Water Resource Hegemony: China’s Control of the Mekong
Families struggling to maintain their fishing businesses is an unfortunate reality in Laos. Most countries in the Lower Mekong River Basin share this bleak reality.
The Rise and Fall of the Right to Education for Afghan Women
On April 6, 2023, the White House released a twelve-page document which “outlines the key decisions and challenges surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.”[1] A
Bubbles: The Correlation of Law and Financial Policy
Over the centuries, economies across numerous nations have periodically been subject to asset price bubbles. An asset price bubble is a market phenomenon characterized by surges in asset prices
Chat GPT and the EU AI Act: Will New Regulations be Added?
In early 2023, ChatGPT took the world by storm.[1] Many flocked to its website to generate poems, articles, and exam answers to see what it
The Truth Behind Disinformation: Russia’s Use of False Information to Create a Narrative for the War with Ukraine
In our current society, we are constantly inundated with information. The average American reportedly consumes 34 gigabytes of information every day.[1] That is the equivalent
Examining the Slave Trade and Origins of International Human Rights Law
Before the international human rights law regime was established, international law guided and colluded in many human rights atrocities which disregarded the rights of certain
Gone for Good? International Operation to Dismantle Gensis Market Demonstrates How Success in Policing Transnational Cybercrime is Limited by Jurisdiction
The Justice Department recently announced an international coordinated operation to dismantle Genesis Market, “a criminal online marketplace that advertised and
The Windsor Framework: A UK-EU Relations Breakthrough
After two years of ineffective negotiations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) over the parties’ dispute regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol
The Forecast for Health Privacy: Cloud Computing in Japan
In reaction to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic and continued development of big health data and computational capabilities, increasingly digitized global healthcare systems face
Are Social Media Apps Like TikTok the Next Front for Tensions Between China and The West?
Countries across the globe are banning the use of TikTok, a social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance amidst a host of privacy
Toward a Safer World: The Case for a “No First Use” Policy
Current U.S. nuclear policy, known as “calculated ambiguity,” neither confirms nor denies the possibility of American forces initiating a nuclear first strike.[1] However, recent geopolitical
Migrant Sex Work: An Intersection of Marginalization
Migrant labor is a result of shifting cultural and economic patterns which push workers to migrate to find work across borders.[1] This unique type of
