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Global Challenges, Global Solutions: A Conversation With Ted Wittenstein
Edward (Ted) Wittenstein YC ’04, YLS ’12 is a former intelligence professional and diplomat. After graduating from Yale College, he served as an intelligence policy analyst for the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of…
Shenzhen Rewind
For three years, Shenzhen was my address, but not my home. The miracle city only felt aggressively utilitarian and vacuously cold to me—until I started seeing it through color-suppressant filters. For me, it takes more than one story to understand…
Shuttered Consulates: The Impact of Ambassador Expulsions
The West Bank’s setting sun painted long shadows on the ground as Husam Zomlot, the de facto Palestinian ambassador to the United States, stood on the balcony of his family home in Ramallah and gazed over the undulating hills. The…
Working in the Shadows: The Plight of Filipino Migrant Workers in Taiwan
In February 2023, Esmeralda Prego migrated from the Philippines to Nantou, Taiwan, to work as an in-home caretaker. She expected to spend her time helping an elderly grandmother with her daily routine. Instead, she found herself forced to work 13…
A Cry for Care: The Decline of Public Healthcare in Spain
In February 2023, hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the streets of Madrid, Spain’s capital city, to voice their outrage at the deterioration of public healthcare in the region. According to the protestors, Madrid’s right-wing government has paved the…
Ghosts of Colonialism: Unrest and Political Identity in Peru
“We have been getting killed from the very beginning,” Clara Mongé said, reflecting on contemporary Peru from her home in Delray Beach, FL. She left her native country decades ago, but her walls still display a colorful blend of Spanish…
A Divine Absence: Three Decades after the kidnapping of the Panchen Lama
On an otherwise sedate afternoon in May 1995, residents of a remote village in Lhari, Northern Tibet, watched in stunned silence as armed men stormed into one of the town’s homes, snatched a family of herders, and fled as quickly…
We Are One: Protests in Iran Unite the Iranian-American Community
Following the murder of Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, a wave of protests broke out in Iran and around the world. Nearly 7,000 miles from Tehran, Persian students at Yale have joined millions across the globe in offering support…