen Abu Akleh and the Apparent Disposability of Civilians and Journalists

by Samuel B. Parker — On May 11th, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin during a raid...

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May 16, 20225 min read

Wasted Opportunities? The New Defense Budget and Nuclear Posture Review

by John Whitehead — The Biden administration released its proposed defense budget for Fiscal Year 2023 earlier this spring. The proposal...

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May 11, 20223 min read

Wimbledon Drops the Ball: Excluding Russians from International Athletics is Unethical Hypocrisy

by Samuel B. Parker — On April 18th, organizers of the Boston Marathon followed through on their resolution to prohibit Russian and...

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Apr 1, 20223 min read

Mariupol, Kunduz, and the Neglected Legacy of U.S. War Crimes

by Samuel B. Parker — Earlier this month, the Russian Air Force executed an airstrike against a pediatric hospital and maternity ward in...

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Mar 24, 20226 min read

A People in Agony: How the United States Continues to Fuel the Yemen War

by John Whitehead — A war between Yemen and the nearby states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been going on for...

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Mar 21, 20223 min read

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Constructively Discussing Race in the Russo-Ukrainian War

by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...

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Mar 14, 20223 min read

Opposing War amid Repression: Anti-War Efforts in Russia

by John Whitehead — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rightly provoked widespread condemnation. Perhaps the most important source of...

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Mar 4, 20224 min read

U.S. Policies Continue to Harm Innocent Afghan Civilians Even After Armed Forces Withdrawal

by Samuel B. Parker — Six months ago, the U.S. military began an overdue yet chaotic process of withdrawing from Afghanistan. The United...

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Mar 1, 20224 min read

The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Nuclear Threat: How Did We Get Here, and What Do We Do Now?

by Samuel B. Parker — On February 24th, Russian forces invaded Ukraine and initiated the first major conventional war on the European...

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Feb 21, 20224 min read

Help War’s Victims: End the Economic Punishment of Afghanistan

by John Whitehead — Having already endured decades of civil war, Afghanistan’s people now face economic collapse and abysmal poverty. The...

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Feb 17, 20223 min read

A Defense Against Threats or a Cause of Them? The United States’ Global Military Presence

by John Whitehead — The United States’ military presence extends across the earth. U.S. military personnel are located in hundreds of...

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Feb 12, 20222 min read

Military Escalation in Ukraine and the Need for Diplomacy

by Rana Irby — American troop numbers are building up in Eastern Europe as tensions between Russia and Ukraine intensify. Over the past...

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Jan 10, 202210 min read

A "New Paradigm": The Stunning History of Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo Bay

by Samuel B. Parker — On January 11th, 2002, twenty inmates arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, becoming the first individuals...

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Jan 1, 20224 min read

Staving Off War: The Russia, Ukraine, and NATO Stand-Off

by John Whitehead — The long-simmering conflict between Ukraine and Russia now threatens to become open war. Russian military forces...

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Dec 21, 20214 min read

Checking the Nuclear Threat: The Opportunity of the Nuclear Posture Review

by John Whitehead — The Biden administration is currently re-evaluating the United States’ nuclear strategy. This re-evaluation offers an...

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Dec 8, 20213 min read

The Temptation to Escalate: Responding to China’s Hypersonic Weapon Test

by John Whitehead — U.S.-China tensions increased this fall with U.S. officials’ announcement that China had tested a “hypersonic weapon”...

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Oct 26, 20213 min read

Guns in Schools in 2021

by Stephanie Hauer — There was a fight at Timberview High School on Wednesday, October 6. That morning, a conflict broke out among some...

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Oct 18, 20214 min read

The Forgotten War: The Libyan War and Its Legacy

by John Whitehead — Of the 21st century wars waged by the United States, the Libya War is perhaps the most forgotten one. The 2011 war...

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