Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu Southeast Asian Countries Revisit Nuclear Plants After Vietnam Signs Deals with Russia. While Southeast Asia has never produced nuclear energy, a newly advanced nuclear deal between Vietnam and Russia this week reignited conversations around nuclear energy production in the region. These conversations come in the m

Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu Japan-led Coalition to Sign $57 Billion Oil Deal with U.S Companies Weeks into the Iran conflict, tensions surrounding oil supplies are increasing all over the world, and so is the average price for an oil barrel. Since the start of the conflict, Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which is responsible for the

Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu India’s PM Modi Paid a Rare Visit to Israel On Wednesday, February 25th, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India arrived in Jerusalem and received a warm welcome from his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This marks only the second time Modi has visited Israel and the first since the beginning o

Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu Australia Will Not Assist in Bringing Back Australian Refugees Held in Syrian Camp On Tuesday, February 17th, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that the federal government would not provide nor facilitate “assistance or repatriation” for the refugee group of 34 Australian women and children who had

Uma Miskinyar Situating Mustang Panda Within China’s Cyber Strategy Mustang Panda is a Chinese state-aligned cyber espionage group known for conducting persistent malware campaigns to collect intelligence from government, military, and diplomatic targets. Originally concentrated in Southeast Asia, the cyber espionage threat actor has increasingly targeted United States and allied institutions. The group is also known by the alias Twill Typhoon , a designation used across

Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu PM Takaichi Wins a Landslide Victory in Snap Election Less than four months after making history and taking over as the first female prime minister of Japan, Takaichi took a political risk and called a snap election to muster further support and mandate from voters. It is a move that would allow her to continue ca

Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu Xi Discussed Trade and Taiwan with Trump Following Putin’s Call Following a call with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping hopped on another call on Feb. 4 to discuss trade and Taiwan with U.S. President Donald Trump. The call took place two months before Trump’s expected visit to Chin

Alexa Fishman Introduction The past two years have been volatile ones in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The war between Israel and Hamas that ended a little more than two years after the October 7 attacks was characterized by global accusations against Israel of genocide, the fight for the return of the hostages, and rising Palestinian death tolls. While this war and its ceasefire are at the forefront of the international community’s mind, a different, lesser-known thr

Edited by Mary Wahn, Grey Cohen, John Gooden, Emma Grace Jarvis, Ethan Joyce, Bianca Orfila-Molinet, and Meera Srinivasan Asia and the Pacific Written by Jesse Vu Top Diplomats Discuss Myanmar's Recent Election Top diplomats of ASEAN countries met in Cebu, Philippines, on Wednesday, January 28th, to attend their annual retreat and discuss all the critical issues in the region. These issues include the ongoing border war between Thailand and Cambodia, the recent military-run

Wells Benjamin “You won’t find a new country, won’t find another shore. This city will always pursue you.” “The City”, C. P. Cavafy Introduction: Nothing New Under the Sun The concept of an urban war is often thought of as a modern phenomena. Images of Stalingrad and Fallujah capture the mind and promote the idea that urban warfare is a kind of uniquely modern environment for war, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. As long as humans have begun to gravitate towards