Understanding Great Power China and Confrontation with the US
At this point, we are no longer seeing a trade war between China and the US; instead, it has developed […]
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St Andrews Foreign Affairs Review
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Category: United States
When the cure becomes a symptom: the financial burden of American health care
Planning for retirement, saving for a child’s university education, for a house or a car, or to build a rainy-day […]
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Would the West Wing be popular today?
Television shows based around politics have become a staple of American television – from dramas such as The West Wing, […]
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From The Jetsons to Black Holes: How one Image Changed Society’s Perception of the Universe
When the cartoon, The Jetsons, first aired on television, viewers were enamored with the high tech, almost impossible aspects of […]
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Peace-by-Tweet: Does Trump’s Novel Approach to North Korea Deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?
Every October, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decides the six people or organizations who have contributed the most to society that […]
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The Unintended Consequence of the US Counter-Terrorism Clarification Act
In the past few years, USAID humanitarian funding around the world has been under attack from the Trump Administration. This […]
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The Harvard Affirmative Action Lawsuit: Conceiving a World without ‘Race-Conscious’ Admissions
This month marked the final arguments of the American lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) vs. Harvard University. Better known […]
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Misinformation and Fake News – What Direction Will Media Take?
In a new age of ‘fake news’, ‘alternative facts’ and ‘post truth’ politics it is hard to trust if the […]
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Prudent or Pernicious? Central Bank Policy in a Time of (un)Certain Growth
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, central banks across the globe have taken unprecedented steps to ensure the viability of […]
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Studying abroad and its unexpected side effects
325,339 students from universities across the United States went on study abroad programs in the academic year 2015/2016. This represents sixty […]
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In Vaccination, Science Denial is Dangerous
Since the beginning of this year, certain states within the US have seen a drastic increase in the number of […]
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Super Bowl Sex
In recent years, the American Super Bowl and other large sporting events have come under fire for supposedly being a […]
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