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They Killed Cassandra First: A Feminist Analysis of Rousseau & Hegel
Throughout history, the female gaze has been silenced, repressed, and eliminated. Women who dared to think were disregarded, considered crazy, and even killed. Only a few women have walked the sands of time and left footprints so deep not even the patriarchal system could erase them. Mothers, fighters, queens, protectors, nurturers… victims of invisibility. One…
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Testing the Alliance: Shifts in US-Israel Relations During the Israel-Hamas War
Author’s Note: I wrote this paper for the course JPB024: Israel’s Foreign Policy, on April 14th, 2024. I am now publishing it here, with only minor modifications, in May 2024. Given the nature of the Israel-Hamas war, the analysis presented here is already outdated. In the elapsed month, PM Netanyahu has gone ahead with the…
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Shootings in Europe: School Shootings as a Growing Global Phenomena
On April 2nd at 9 a.m, a 12-year-old boy opened fire at his secondary school in Vantaa, Finland, just outside of Helsinki.3 One student died, and two others were injured in what has been named the Viertola School Shooting, which has not only shaken Finland, but all of Europe.3 This shooting was tragically not an…
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China’s Rise in the Global Order: Power Dynamics, Ideologies, and Economic Transformation
Two centuries ago, Napoleon warned, “Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Today China has awakened, and the world is beginning to shake (Allison, 2018). Formally known as the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the implications of various aspects of China’s rise, from its expanding influence and military muscle to its…
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Differences between Thomas Hobbes’s Contractarian Vision of the State and the Neo-Roman Theory of Free States
In this essay, I would like to discuss two views that clashed during the civil war in England in 1642, namely Thomas Hobbes’s contractarian view of society and the Neo-Roman theory of free states. The supporters of Hobbes’s opinion advocated for England to be governed by the king, while the other side defended the parliament.…
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Reframing Migration: Challenging Misconceptions and Embracing Diversity
Imagine waking up one day to realize that your familiar daily routine has completely shifted. You’re now surrounded by people who don’t speak your native language, the price of bread has fluctuated, the sun sets much earlier, and even your beloved coffee tastes different. In this moment, you begin reflecting on the multitude of decisions…