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Jan 6, 2025 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng
Amidst a cascade of increasingly bellicose behavior, Kim Jong Un has accepted a new political reality on the Korean Peninsula.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng
IntroductionThere is now some consensus among oil market participants that the long-held assumption of a correlation of oil price to Middle East regional risk is broken.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng |Yue Zhou
Public investment gaps pose challenges to economic development in LACThe COVID-19 crisis has taken a toll on lives and livelihoods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), incurring a loss of physical and human capital that will hinder long-term growth.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng |R. Clarke Cooper
GJIA: Now we will move on to the second part of the interview, focusing more on energy and diplomacy. With the global energy transition gaining momentum, how do you see the Gulf countries adapting to this shift? How should the U.S. balance this relationship between its traditional energy partners and the push for renewable energies? CC: The keyword here is “diversification.” We were just talking about that on the supply chain, right?
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng
The rise in environmental crimes in the Brazilian Amazon reflects the growing scale of transnational groups conducting illegal resource exploitation. Their schemes are sensitive to political trends, as they intensify when deregulation policies prevail in debates and politicians with strident anti-environmental rhetoric gain support in the polls.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Aashna Nadarajah |Sharon Xie |Yihan Deng
The Earth Commons Institute celebrated its first planting party of the season on Sunday, Sep. 8 at the Hoya Harvest Garden, located on the fourth floor Regents patio. Established in 2023, the garden supplies the Hoya Hub food pantry, a resource available to community members experiencing food insecurity, and some of the greens found in Leo O’ Donovan Hall. The garden also serves as a “living lab” to educate students on urban agriculture practices.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Aashna Nadarajah |Sharon Xie |Yihan Deng |Katherine Landau
Last semester, the Georgetown Earth Commons Institute, the university’s hub for environmental research and advocacy, launched Nature Rx. Nature Rx is an initiative aiming to transform student mental health by encouraging students to spend time in outside. More than 10 years ago, a group of doctors with the National Parks Service in D.C., inspired by the researched benefits of exposure to nature for mental health, launched Nature Rx to alleviate student mental health concerns.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Romy Abu-Fadel |Yihan Deng |Graham Krewinghaus |Meriam Ahmad
Georgetown students are known for being politically-active. Throughout the years, Hoyas have mobilized around a variety of issues, ranging from the Vietnam War to South African Apartheid to LGBTQ+ rights. Participating in political activism can be fulfilling and educational. However, students should be aware of their rights when engaging with the Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD), the primary entity responsible for campus security.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng |Tae Yeon Eom
InIn 2023, South Korean public institutions faced an unprecedented surge in cyberattacks, with daily attempts reaching 1.62 million, eighty percent of which were reportedly planned by North Korea. Considering the wide range of targets, including defense industries and private enterprises, which may not always report or be able to track such attacks, the actual tally of North Korean hacking endeavors is likely significantly higher.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
gjia.georgetown.edu | Yihan Deng |Daryl Lim
IntroductionIn recent months, artists such as Billie Eilish and Pearl Jam have voiced concerns about generative AI in music, highlighting issues around creativity and artists’ rights. These artists have called on AI developers and digital service providers to halt practices that undermine human creativity and devalue the rights of artists.
