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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

The debate surrounding Defund the Police is just one example of many where politicians lie about their opponents for their own political gain at the expense of the health of our political system (Source: https://bit.ly/3e6Qo3T).

Op-Ed: A Case for Being Pedantic

Liam Thompson, Contributor May 4, 2021

Socialism: it’s when the government does stuff. This common meme phrase is often used to highlight how readily/easily people accuse things of being socialist when they do not like those things. Perhaps...

Image Credit: "COVID-19 Vaccine" by Marian Vejcik is licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0

Inequity in Global COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Ria Mehrotra, Staff Writer April 30, 2021

While President Joe Biden has fulfilled his campaign promise to distribute 100 million vaccines in his first 100 days in office, much of the world is still lagging behind. As of the first week of March,...

The poster for David Osit’s 2020 documentary “Mayor.” Image credit: Tribyounal, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAYOR_Alt_P_3.png

Review: “Mayor” offers an often overlooked insight into the Israel-Palestine conflict

Nathan Miao, Contributor April 20, 2021

In David Osit’s 2020 documentary “Mayor,” Musa Hadid navigates his role as the Christian-Arab mayor of Ramallah, the de facto capital of the West Bank. The film’s focus ranges from following...

OP-ED: Biden Should Make the First Move to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal

OP-ED: Biden Should Make the First Move to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal

Amy Zhang, Contributor April 18, 2021

In Biden’s first speech after winning the presidential election, he identified making “America respected around the world again” among his top priorities. Part of this entails increasing the global...

This is the presidential palace where President Moise currently resides as leader of Haiti.

OP-ED: Why the U.S. Should Intervene in Haiti

Chase Mandell, Contributor April 15, 2021

Jovenel Moise, the current president of Haiti, is becoming autocratic and staying in office longer than he should. Moise has destroyed democratic institutions, ruined Haiti’s economy, and deteriorated...

Getting Schooled in This Indian State Might be Harder Than you Think

Getting Schooled in This Indian State Might be Harder Than you Think

Rohit Kataria, Contributor April 9, 2021

Under fire for a slew of reasons, the public education system in the U.S. is often a target of major criticism. Yet many fail to acknowledge that it is actually quite strong internationally. The American...

What Biden's Syria Strike Means for the Rest of the Middle East

What Biden’s Syria Strike Means for the Rest of the Middle East

Indraneel Pai, Contributor April 8, 2021

Just 36 days into his presidency, Joe Biden launched airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria, marking the first major military operation of the new administration. The bombings killed 22 people. "I'm...

Democracy or Dictatorship: Uganda's 2021 Presidential Election

Democracy or Dictatorship: Uganda’s 2021 Presidential Election

Sarah Schwartz, Contributor April 7, 2021

In January of 2021, incumbent Yoweri Museveni was re-elected to his sixth term as president of Uganda. This result has been marred with controversy, as many, including opposition leader and opponent Bobi...

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 Foreign Policy on China: Will It Follow the Path of Trump?

Biden’s Foreign Policy on China: Will It Follow the Path of Trump?

George Yang, Contributor April 5, 2021

Last month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken characterized the U.S-China relationship as the "biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century" in his first major foreign policy speech. It contended that...

Not a Single Nominee: The Biden Administration’s Absence of Ambassadors

Not a Single Nominee: The Biden Administration’s Absence of Ambassadors

Sterling Gilliam III, Contributor March 29, 2021

Over two months into his administration, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has yet to name an ambassadorial nominee for any of the United States’ embassies around the globe, according to the nonpartisan...

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...

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