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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

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China’s Monetary Stimulus: Will It Defy the Odds and Boost Growth?

Yang Yao, Contributor November 12, 2024

On September 25, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), unleashed a bucket of bold stimulus measures unseen in decades. These measures aim to revive the sluggish, debt-ridden economy...

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A Pivotal Moment: Japan’s LDP Presidential Election and Its Implications for Japan’s Future and U.S-Japan Relations

Skyler Barnes, Contributor September 27, 2024

September 27, 2024, will go down in history as a turning point for Japan’s socioeconomic and political trajectory as it will mark the reveal of Japan's new Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president. Prime...

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China Relaxes Zero-Covid Policy Following Protests From University Students

Cihan Sahin, Contributor February 19, 2023

In December of 2022, China finally ended its zero-covid policy due to the people’s frustrations with the government’s tough restrictions on public behavior that lasted nearly three years. Though many...

Chinese Students at Vanderbilt Dissent As Xi Reaffirms His Power

Chinese Students at Vanderbilt Dissent As Xi Reaffirms His Power

Alex Mormorunni, Contributor October 30, 2022

Image credit: “Great Hall of the People by Night” by Reinhold Möller is used with permission. “Destroy the old world, create a new world,” reads a handwritten message on a pin-up board in Stevenson...

Islamic Tradition in South Asia: A Discussion of India’s Hijab Ban

Islamic Tradition in South Asia: A Discussion of India’s Hijab Ban

Shreya Gupta, Contributor April 17, 2022

Photo Courtesy of S_OSH via Flickr Hindu-Muslim tensions are at an all-time high in India. What started with one school in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has escalated into a national issue,...

How Taiwan Could Trigger a War

How Taiwan Could Trigger a War

Michael Gallego, Contributor November 1, 2021

At a CNN town hall last Thursday, President Biden was asked if the United States would come to the defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. Before the moderator even finished asking the question,...

OP-ED: Chinese FDI in Africa is Modern-Day Colonialism

OP-ED: Chinese FDI in Africa is Modern-Day Colonialism

Pipa Powers, Contributor September 13, 2021

African nations have long experienced exploitation and colonialism at the hands of powerful Western nations. Following the aftermath of Western colonialism, various countries attempted to rebuild the African...

OP-ED: Looking Toward a More Comprehensive Foreign Policy in the South China Sea

OP-ED: Looking Toward a More Comprehensive Foreign Policy in the South China Sea

Michael Gallego, Contributor May 5, 2021

Last week, China dispatched 25 warplanes from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to fly over Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, escalating its already tense relationship with the United States....

Myanmar's Military Coup Marks a Threat to Democracy Abroad

Myanmar’s Military Coup Marks a Threat to Democracy Abroad

Nikhil Polepalli April 6, 2021

Following the election of Aung San Suu Kyi to President during the 2020 Myanmar general election, the country saw a dramatic shift in its political environment: a prosperous democratic government turned...

Biden’s Challenge of an Ascendant China

Biden’s Challenge of an Ascendant China

Mark Grujic, Contributor December 28, 2020

President-elect Biden will soon be navigating the greatest foreign policy challenge of our time, an increasingly powerful and assertive China. Although his approach to China will be a defining point of...

On the Brink? The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S.-China Business Relations

On the Brink? The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S.-China Business Relations

Guest Submissions, Bing Chen July 5, 2020

Closing borders, restrictions on student visas, and recent arrests of U.S. professors associated with the Thousand Talents Program illustrate the continued downward spiral of U.S.-China relations since...

OPINION: What Andrew Yang Got Wrong About Asian-Americans and the Coronavirus

OPINION: What Andrew Yang Got Wrong About Asian-Americans and the Coronavirus

Jin Heo, Contributor April 16, 2020

In early February, a video showed a man physically attacking an Asian woman wearing a face mask at a New York subway station. A Facebook post, which has since been deleted, alleged that the man called...

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