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Governing AI in Education: The Cost of Convenience and the Future of Independent Thought
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming a normalized facet of modern education. Students now use it to explain concepts, generate ideas, organize essays, and at times to even complete written work. In many ways, this technology can truly be undeniably useful- it saves time, expands access to learning, and offers support when students are in need of guidance. At the same time, its rapidly growing role in education raises a more urgent and far reaching policy questio
Alain Breton
Jun 267 min read


U.S. Media Control and Authoritarianism: A Critical Analysis
Following U.S.-Israeli joint military strikes in Iran in early 2026, those closely following Washington’s authoritarian shift expressed concerns surrounding media coverage of the conflict, namely referring to the large censorship gap existing between American and international news outlets. While the algorithms of social media platforms such as Tiktok and Instagram heavily restrict the flow of information for American citizens, intrinsic features such as instantaneous messagi
Halle Shoaf
Jun 126 min read


Bases of Contention: Spain, the United States, and the European Fragmentation of the Transatlantic Alliance
The war in the Middle East has brought about serious changes to the U.S.-Spanish defense relationship. Spain’s restrictions to the U.S. use of military bases and access to the airspace for U.S. aircraft for all operations against Iran have sparked intense debates around the future of Spanish and European defense’s allyship with the U.S. The U.S.-Spain defense partnership which spans seven decades is deteriorating alongside NATO, calling into question the reliability of future
Macy Ellis
Jun 36 min read


Cuba and the Failure of International Law
Since 1959, Cuba has been under an oppressive and cruel dictatorship that has committed countless atrocities. From mass killings, political assassinations and labor camps, political censorship, the Cuban people have been held at gunpoint by the Castro regime for nearly seventy years now. While the international community has routinely documented the systemic humanitarian abuses that occur in Cuba, their hands remain tied by the very framework that has failed Cuba, internation
Sean Rivero
May 216 min read


Inherited Exile: Intergenerational Memory, Political Continuity, and Cuban American Identity
The execution of Ángel María Clausell García on April 29, 1959, at La Cabaña in Havana, Cuba, stands at the center of my family’s memory. He was my great-grandfather. Accused of a crime that was never meaningfully proven and denied due process, he was executed by firing squad by the revolutionary government. His death did not end with the moment of execution. It continued through the family he left behind, through the home that was taken, through the children who were forced
Alain Breton
May 208 min read


Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on International Relations
For decades, Hollywood has long been captivated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). From the end of days, apocalyptic depiction of AI in the form of “Skynet” in the Terminator franchise to the brilliant assistant of Tony Stark’s J.A.R.V.I.S in Marvel, “pop culture” has spent billions on attempting to imagine what AI will look like. Despite these billion dollar franchises being hits at the box office, Hollywood has failed to properly predict how AI will penetrate and alter one of
Sean Rivero
Apr 247 min read
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