Kazakhstan Helps Stall Nuclear Proliferation with Uranium Bank

Julia's World Attitude August 30, 2017 by Julia Haas

Kazakhstan Helps Stall Nuclear Proliferation with Uranium Bank

While we have been hearing a lot about more and more countries that want to have their own uranium reserves and nuclear arsenal, Kazakhstan’s new uranium bank may make that not necessary. Check out this article from the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-uranium-bank-just-opened-in-kazakhstan-to-stop-the-spread-of-nukes/2017/08/29/fd19fc9a-8c63-11e7-a2b0-e68cbf0b1f19_story.html?utm_term=.1941706a1947 There seems to be an upwards trend in recent years in the number of …

Julia's World Attitude August 30, 2017 by Julia Haas

A Few Points of Agreement Between Russia and the U.S.

Here is an article I found from the Washington Post about an unexpected relationship between Russia and the U.S.: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/space-nuclear-security-polar-bears-russia-and-the-us-still-have-some-shared-concerns/2017/08/24/dbae9f6a-86b5-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_story.html?utm_term=.b7d791317ca4 Contrary to popular belief and perceptions on U.S./Russian relations, we collaborate more than one might expect. Despite the allegations of Trump’s alleged ties to Russian business, there are other ways that the U.S. government relies …

US Confederate Monuments: What is the Debate About?

Here’s our first Global Perspective piece. Let me know what you think! http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/08/confederate-statues-debate-170821104705027.html So here’s my take: although the article itself is not particularly enlightening or eye-opening, what is interesting to me is how the whole Charlottesville and Confederate Monument situation is explained. It gives background to the Civil War and reason for the monuments, something …

Global Perspective August 29, 2017 by Julia Haas

JWA New Initiative: Get Ready for Global Perspectives!

Hello loyal readers, I’m excited to announce something new that I am going to try on my blog: what I’m going to be calling “Global Perspectives”. What this means is that I am going to be sourcing some articles and gathering information from different, but still reliable, sources. What motivated me to do this was …

Julia's World Attitude August 29, 2017 by Julia Haas

Kenya Sets Example by Banning Plastic Bags

Finally, after all of that negativity, some good news! Check out this great article from the New York Times. https://nyti.ms/2wcRsNL The environmental movement, it seems, has yet to really pick up that much steam in the U.S. Maybe this is because the task seems too daunting, or because of lobbyists influencing what types of legislation …

Julia's World Attitude August 25, 2017 by Julia Haas

World Leaders on Trump: A Ticking Time Bomb

Here’s an interesting article from CNN that takes on an interesting topic of President Donald Trump’s perception by foreign leaders. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/opinions/world-has-seen-what-trump-has-to-offer-robertson-opinion/index.html What I find interesting about this topic is that it presents us with a point of view that, as Americans, we do not often get to see. Every day we see Trump’s actions and …

Julia's World Attitude August 24, 2017 by Julia Haas

YouTube Removing Videos Showing Atrocities in Syria: Dangerous to History or Preventing Extremism?

Check out this article from the New York Times on August 22: https://nyti.ms/2vWGX0K Now I pose the original question: What is the right thing to do? There is certainly something to be said about preventing extremists from spreading their propaganda through violent videos because we have already seen how that has increased membership in such …

Julia's World Attitude August 3, 2017August 3, 2017 by Julia Haas

Essay: Weighing the Pros and Cons of Humanitarian Intervention

Hi everyone, I thought I’d share something I wrote last summer as the final paper for the International Affairs and Ethics course that I took at Brown University. The assignment was to comment on the pros and cons of humanitarian intervention and support your argument with the claims put forward by two authors, Western and …