Scottish Elections and the Question of Independence
The question of Scottish independence continues to evolve as the U.K. sees new political dynamics, the oil question ferments, and Scottish people reconsider their role within Europe.
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Belonging Without Power: Palestinians in Jordan
Charly Triballeau / Al-Monitor On the southwest side of Chicago, there is a stretch of shops and restaurants that locals recognize as “Little Palestine.” It is the place where geopolitics quickly turns personal. A seemingly average street transforms into conversations…
Undressed by Algorithm: How Grok Exposed the Legal Vacuum Around AI Sexual Abuse
A user types a single word: “Undress.” Within seconds, Grok, the artificial intelligence tool built by Elon Musk’s xAI and hosted on X, generates a sexualized image of a real woman. She consents to nothing. She does not even know it is happening. The image spreads.
Earth’s Congested Orbit: Policy Stagnation Behind the Proliferation of Space Debris
Swaths of human trash fill an estimated 500,000 landfills and inundate waterways worldwide. Yet human pollution extends even beyond the frontiers traversed by man.
Today, man-made litter has transcended the confines of our planet and gone into orbit, creating a unique debris problem that threatens missions beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
Politics in the Arts: Interview with Isis Davis-Mark
Isis Davis-Marks is a multidisciplinary artist born in Harlem, New York, in 1997. At Yale College, she studied philosophy and visual art. Her work spans the disciplines of writing, painting, and fiber arts, focused upon investigating manifestations of love and…
After the Uprising: How Social Media is Reshaping Nepal’s Democracy
n September 2025, instead of taking selfies at a concert or a soccer match, Nepali Instagram was full of teenagers taking photos in front of the burning ruins of their country’s parliament.
The Faces of Power: Platon on Capturing Presidents, Dictators, and the People Who Stand Up to Them
Platon is one of the world’s most celebrated photographers, renowned for his portraits of world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Muammar al-Qaddafi, and Bill Clinton, as well as iconic cultural figures including Muhammad Ali, Edward Snowden,…
A Six-Hour Coup: How Polarization Plunged South Korea into Martial Law
Kyeonghee Eo, an assistant professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University, checked X on the morning of December 3rd, 2024. It was a week before her long-awaited trip to visit family in South Korea. What she saw…