Tag: North America

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Science & Technology

Reconceptualizing Race and Healthcare in the Wake of COVID-19

Prior to the onset of COVID-19, healthcare expenditures represented approximately seventeen percent of the US gross domestic product (GDP), and per capita healthcare spending in…

December 14, 2020

Dialogues

PART II: Dr. Hal Singer on How to Best Regulate Big Tech

GJIA: In a recent article you authored on ProMarket, you discussed the idea of pre-distribution antitrust, where the government intervenes before an industry tips towards a…

December 4, 2020

Global Governance

The Disinformation Shift: From Foreign to Domestic

On November 10th, a week after the US presidential election and three days after media outlets projected victory for former vice-president Joseph R. Biden, Secretary of State…

November 28, 2020

Dialogues

PART I: Dr. Hal Singer on How to Best Regulate Big Tech

GJIA: Both the United States and the European Union have been increasingly scrutinizing technology giants. Most recently, the House of Representatives Antitrust Subcommittee…

November 27, 2020

Conflict & Security

“The Internet Federalist Papers”

At a time when US democracy buckles under pressures and fissures straining the body politic, The Federalist Papers offers a foundation to help reassert norms and practices…

November 11, 2020

Global Governance

Why the United States’ Re-Engagement with the Paris Agreement is Crucial in a Post-COVID World

This rapid rise in emissions can be attributed to countries striving to maximize their economic growth in a post-pandemic era. The climate crisis may especially worsen in the…

September 5, 2020

Forum

Preparing for the Inevitable: Climate Change and the Military

Vulnerabilities Sea level rise, extreme storms, extreme drought and heat, and Arctic ice melt all degrade security and military readiness. These are not future challenges; each…

March 18, 2020

Forum

What Can FEMA Learn from the Historic 2017 Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons?

One of the crucial lessons that has emerged from 2017 is that FEMA cannot, on its own, bring about recovery after a disaster strikes. However, FEMA can offer resources that will…

January 28, 2020

Student Review

The Intersection of Poetry and U.S.-Mexican Border Affairs in Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s “Lima :: Limón”

Natalie Scenters-Zapico writes about her recounts. In a 2015 interview with Blue Mesa Review, when asked if she thinks of an ideal reader while writing, Scenters-Zapico, …

January 23, 2020

Global Governance

Indigenous Elder Societies as Leaders for Global Protected Areas Governance

Many models for parks and protected areas have been created globally to preserve biodiversity and natural heritage and to provide visitors with “wild places” to experience.…

October 10, 2019