The Yale Review of International Studies

International human rights institutions, regardless of time or place, have long faced resistance from various governments. It’s no different in the context of the Inter-American Human Rights Sy...

https://yris.yira.org/column/populist-backlashes-against-the-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-exit-voice-or-disloyalty/

“There is nothing else to say… it was a crime of passion.” Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo, the first openly non-binary magistrate in Latin America, was found murdered alongside their partner Do...

https://yris.yira.org/column/crime-of-passion-or-lie-to-the-nation-the-murder-of-non-binary-mexican-magistrate-ociel-baena/

Abigail Washburn is a GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter and clawhammer banjo player. Chinese musical prodigy Wu Fei is master of the guzheng, the ancient 21-string zither. Known for blen...

https://yris.yira.org/interviews/massive-shared-territory-wu-fei-abigail-washburn-on-chinese-appalachian-folk-music/

André Marinus de Ruyter is a South African businessman who in December 2019 was appointed CEO of Eskom, South Africa’s largest state-owned electricity company. But in December 2022, de Ruyter...

https://yris.yira.org/interviews/by-not-speaking-out-when-something-is-wrong-you-become-complicit-former-eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-on-energy-and-corruption-in-south-africa/

Since Hamas’ attacks against Israel on October 7, and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza, London has been deeply affected. Grief, anger, and pain permeate the city which so many Muslims an...

https://yris.yira.org/column/israel-palestine-and-the-role-of-the-bystander-the-view-from-london/

In September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an announcement that sent shockwaves through international politics: he accused the government of India of assassinating Hardeep Singh Ni...

https://yris.yira.org/column/a-diaspora-dilemma-the-separatist-movement-affecting-relations-between-india-canada-and-the-united-states/

Leora Eisenberg entered Harvard University’s Ph.D. program in fall 2021 and is studying Central Asian Soviet history. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from Princeton University w...

https://yris.yira.org/interviews/the-soviet-union-was-not-exclusively-a-russifying-state-leora-eisenberg-on-the-importance-of-exploring-central-asian-dance-and-music/

By the turn of the 20th century, the US was becoming a neutral isolationist great power alongside other great powers like Britain and Japan. As the US was lured out of its isolationism, all three...

https://yris.yira.org/column/atlantic-allies-and-pacific-rivals-us-relationships-with-britain-and-japan-precipitating-wwii/

Howard Brush Dean III is an American physician, author, consultant, and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and chair of the Democratic National Co...

https://yris.yira.org/interviews/governor-howard-dean-on-state-building-in-ukraine-the-rise-of-china-democratic-backsliding-in-asia-and-more/

Please note: the views expressed within are part of an intellectual exercise and do not necessarily reflect the personal views of the author. January 6, 2024 Fictional speech by Hady Amr, Special...

https://yris.yira.org/middle-east/the-war-in-gaza-and-the-two-state-solution/