The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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Gen Z: A young generation with adult problems

In this op-ed, Lydia Caldana reflects upon the unique burdens that Gen Z faces as our climate crisis intersects with reckless socio-political and economic practices of previous generations. If the classic comic book Spider-Man was right in saying “with great […]

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Are we ready to confront the hypocrisy of Western-centric activism?

The Black Lives Matter movement is working tirelessly to end systemic racism in the US, but it appears to have turned a blind eye to the universality of Black oppression.  After a year of protests which have swept the American […]

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Are Women’s Issues Part of the Leftist Agenda in Argentina?

Throughout my time in Buenos Aires, I have been able to observe and study the feminist social movement surrounding the abortion legislation that is now being debated in the senate. I am, just like many other foreigners, guilty of comparing […]

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Hermanos del Rey (Brothers of the King): Explaining Mestizo Solidarity and Coalition Building in Nicaragua’s Miskito Secessionist Movement.

Recent SGPIA alum Elena Teare won the award for Outstanding Thesis in 2018. Find below an abstract of her paper.  In January 2018 I was conducting interviews with a Nicaraguan economic development NGO in the southern Rio San Juan region concerning […]

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‘Just’ some clever ‘Foreign Policy’ activism

* Protect Access to Medicine for Iranian Civilians * Declassify the CIA Torture Report * Fix False Reporting on Venezuela * Back Senator Sanders: Use War Money to Help Veterans * Pass the Drone Strike Transparency Bill For those of […]