TABLE OF CONTENTS
Interview
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TABLE OFFeature
CONTENTS
DR. JOHN R. ZALLER
A visiting scholar at Vanderbilt’s Center for
the Study of Democratic Institutions
Domestic
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NINETY MILES FROM ARMAGEDDON
A reflection on the semicentenial anniversary of
JFK’s death
by CHRISTIAN TALLEY ‘16
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DINNER TABLE POLITICS
With SNAP and farm subsidies, politics
trumps reason
by ALISON SHANAHAN ‘15
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PAPER V. PRACTICE
The controversial Common Core curriculum
by KATIE FUSELIER ‘17
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A BREAK IN THE CYCLE
The struggle between purists and pragmatists
in the Republican Party
by POULUMI BANERJEE ‘17
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
Current inequality debates distract from the true
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16 THE WARRIOR’S DILEMMA
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Afghanistan
War
by EMMETT MCKINNEY ‘16
Guest
18 TARGETED INCARCERATION
A look at pervasive inequality & crime policy
by BRITTANY FRIEDMAN ‘11
International
22 WILL FREEDOM ENDURE?
Long-term success in Afghanistan is far
from guaranteed
by VIVEK SHAH ‘17
24 TREASURE ISLAND(S)
Murky international law has fueled tensions
in the East China Sea
by SUFEI WU ‘15
26 REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
Analyzing concerns about Pakistan’s nuclear
program
by GREGORY BERNSTEIN ‘17
by JULIE BABBAGE ‘14
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