The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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Mary Tapia’s Fashion Legacy: Decolonizing Argentine Women through Textiles

Each summer, students from SGPIA spread out across the world as part of the International Field Program (IFP) and Studio Programs! Students conduct independent research, contribute to the vital work of local non-profits, NGOs, and government agencies, and gain invaluable […]

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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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Atrocity in the Amazon — A Devastation of Trees, Tribes and Traditions: GPIA Conference Preview

By Jonathan Leonard Our new social initiative, La Selva Guardia, presents the problems caused by the illegal extraction of Peruvian big-leafed mahogany trees. Facts presented are the results of preliminary research conducted for the lauch of our first Amazonian endeavor. We […]

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Ecuador’s Mining Struggle Is a Hollywood Blockbuster

  Ecuador doesn’t often grab international headlines, but questions about its current course have relevance for the Western Hemisphere and beyond. What kind of leader is Rafael Correa? Is he a popular anti-imperial economist who champions 21st century socialism and […]