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Co-editors: Andrea Brannock and Marshall McMillan

Articles in this volume:

  • The Baltic Security Dilemma in the Post-Soviet Era (Willem Hermann-Wedemeyer)
  • Facilitating Cooperation Between North and South Korea (Megan Kent)
  • Managing Orbital Debris in Low Earth Orbit (Dana Kenow)
  • Fostering Constructive and Cooperative Partnerships Between European Based NGOs and Their Beneficiaries in Less Developed Countries (Briana Navarro)
  • Big Tech: Bridging the Governance Gap (Natalie Mesplay)
  • Augmenting the Telecommunications Sector in Djibouti (Luisa Meyer, Martin Scholar)
  • Reducing Teen Suicide Rates in European Union States (Ryan Palmer, Martin Scholar)
  • 2022 Lewis Award for Outstanding Position Paper Writing

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Co-editors: Stella Davidson-Musser and Ellen Yenne

Articles in this volume:

  • Weathering Malaria in Africa: Controlling the Effects of Extreme Weather Events (Emma Carscallen)
  • Eradicating Illegal Adoptions in China and South Korea (Kailyn Eagy)
  • Europe’s Role in Protecting the Egyptian Vulture (Nick Schofield)
  • Strategies for the EU’s Geographical Indications in the Face of Climate Change (Sidney Angstman)
  • Reducing Conflict Between Local Communities and Mining Companies in South America’s Andean Countries (Nicole Handlen)
  • Mitigating the Impacts of Overtourism in Populous Western European Cities (Olive Swan)
  • Regional Cooperation for Agricultural Development in West Africa (Karsten Schumaker)
  • Interview with former U.S. Ambassador Robert Jackson (Molly Feeley and Natalie Mesplay)

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Co-editors: Kailyn Eagy, Abigail Grant and Hanna Jackovich

Articles in this volume:

  • The Arctic Council and Environmental Security: Ensuring Productivity in the North (Dylan Porter)
  • Promoting Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region (Logan Smith)
  • Innovative Strategies to Reduce Consumer Demand for Fast Fashion in Latin America (Bailey Carpenter)
  • Reducing the Prevalence of Marine Resource Exploitation in the Bay of Bengal (Jasmine Kinkead)
  • Addressing the Resilience of Global Potato Production in the Face of Climate Change (Abigail Rowe)
  • Combatting Sex Trafficking in Russia and Central Asia (Jaime Shaffer)
  • Towards the Eradication of Menstrual Exile in Rural Nepal (Samragyee Gautam)
  • Limiting the United States’ Perpetuation of Sexist Oppression in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Erin Kwiatkowski)
  • Ending the Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Aboriginal Women in Canada (Emily Wesseling)

 

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Co-editors: Michaela Avants and Danielle Coleman

Articles in this volume:

  • Innovative Solutions for Latin America’s Growing Waste Problem (Annarose Qualls)
  • Combatting Organized Crime in Canada (Kate Behrmann)
  • Protecting the Prices of Quinoa to Preserve the Diet of Bolivia (Jonathan Trusty)
  • Sustaining the European Wine Industry in the Face of Climate Change (Maggie Thornsberry)
  • Saving Venice from Rising Tides (Kya-Xé Z. Dudney)
  • Normalization on the Korean Peninsula (Ashton Mitchell)
  • Maintaining Security and Stability in the Arctic (Cole Keehner)
  • Eradicating the Protracted Refugee Situation in Nakivale Camp (Fredrick Shema)
  • China in Africa: Facilitating a Mutually Beneficial Relationship (Ayomipo Kayode-Popoola)
  • Interview with Ambassador Kristie Kenney

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Co-editors: Maggie Thornsberry and Emily Wesseling

Articles in this volume:

  • Assuring US-China Cooperation in Space (Jade Brown)
  • Improving Global Resilience Against Coercive Geoeconomic Strategies (Briggs Jackson)
  • Addressing Water Insecurity in the Andes (Alma Delic’)
  • Mitigating Russia’s Influence in Crimea through Sanctions (Jamie Mustard)
  • Reducing Air Pollution from Cruise Ships (Liz Daniel)
  • Addressing the Trafficking of Live Animal Specimens Native to the Amazon Rainforest (Senna Pankopf)
  • Improving the Adherence of Member States to European Union Press Freedom Laws (Graham Zickefoose)
  • The Status of the Kurds in Iraq Post-2017 Independence Referendum (Zachary Lien)
  • Intergroup Relations and Europe’s Migration Crisis (Cami Nichols)
  • Addressing Gender Discrimination through Urban Design and Policy Reform in Spanish-Latin American Cities (Madison Jackson)
  • Hosting Mega-Sporting Events Ethically in Developing Countries (Kimberly Gerken)
  • Interview with Ambassador Maura Connelly

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Co-editors: Zachary Lien and Graham Zickefoose

Articles in this volume:

  • Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Post-Communist Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Hailey Stewart)
  • Addressing Unethical Labor and Manufacturing Conditions within the Supply Chains of the European Apparel Industry (Halle Gilbert)
  • Ending the Maltreatment of Indigenous Oaxacan Migrant Farm Workers (Ashley Perazzo)
  • Finding a European Energy Alternative to Russian Natural Gas (Victor Atkinson)
  • Gender Mainstreaming Among the European Union’s Refugee Population (Kendall Varin)
  • Improving Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean (Rachel Goodman)
  • Managing the Environmental and Health Impact of Growing Pesticide Use in Latin America (Michael Lowe)
  • East, West, and the Gap between Them: Reducing Education Inequalities Between Older and Newer EU Member States (Anna Dolezal)
  • Preventing the Next Financial Crisis: Reforming the European Economic and Monetary Union (Bekka Ashcraft)
  • Interview with U.S. Ambassador Patricia Agatha Butenis

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Co-editors: Senna Pankopf and Hailey Stewart

Articles in this volume:

  • Improving Human Waste Management in South Asia (Caitlin Jacobshagen)
  • Revamping the European Union’s Common European Asylum System (Alyssa Shankel)
  • Mitigating Separatist Tendencies in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China (Sarah Platt)
  • Towards a Sustainable Transnational Security Apparatus on the African Continent (Edwin Latrell)
  • Transnational Water Governance in South Asia (Anushka Karki)
  • Improving Favelas in Brazil through Integrated Urban Development Programs (Amaya Amigo)
  • Strengthening the Capacity of Smallholders in the ASEAN Oil Palm Industry (Courtney Stoker)
  • The Proper Development of Armed Forces for Counterterrorism (Riley England)

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Co-editors: Caitlin Jacobshagen and Brett Travis

Articles in this volume:

  • Four Decades Divided: Resolving the Ethno-Nationalist Dispute in Cyprus (Jessie Dexter)
  • Reopening the Armenia-Turkey Border (Ruben Tsarukyan)
  • Reducing the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in Europe: An International Business and Economic Approach (Alysha Van Zante)
  • Puerto Rico's Uncommon Wealth: Building a Resilient Economy in a Neocolonial Era (Mariela G. Vazquez)
  • Mitigating the Foreign Fighter Threat: Limiting the Flow of Jihadists from Europe (Emily Greene)
  • Options for Emissions Reduction in the Face of Global Climate Change (Jillian Greene)
  • Preventing and Treating Chikungunya in the Americas (Daniel Lewis)
  • Increasing Cereal Yields in Sub-Saharan Africa (Samuel Hermann)
  • Greening the Common Agricultural Policy (Carly Joerger)

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Co-editors: Hannah J. Sandoval and Mariela G. Vazquez

Articles in this volume:

  • China’s Silk Road Revival: Managing the Restive West (Ana Read)
  • Global Decriminalization of and Tolerance for Homosexuality (Jim Martinez)
  • Balancing Protected Area Management and Indigenous Rights in Latin America (Jamil Sepulveda)
  • Overcoming Legal and Political Impediments of Freedom of Speech in Europe (Tyler Smotherman)
  • Albinism in East Africa: Ending Discrimination through an Analysis of Traditional Witchcraft Practices (Lindsay Short)
  • The Looming Threat of an Avian Influenza Pandemic from China (Ketura Meyer)
  • Healing Medical Tourism for the Benefit of All between the U.S. and Latin America (Hannah Davis)
  • Making the BRICS Development Bank Functional (Daniel McCarthy)
  • Economic Dependence on Eucalyptus, an Invasive Species in Africa (Molly Orr)

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Co-editors: Liz Kane and Jim Martinez

Articles in this Volume

  • Reducing Maternal Mortality in Chad (Magdalen Hand)
  • Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Mexico City and Buenos Aires (Linette Moseley)
  • Family Planning in Southeast Asia (Erin Heuring)
  • North Korean Refugees in the People's Republic of China (Carly Lauffer)
  • Slum Development & Economic Growth in Latin America (Hilary Bowen)
  • In Search of a Final Solution to Nuclear Waste Policy in Germany (Gregory Dobak)
  • Hungary's Right Wing Extremism and the European Union (Claire Stevenson)
  • Migration and Border Security Cooperation between Russia and its Southern Neighbors (Connor DeVries)
  • Migration in Danger: Saving the Red Knot Rufa (Patrick Flanigan)
  • Strengthening Environmental Protection in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes (Nicole Henderson)

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Co-editors: Erin Heuring, Bryanna Larrea, and Mary Sloniker

Articles in this Volume

  • Artistry and Judge Misconduct in Artistic Olympic Sports (Kayla Whiting)
  • Strategic Development vs. Neocolonialism: Exploring China-Africa Relations (Sarah Grigg)
  • Securing Corporate Social Responsibility in the Development of States: A Legal Framework of Accountability (Angelene Little)
  • Biopiracy: IPR Solutions for Developing Nations and their Indigenous Groups (Andrea Scanlan)
  • Cultural Heritage and European Policy (A. Tayler Marshall)
  • Communication, Integration, and Identification: An Effective Language Policy for the European Union (Emily Brookhart)
  • The Ambiguity of Cyber Warfare: Regulating Cyber War for the 21st Century (Stephen Weeks)
  • Improving US – Russian Intercountry Adoption and Cooperation: Ensuring the Wellbeing of Orphans across Borders (Elizabeth Rose Hardman)

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Co-editors: Emily Brookhart and Samuel Schmoker

Articles in this Volume

  • Slicing the Seabed: Arctic Sovereignty Disputes (Kelsey Neal)
  • Malaria Eradication Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cari Dighton)
  • Counterfeiting and Piracy in Latin America (Austin Becker)
  • Economic Reform: Crisis Driven Change (Nick Timchalk)
  • Providing Effective Tuberculosis Care for Vulnerable Populations in Eastern Europe (Austin Warren)
  • Repatriation of Cultural Property and Its Continued Protection: Policy Options for Latin American and Caribbean States (Kirsten Ward)
  • Flags of Convenience: Improving the Implementation of Maritime Policy (Bonnie Magnuson)
  • Interview with Captain Ulrich Reineke, NATO

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Co-editors: Connor Arbiter and Bonnie Magnuson

Articles in this Volume

  • Sport for Development and Peace (Chad Mann)
  • The Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency Complex (Nick Castle)
  • Seeking Asylum in Europe (Josh Hickey)
  • Child Trafficking through Latin America (Elisa Briesmeister)
  • Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in the Baltic States (Alexis Olson)
  • Global Infectious Disease and U.S. National Security (Lynn McAlister)
  • Interview with Ambassador Keith Haskell

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Co-editors: Alexis Olson and Chad Mann

Articles in this Volume

  • Population Growth and Islam: Family Planning in the Middle East and North Africa (Kimberly Castelin)
  • Save the Remittances: Remittances and the Global Economic Crisis (Anna Brown)
  • Alternatives to Aerial Fumigation Policy Along the Colombian-Ecuadorian Border (Sarah Hulse-Reyes)
  • The Legal Status of the U.S. Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Adam Sanchez)
  • Africa’s Language Situation: A Space for New Ethnic Constructs? (Nastasha Everheart)
  • Perpetuating Dominance or Promoting Self-Sufficiency? A Comparative Analysis of the Commonwealth of Nations and L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (Ashley Borup)

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