
Biden’s New Asylum Overhaul: Will Efficiency Sacrifice Due Process?
The Biden Administration announced new rules changing the asylum process aimed at decreasing the 1.7-million-case-backlog in U.S. immigration courts.[1] Under this new policy, some migrants

Is the United States Guilty of “Hysterical Fearmongering” in the 2022 Ukraine Crisis?
In a typically acrimonious diplomatic brawl on Monday January 31, 2022, at the U.N. Security Council, the United States asserted that Russia has been jeopardizing

Human Trafficking: Providing Protection Instead of Prosecution
The world becomes smaller everyday as technology and global transportation become more accessible and affordable.[1]As a result, human trafficking has more efficient, evolving into a

Mexico’s Legal Cannabis Landscape: What the United States Can Anticipate and Learn from Mexico’s Path to the Legalization of Adult-Use Cannabis
History and Legislative Process Similar to the United States in many ways, Mexico’s relationship with cannabis has been an arduous one.[1] Anti-marijuana policies that were

The Negative Externalities of Economic Sanctions on Russia
““[T]he use of economic sanctions carries with it a moral and economic price that is often difficult to justify,” especially in times of weakened economies.[1]”

An Introduction to the International Fight Against Workplace Violence and Harassment
The average person around the world will spend nearly 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime.[1] Therefore, a person’s quality of life can be directly

US SANCTIONS: HOW DO THEY WORK?
The United States has imposed “unprecedented” sanctions on Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.[1]Sanctions are a coercive foreign policy tool that can

Russia and Ukraine: Redefining the Global Order
War has arrived in Eastern Europe. On February 24, Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine[1]. The invasion, hallmarked already by indiscriminate civilian area bombing, threatens to

Cultivating Hemp: Potential for a Global Impact
In today’s consumer-driven world, identifying and implementing sustainable methods has increasingly become a standard seen across all industries. Whether it is a manufacturer attempting to

Navigating a Political Minefield?
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia.[1] The complex origins of the conflict were initially influenced by Soviet-era land

A Pandemic Treaty to Save the Succulents?
Dudleya, a North American genus of small succulent plants, sometimes called live-forevers, are being ripped from their habitat and smuggled out of the country for

Unfit to be Retained: Repatriating Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes
Last year, Jesus College of Cambridge returned an artifact known as a Benin Bronze to its native country of Nigeria.[1] It was a sculpture of