The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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A Pandemic Dispatch

Shriya Malhotra documents the experience of getting vaccinated in New Delhi India. When slots opened up for the 18+ age group, the Indian Government vaccination booking COWIN website was quickly inundated by a rush of new hopefuls seeking to snag […]

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What Can We Learn from New Zealand’s Gun Laws?

The debate over gun control in the United States, like most other policy debates, is quite parochial. American politicians, media and public officials — including activists fighting for gun reform — rarely look at the experiences of countries outside the […]

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Opening the closet door of policy: Gay rights promotion in the U.S. will be felt globally

President Obama’s open support of gay rights in his inauguration speech may have ruffled the feathers of Republican lawmakers in Congress and their constituents, to say the least. But in the international context, the president’s vocal backing has the potential […]