Category / 2020 / International
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One World, Overarching Theories
This article is in response to Jack Snyder’s article in Foreign Policy, published in November 2004. Snyder’s thesis is that the three principal theories of international relations, realism, liberalism, and idealism, each explain some aspects and fail to explain other aspects of the international system in our post-9/11 world. We can posit a theory that…
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It Is 2020 and India Bleeds Saffron
It is 2020 and India bleeds saffron. Within the past year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah’s Hindutva (Hindu Right) agenda has violently manifested itself through an escalation of India-Pakistan tensions over the Kashmiri occupation including increased military presence and human rights abuses, the revocation of Article 370 which further stripped…
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CCP vs. Religion, A Century Long Battle
For most modes of transportation in China, from planes to trains to subways, there is usually a security check one must go through in order to reach their destination. As a high school student in Beijing, I noticed as I took the subways that there seemed to be individuals that had a harder time getting…
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Is Violence An Appropriate Strategy For Hong Kong?
This author needs to stay anonymous for the safety of herself and her family in mainland China. While her nationality comes with a natural bias on the Hong Kong issue, she strives to stay objective and consult a variety of sources when compiling this article. She also hopes to contribute some first-hand information by interviewing…
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Covering Earth In The 21st Century
On thethirdpole.net, interested readers can find in-depth discussion and multilingual coverage of the Himalayan Valley watershed. This watershed provides fresh water to nearly 1.3 billion people and the website highlights local political challenges that South Asian countries face regarding the collective management of this precious natural resource alongside detailed, interactive maps that show the distribution…
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Assad Remains in Power, Kurds Betrayed
When I was abroad in Jordan this past academic year, I stayed with a host family. My host mom, a Syrian Christian from the north, supported the al-Assad regime. The Syrian Assistant Director of my program, conversely, did not support the regime. There was a portrait of al-Assad in our home and when the assistant…
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Justin from Canada
Only a month before the 2019 Canadian federal election, Time Magazine released the first photo of the current prime minster, Justin Trudeau, in brownface while he was a teacher at the West Point Grey Academy. Trudeau was dressed as a caricature of an Arab man for an Arabian nights themed party. This isn’t the first…
