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International Leaders Use the Pandemic to Pass Personally Beneficial Legislation

By: Talia Lewis History is littered with examples of leaders who used pandemics to expand state power.[1]  This Pandemic has proven not to be an exception. What is exceptional, is that some leaders have employed measures beyond closing borders and implementing stringent “stay home” orders. Power-grabs, dubbed by the media as ‘coronavirus coups’, are widespread. […]

OCTOBER 2019 POSTS

The United States’ Sharp Response to Huawei–Is the Threat Overstated? By Talia Lewis Highly consequential and reported international squabbles are not uncommon in today’s political atmosphere. One such conflict emerged as a result of mounting fears in the West of Chinese dominance in the tech marketplace: The United States government’s conflict with Huawei.   Huawei–China’s […]

October Blog Posts

The United States’ Sharp Response to Huawei–Is the Threat Overstated? By Talia Lewis   Highly consequential and reported international squabbles are not uncommon in today’s political atmosphere. One such conflict emerged as a result of mounting fears in the West of Chinese dominance in the tech marketplace: The United States government’s conflict with Huawei.   […]

SEPTEMBER 2019 POSTS

Tiran Alon – 2019 ICLR Candidate The Death of Vaping? Internationally, the pressure is mounting on government regulatory bodies to strengthen their laws that deal with the regulation of vaping and e-cigarette products. This pressure is spurred by the outpour of negative health effects that have resulted in hospitalizations and even deaths. In the United […]