HIR Academic Writing Contest - Harvard International Review
May 31, 2024 · Who We Are The Harvard International Review is a quarterly magazine offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers. Since our founding in 1979, we've set out to bridge the worlds of academia and policy through outstanding writing and editorial selection. The quality of our
The #MeToo Movement : Investigating the Lasting International …
Jan 31, 2024 · The Origins of the #MeToo Movement. To stand up against perpetrators of sexual violence, activist Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual assault, coined the term “me too” in 2006. Burke initially focused on women of color, using the term to emphasize empowerment through empathy. On October 5, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano exposed film producer ...
Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United ...
Dec 28, 2020 · Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States and China. In a time of ever-increasing wealth of information on the internet, China has become notorious for having the most stringent internet censorship policies and surveillance systems in the world. Search engines and social media platforms that are ubiquitous in the United ...
The Sri Lankan Civil War and Its History, Revisited in 2020
Aug 31, 2020 · On June 9, 2020, Sri Lankans occupied the streets outside the US Embassy in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, holding signs condemning the racism, police brutality, and other maladies plaguing the United States. Sri Lanka’s social issues also came to light at this protest. The country, after all, has its history of ethnic strife and is ...
Harvard International Review
The Harvard International Review is a quarterly magazine offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers.
Cambodia's Triumph and Tragedy: The UN's Greatest ...
Feb 13, 2023 · In 1991 Cambodia was a mess. Cambodia had spent centuries being stripped by a kleptocratic and Byzantine monarchy and then treated as an appendage to Vietnam by a disinterested French colonial system. But what little there was in 1970 was comprehensively destroyed over the next two decades. Nixon’s bombers, internal coups and power struggles, the genocidal insanity of the Khmer Rouge, and a ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s "War on drugs"
Jun 9, 2017 · There are no police records of his killing. Welcome to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs.’. The details of the killings of those four people provide grisly context for the hard data of the more than 7,000 suspected drug users and drug dealers killed by police and “unidentified gunmen” since Duterte took office on ...
Public Health and Overpopulation: The United Nations ...
Jun 20, 2022 · The global population is currently rising at a steady rate. The number of humans existing on Earth has never been as high as it is now. In 1800, Earth had approximately 1 billion inhabitants, which rose to 2.3 billion in 1940, then 3.7 billion in 1970, and approximately 7.5 billion today. In the last five decades, Earth has experienced an ...
Machismo, Femicides, and Child's Play: Gender Violence ...
May 19, 2020 · Machismo, Femicides, and Child’s Play: Gender Violence in Mexico. The year was 1993. Just miles away from the busy city center of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the battered corpses of young girls and women were found in the desert; they were discarded like garbage after violent assault and abuse. Disposal was simply an afterthought for their ...
A Deep-dive into Australia's Mandatory Voting
Oct 2, 2023 · Compulsion Emboldens Democracy: A Deep-dive into Australia’s Mandatory Voting. 02.Oct.2023 . 6 min read. Australia is currently in the midst of deep political debate—Australia’s citizens are set to vote in a significant referendum near the end of 2023 to determine whether the constitution will be amended to include Indigenous voices.