Virginia Journal of International Affairs

31/08/2021

Editor and submission applications are now open for the Fall 2021 semester! Editor applications close on September 8, 2021, at 11:59 pm!

15/02/2021

Submissions for the Spring 2021 edition of Virginia Journal of International Affairs are open now through Friday, February 19 at 11:59pm! Send in your 10-20 page papers on any topic relating to international relations to [email protected] . Submissions must have received a grade of at least B+ to be eligible.

31/08/2020

Submissions for the Fall 2020 edition of Virginia Journal of International Affairs are open now through Sunday, September 13 at 11:59pm! Send in your 10-20 page papers on any topic relating to international relations to [email protected] . Submissions must have received a grade of at least B+ to be eligible.

04/02/2020

Three days left to submit!

27/01/2020

Submissions for the Spring 2020 edition of the Wilson Journal of International Affairs are open now through February 7th at 11:59pm!
Send in your 10-20 page papers on any topic relating to international relations to [email protected] . Submissions must have received a grade of at least B+ to be eligible.

19/01/2020

Update: The length requirement for our essay contest has been lowered to 500 words (minimum)!
Submit your essays by 11:59pm on January 26 to [email protected] to be eligible to win cash prizes of up to $450! More details below:

The Wilson Journal is partnering with the Miller Center of Public Affairs and the International Relations Organization to sponsor an undergraduate essay competition examining lessons from past presidencies to inform the debate on contemporary policy challenges. All UVA undergraduates are invited to participate. Information regarding the competition is listed below.

PROMPT
Consider the most pressing foreign policy challenge facing President Trump. Using a historical example or case study as context, analyze lessons learned and how the Trump administration should address the issue going forward.

LENGTH: 500+ words, plus works cited

DUE: Sunday January 26th by 11:59 PM to [email protected].

Winning essays will focus on the educational role of history in informing foreign policy decisions, with a specific focus on the US Presidency.

One winner, one runner-up, & additional finalists will receive cash prizes of up to $450.

• Selected students will be invited to an honorary luncheon at the Miller Center
• Winners announced before February 9th.

For more information, please contact Ben Gustafson at bjg5qr@virginia

28/12/2019

The Wilson Journal is partnering with the Miller Center of Public Affairs and the International Relations Organization to sponsor an undergraduate essay competition examining lessons from past presidencies to inform the debate on contemporary policy challenges. All UVA undergraduates are invited to participate. Information regarding the competition is listed below.

PROMPT
Consider the most pressing foreign policy challenge facing President Trump. Using a historical example or case study as context, analyze lessons learned and how the Trump administration should address the issue going forward.

LENGTH: 800+ words, plus works cited

DUE: Sunday January 26th by 11:59 PM to [email protected].

Winning essays will focus on the educational role of history in informing foreign policy decisions, with a specific focus on the US Presidency.

One winner, one runner-up, & additional finalists will receive cash prizes of up to $450.

• Selected students will be invited to an honorary luncheon at the Miller Center
• Winners announced before February 9th.

For more information, please contact Ben Gustafson at bjg5qr@virginia

23/12/2019

Another op-ed, written by Griffin Asnis, has been posted on our website!
https://www.wilsonjournal.org/op-eds

In what is possibly the largest contemporary mass incarceration of a minority population in the world, over one million Muslims are reportedly detained in internment camps in China’s western region of Xinjiang, where the Muslim Uighur population totals 12 million. Some speculate—including Dolkun...

19/12/2019

The first op-ed from Fall 2019, written by Anna Bickley, has been published! Visit the Op-Eds section of our website to read her piece titled: What Can U.S. Aid Really Do in the Northern Triangle?

Keep an eye out for the rest of our op-eds being published over the course of the next week or two!

https://www.wilsonjournal.org/op-eds

More than 100,000 asylum-seekers—the highest number in more than a decade—reached the United States’ southern border in March 2019. Many came from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—known also as the Northern Triangle of Central America—to escape violence and limited economic opportunity...

20/11/2019

Thank you to everyone that showed up last night to help launch the Fall 2019 Journal! Professor Bassett held a fantastic discussion about the humanitarian crisis on the Southern border.

If you were unable to attend the event and would like a copy of the journal, copies have been left in the Politics department, just outside of the administrative office in Gibson Hall!

14/11/2019

The Wilson Journal is incredibly excited to announce our speaker for the Fall Launch event on 11/19: Professor Lucy Bassett from the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Professor Bassett will be hosting a conversation titled: Children in Crisis at the Southern Border.