International Relations

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TTP Podcast, Episode 49: Israel, Gaza and World War III – Interview with Joseph Epstein

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Thinking about World War III When you hear people talk about World War III do you typically envision nuclear armed superpowers slinging nukes at hordes of robot soldiers until human civilization is blasted into a post-apocalyptic desert? Or maybe you imagine something akin to the last World War with millions of soldiers fighting on every […]

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TTP Podcast, Episode 48: Settlements and Sovereignty – Interview with Dr. Judith Mendelsohn Rood, Part 2

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Settlements and sovereignty. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a lot of people are aware of the controversy over Israeli settlements, but few understand the role of state sovereignty and international law (and its limitations) in addressing the issue. This past semester, I had the opportunity to explore the Arab-Israeli conflict, its history and

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TTP Podcast, Episode 47: Revisiting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Interview with Dr. Judith Mendelsohn Rood, Part 1

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October 7, 2023 marked a fresh round of warfare between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist organization governing the Gaza Strip. As this post goes to press, the ongoing war in Gaza is writing a bloody new chapter in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I had the opportunity to explore the broader Arab-Israeli conflict, its

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TTP Podcast, Episode 44: What America Left in Afghanistan

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We’re almost a month past America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, and it is shocking to see how quickly the conflict and the debacle of the withdrawal has faded already in the public square.  Today on the podcast, I unpack the history of the Afghanistan war, the withdrawal and its effects with two veterans of the Afghanistan

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TTP Podcast, Episode 43: Towards a More Peaceful World? – The UN Charter, Part 3

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\ We conclude our read through of the UN Charter by evaluating the International Trusteeship System (yeah, I hadn’t heard of it either), the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.  The UN Charter, Chapters XII-XIX Chapter XII: International Trusteeship System Article 75 The United Nations shall establish under its authority an international trusteeship system

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