World
The Price of War
Dear Readers: On December 1, 2009, President Obama announced a new Afghan battle strategy involving an escalation of more than 30,000 additional U.S. forces. While the decision created a media frenzy in the United States and around the world, plans…
Moving On: Kosovo’s Future After Independence
By Deirdre Dlugoleski To the inhabitants of Pristina, bursts of gunfire and the glare of explosions in the night sky must have been nothing new. The chaos of February 17 2008 probably looked familiar from a distance – except for…
Plotting the Next Moves in Obama’s Chess Match with Iran
The Middle East has never been an easy issue for the U.S. to tackle. How has President Obama fared during his first term?
One Country, Three Nations, On the Brink
By Hannah Kieschnick To pass through Bosnia and Herzegovina is to pass through a bruised country on the brink. Traveling back from a three-day trip to Sarajevo during the Yale Summer Session in Dubrovnik, Croatia, we waited in a long string…