CJFP Fall 2025 Journal - "Beyond War"
The editorial board is pleased to present the Fall 2025 issue of the Chicago Journal of Foreign Policy. It can be found here.
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Rethinking Regional Order: East Asia’s Strategic Realignment Amid U.S. Uncertainty
By Megan Wei, University of Chicago Since the end of World War II, the United States has played a significant role in shaping security across East Asia. Through the establishment of bilateral alliances and long-term military presence, it has contributed to regional stability by deterring potential conflict and creating the
Evolving U.S. Policy Toward Arctic Development: Icebreakers, Climate, and Oil
By Max Rosenblum, University of Chicago One early goal of the second Donald Trump administration has been expanding and showcasing American power around the globe. This can be seen with comments about the idea of Canada being annexed as a state, Greenland being threatened with military force, the acquisition of
The Rule of Law is in Jeopardy in Hungary and Poland: What This Means For the EU
By Alex Jung, University of Chicago For several decades, the European Union (EU) has been a leading example of regional cooperation. Various reforms, such as the standardization of currency and the establishment of unified regional laws, enable the EU to function as a unified force while still allowing individual states
CJFP Winter 2025 Journal
The editorial board is pleased to present the Winter 2025 issue of the Chicago Journal of Foreign Policy. It can be found here.
The Impact and Importance of Indigenous Rights Education in New Zealand
Alex Jung, University of Chicago Indigenous rights have often been at the center of contention in several states living in the post-colonial era. Whilst the issue of colonial identities appeared most relevant in the 19th and early 20th century, with 1,500 languages on the brink of extinction by the
Hezbollah's Presence in Latin America and its Threat to U.S. Domestic Security
By Arjan Sandhu, University of Chicago Introduction Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shi’a political party and paramilitary group that was formed in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[1] The group was likely behind the 1983 truck bomb attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks at
CJFP Spring 2024 Journal
The editorial board is pleased to present the Spring/Summer 2024 issue of the Chicago Journal of Foreign Policy. It can be found here.
GPT Stands for ‘Geopolitical Tension’: How AI Raises the Temperature in the Semiconductor Cold War Between the U.S. and China
By Andrew Bruner, Taylor University On November 30, 2022, Silicon Valley’s OpenAI released Chat-GPT, and within its first five days, the AI chatbot hit over one million users.[1] Not even two years later, the world is still grappling with the massive impact that artificial technologies as a whole
The European Far-Right Phenomenon
By Francisco Gutierrez, University of Chicago During the second half of the 20th century, European right-wing ideology was characterized in fairly simple terms, with right-wing political parties serving as the line of defense against global communism and the USSR. Perhaps the biggest proponents of the capitalist world order, these parties
Hearts, Minds, and Terror: Sanctions Cannot Stop the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Playbook
By Kenzo Hannah, University of Chicago Germany is currently pushing the European Union to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).[1] The European Union would join the U.S. and several other nations in classifying the organization as such. This article will establish Iranian
Iran-Tajikistan Relations in the Context of the Greater Iran Socio-cultural Space
By Maria Poltorykhina, University of Chicago Tajikistan and Iran potential alliance is the alliance of the poorest country in Central Asia and of the most sanctioned country in the world. However, both these countries belong to one of the most ancient and influential world civilizations, Persia. As Iran's