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Industrial Warfare, International Finance, and International Politics in the Russo-Japanese War
1914 witnessed the outbreak of the seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century, a global conflict resulting in seismic international consequences that remain felt to the present....
James Yu (Guest Writer)
May 214 min read
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Echoes of the Hammer and Sickle: Soviet Legacies in Modern Russian Intelligence
When the Soviet Union’s hammer and sickle flag was lowered for the last time off the Kremlin and was superseded by the Russian white,...
Luben Daynov (Guest Writer)
Apr 314 min read
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Rice & Wagyu: An Interview with Former Second Secretary Rosanne Costin on Trade and Diplomacy
Listen to the audio on Spotify *The transcript has been edited for readability Hosted by Samuel Lee and Declan Browne. Special thanks to...
Samuel Lee, Declan Browne, Rosanne Costin, & Raphael Dillon
Dec 9, 202423 min read
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Analyzing History and Art: How Does the Peasant Feature in the Imagination of 19th Century Russian Society?
“The Shy Peasant” by Illya Repin Before one can answer how the “peasant” is featured in the Russian imagination, it is important to...

Samuel Lee (Staff Writer)
Dec 5, 202412 min read
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National Unification, Collaboration and Collective Memory: The Impact of the War of Resistance on Chinese History
"Women’s Defense Corps training at Canton, China, 1938" by Cambridge University Before answering whether the war of resistance witnessed...

Samuel Lee (Staff Writer)
Dec 3, 20248 min read
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Analyzing Elections: "Did Tory Tactics or Labour Chaos Win the 1979 Election?"
This paper will argue that both the Conservative campaign as well as the perception of the Labour government were equally important...
Tanay Sonawane (Guest Writer)
Dec 3, 20249 min read
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From Knights to Muskets: The Evolution of Military Tactics and Technology in Early Modern Europe
The Middle Age’s casus belli were typified by disagreements over inheritance and claims to throne. Not only these, but the defensive...

Augustine Acuña III (Staff Writer)
Dec 2, 202412 min read
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Women's Voices: Struggling with Modernity in Qing China
"Chinese Girl" by Vladimir Tretchikoff This essay will analyse the role of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...

Samuel Lee (Staff Writer)
Dec 2, 20249 min read
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Decolonization in the Twentieth Century: Reshaping Global Order and Cultural Identities
This essay examines how decolonization in the twentieth century reshaped the global order and the international system.

Declan Browne (Staff Writer)
Nov 29, 20247 min read
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