Foreign intervention is a tricky issue, yet it must often be done.
The Syrian civil war has raged for more than two years. It has left 70,000 civilians dead and millions of refugees displaced. Yet Russia...
With El Cinco de Mayo coming up this weekend, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the actual meaning of the occasion, and how that should guide the way we celebrate this Sunday.
Every year,...
Recent reports have shown Syrian rebels are increasingly influenced by Islamist groups, including al-Qaida. About half of all Syrian rebels are not interested in toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime but...
Sometime earlier this month we awoke to the news that one of the five Americans killed April 6 in Afghanistan was a 25-year-old woman, Anne Smedinghoff, from River Forest. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University,...
Weeks after North Korea threatened to attack South Korea and the United States, Prof. Ji-Yeon Yuh discussed Wednesday evening the isolated country's history and current political climate.
Student attendees...