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Selva Valdiviana: Conservation and Crime in the Temperate Rainforest
By Jake Lanier The Selva Valdiviana, in southern Chile and Argentina, is the world’s second largest temperate rainforest. Although temperate rainforests don’t receive the same attention as their much warmer brothers, tropical rainforests, they are hotspots of biodiversity in their own right. Arriving in the Selva Valdiviana is incredible – one of the greenest places on the planet, it’s wet and cloudy almost all the … Continue reading Selva Valdiviana: Conservation and Crime in the Temperate Rainforest
The Forgotten Weapon of War: Women’s sexual and reproductive health struggles in conflict zones
By Sadie Nelson, Eli Brigham, and Amelia Pauly Continue reading The Forgotten Weapon of War: Women’s sexual and reproductive health struggles in conflict zones
Global Health in a World Without USAID
By Quincy Coullahan Continue reading Global Health in a World Without USAID
Pre-Hospital Care in the U.S. and China
By Dhyey Maharaja The ‘Golden Hour’ in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is the hour after a traumatic RMCevent, where prompt medical treatment at a hospital has the highest chance of preventing death. EMS staff, who need to sustain and transport patients to the hospital, need to arrive at the location as quickly as possible, usually in 10 minutes (called the response time). This time is … Continue reading Pre-Hospital Care in the U.S. and China
AOSIS and the Politics of Climate Survival
By Kaashvi Ahuja 65 million people and one-fifth of the world’s biodiversity, including 40 percent of the ocean’s coral reefs, are currently trapped on the very frontlines of a massacre of our own making. Decades of relentless burning, ignorance, and political neglect now unfold in real time, culminating in a reckoning that is punishing those least responsible for its cause. When climate change was dismissed … Continue reading AOSIS and the Politics of Climate Survival
Confronting Environmental Injustice in Asia
By Jasmine Griffin Within days, the scenery of a quaint, mountainous town in Taiwan turned into something nightmarish. Typhoons and high-magnitude earthquakes that have recently plagued Southeast Asia show the alarmingly high rate at which climate change is engulfing the region. Historically, Southeast and East Asia have been vulnerable to natural hazards, as exemplified by three major river deltas: the Chao Phraya Delta, stretching from … Continue reading Confronting Environmental Injustice in Asia
The Importance of Marine Conservation
By Monica Reilly The ocean has often been a foreign concept for many of us. We grow up glorifying space travel and nature reserves, but we have little, if any, experience with ocean exploration or deep sea creatures. This disconnect can make it easy to push marine issues aside, or to assume that we don’t need legislation in order to protect it. We are surrounded … Continue reading The Importance of Marine Conservation
Djibouti’s Peculiar Pecuniary Problem
By Arjun Moogimane and Finn Barrett Few nations have direct territorial claims to global trade chokepoints. Djibouti, a small country in the Horn of Africa, is one of them, making it a focal flashpoint of global trade security. Its strategic position as one of only four countries with direct access to the Bab-Al Mandeb strait has made it very important to global powers who maintain … Continue reading Djibouti’s Peculiar Pecuniary Problem
Silicon Hegemony: How Semiconductors Are Rewiring U.S.-China Power
By Dror Ko and Max Druckman Whereas World War II was won with steel and aluminum, and the Cold War with nuclear weapons, the coming conflict between the US and China will be determined by silicon. This idea was first articulated by Fletcher’s Chris Miller in his 2022 book Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, in which he argued that the … Continue reading Silicon Hegemony: How Semiconductors Are Rewiring U.S.-China Power
Tariffs for Dummies
By Gia Ghosh and Lauren Nadow In early 2025, searches for “tariff” increased by 2,400% compared to 2024, following Trump’s election in 2024 and his use of the word during the presidential debate. Yet, only 45% of Americans know what a tariff is. Tariffs are “taxes imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries.” This means that when goods are imported, … Continue reading Tariffs for Dummies
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