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Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Communist? Origins of the US-Cuban Blockade
Since 1960, the United States has enforced an embargo on Cuba, the longest trade embargo in modern history. For decades, Cuban access to economic trade, financial aid, food, and medicine has been severely restricted. To understand this undoubtedly extreme policy, one must first understand the early history of US-Cuban relations, American intervention in Cuba, and the impact of Castro’s revolution.
Written and Researched By: Mairead He
UNESCO: From Postwar Idealism to Political Fracture
Founded in the shadow of the Second World War, UNESCO was meant to build peace through education, science, and culture. This article traces its origins in the mid‑20th‑century hope for international cooperation, follows its rise as a global voice for heritage and human rights, and examines the political disputes, funding crises, and institutional challenges that have led to its gradual decline. The piece offers a balanced view of how an organization once celebrated for its moral vision now struggles to maintain influence in an increasingly polarized world.
Written and Researched By: Hannah Wan
Money, Power and War: The Origins of the IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), an organization for global economic stability or a weapon to reinforce existing global power structures? This billion dollar international organization has an extraordinary amount of power, yet few seem to understand its origins, system and policies.
Written and Researched By: Mairead He
Crimea – The Peninsula at the Heart of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Throughout its long history, the Crimean Peninsula has had contested ownership. From the Ottomans to the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire, almost every regional power has at one point laid its claim. In recent history, however, the peninsula has become a source of tension between Russia and Ukraine. Ethnic tensions, historical disputes and territorial divisions have culminated in Crimea becoming the trigger point for the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
Written and Researched By: Mairead He
