The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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Running for Peace: A Ukrainian woman’s quest for safety, a brighter future, and the finish line

Viktoriia Gudyma, 30, is a Ukrainian runner, cyclist, and mother. We met in 2020 in Moldova at the Milestii Mici wine run, an annual 10-kilometer race through the largest wine cellar in the world. Participants wear headlamps and run through […]

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Caught Between Crises: The Covid Shadow-Pandemic of Domestic Violence in Mexico

In this op-ed, Sofia Navarrete Zur critically examines the shadow pandemic of domestic violence in light of Covid-19 and Mexico’s lockdown measures. On March 8th, 2020, Mexico’s largest ever women’s march took place on International Women’s Day. The following morning, […]

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Whose Child is it Anyway?

“Years later I discovered that the United States had been crossed thousands of times by frightened Black children traveling alone to their newly affluent parents in Northern cities, or back to grandmothers in Southern towns when the urban North reneged […]

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United Nations Peacekeepers Must Be Held Accountable for Sexual Abuse

CW: The following post includes accounts of sexual assault and violence. “Every time the interpreter saw me, he said do not be afraid of them…they won’t do anything to you…. he invited me to come by him…he wanted me to […]

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Is the End of the INF Treaty the End of the Cold War?

When President Trump announced that the United States was suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, reactions to the decision were strong. The news made headlines and generated plenty of thoughts about the future of nuclear weapons as well as the […]

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Mainstreaming Menstruation

Between calling it “time of the month,” “Aunt Flo,” or even “Shark Week,” we’ve come up with endless euphemisms to avoid that dreaded word: period. That’s partly why, when director Rayka Zehtabchi accepted the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at […]

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Hanging By A Moment

What President Maduro’s Overnight Guaido Opposition means for Venezuela and International Politics There is new self-proclaimed leadership in Venezuela, already making efforts to reinstate democratic order and bring back global resources through back-channel diplomatic relations with countries that are sanctioning […]

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Masaryk Towers

In Professor Glenna Gordon’s International Photojournalism course, students learn to engage with the language of visuals and to think critically about photographs and representations. After looking at both traditional photojournalism methods and new forms of image making, students can choose […]

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Clean Shave

In Professor Glenna Gordon’s International Photojournalism course, students learn to engage with the language of visuals and to think critically about photographs and representations. After looking at both traditional photojournalism methods and new forms of image making, students can choose […]

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Visions of Rabi’a: Abraham’s Story

Note: This piece contains a first-person account of human trafficking and sexual violence. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2018 This is an interview of Abraham David, one of several I conducted during my travels in the Amhara region to complete my research […]

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Political Song in South America

Josh Bombart completed a documentary on political song in South America as his thesis project at the International Affairs Program at The New School. Below, read his description of his project and view the film. South America has seen much […]

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Cheongsam in Cuba: Who’s wearing it now?

Finding the Lost Chinese Diaspora in Havana Cheongsam, in Cantonese, is a type of long dress that comes to mind when I tell you that Chinese women wear this! It’s very traditional, very formal, and in the past was reserved […]