Recent YaleGlobal Articles

The 21st century has ushered in less controlling social attitudes about sexual and gender identity, and wider acceptance has both reduced stigma and discrimination while revealing the prevalence of sexual attraction and gender categories that extend beyond traditional male/female relationships and...

Thirty years ago on 4 June, Chinese troops moved to Tiananmen Square to put an end to weeks of student protests. As a CNN correspondent, Mike Chinoy reported on an unfolding scene of gunfire, panic and casualties from a balcony of the Beijing Hotel. “Thirty years later, these scenes remain as vivid...

Amid many reports about the threat of vaccine hesitancy, a greater challenge lingers – millions of children missing out of potentially life-saving vaccinations because the treatments are too costly or unavailable. Jocelyn Chan, medical doctor and 2018-2019 International Fox Fellow, focuses on a...

Economic and national security require reliable sources of energy, and militaries lead with innovations that quickly find civilian purposes. Energy plays a role in all facets of war, and innovations boost security, explain Constantine Samaras, Morgan D. Bazilian and William J. Nuttall. Britain had...

Networks of trade contribute to peaceful relations among nations, but Europe, China and the United States are finding themselves in a challenging love triangle. Increasing US antagonism on trade may move other economies closer together, explains Xueying Zhang, a 2018-2019 Fox Fellow at Yale...

Spending priorities and alleged corruption in India's defense industry have become campaign issues in the midst of parliamentary elections, set to conclude 23 May. “The French Dassault Rafale has a troubled procurement history, and the controversy has influenced the political environment in...

The May 8 anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe has long been celebrated as a triumph of democracy over fascism. The truth is more complicated, argues researcher Ruth Lawlor. As Germany fought for white supremacy, killing millions of Jews, other European nations conscripted African and...

Russia develops influence throughout the Middle East by juggling relations among countries that have an interest in Syria and its dubious policies. "Putin has managed to maintain cordial relations with arch-enemies Iran and Israel simultaneously by depending on different sets of pillars,”...

Principles of law develop over time, reflecting a nation's history and values. The Cold War of the 1960s left lasting influence on legal systems. The United States provided development assistance to aid transition of developing nations, “from commodities-based, rural, autocratic societies to...