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In the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, foreign powers asserted their will over China during what is known as the “century of humiliation.”[1] Famines, pandemics, mass murder, and widespread corruption hallmarked this era.[2] The Second Sino-Japanese war culminated in a particularly dark chapter for post-imperial China, when Japan, through its naval superiority, ravaged Chinese port cities … Read more

In 2020, losses due to ransomware attacks hit $20 billion.[1] Nearly double the losses that corporations experienced in 2019.[2] These attacks increased largely due to countries like Russia providing safe havens for cybercriminals by refusing to extradite them provided they don’t attack Russia itself.[3] International efforts to curb the recent surge in attacks are ramping … Read more

“Privacy” is acknowledged as “a fundamental human right in the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and in many other international and regional treaties.”[1] But, for all the weight and importance that the term “privacy” may generate, it has long been a challenging term to accurately define. Specifically, … Read more

“Climate change is an urgent global problem requiring a global solution.”[1] The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released in August provided a terrifying update that detailed the progression of global warming and extreme weather patterns.[2] Low-income countries and their inhabitants are disproportionately affected by climate change because they are often situated in … Read more

Over the last decade, the United States’ cannabis industry developed into a fully feathered golden goose for the states that have deviated from cannabis’ dated Federal Schedule I drug classification. Even with many industries attempting to rebound from the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, the American cannabis industry reached a record high of $17.4 billion … Read more

Russia developed “troll farms” to influence the 2016 American presidential election using misinformation spread via social media.[1] Experts disagree on the impact, but this type of interference is a growing phenomenon with similar recent attacks in Ukraine, France, and Russia.[2] Though Russia’s actions seem like a violation of the non-intervention doctrine, they may not violate … Read more

From colonization to wars and military occupations, global superpowers have a history of influencing the landscapes of foreign countries.[1] However, once these superpowers distance themselves or lose power, how should they address such a breakup? Spain sets an example with a fast track to Spanish nationality for those native to “Ibero-American” countries.[2] This requires two … Read more

President Biden has failed to fulfill his commitment to creating a more humane asylum system.  The administration has continued some of the most egregious Trump-era policies[1] and even where they have reversed Trump-era policies, they have done so only incrementally.  This has prevented any meaningful change to the current state of mass human rights abuses.  … Read more

Steven Donziger is a human rights lawyer who has battled Chevron for as long as I have been alive.  He has been on house arrest for over 800 days and, on Friday, October 1, 2021, Mr. Donziger was sentenced to “six months imprisonment … for criminal contempt charges arising from a lawsuit brought by the … Read more