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Chronicling Days One Hundred and Eighty-Two through One Hundred and Eighty-Eight of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events, trends, and …

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Chronicling Days One Hundred and Sixty-Eight through One Hundred and Eighty-One of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events, trends, and …

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Chronicling Days One Hundred and Sixty-Two through One Hundred and Sixty-Seven of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events, trends, and …

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Chronicling Days One Hundred and Forty-Seven through One Hundred and Sixty-One of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events, trends, and …

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Chronicling Days One Hundred and Thirty-Nine through One Hundred and Forty-Six of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events, trends, and …

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Jack and Juliana Went Up the Hill: Why Child Plaintiffs Should Represent Future Humanity in Climate Court

Rory Kress Mandel, JD Anticipated May 2023 The kids are not alright: they’re angry about climate change. And they have every right to be furious–even litigious. Today’s leaders are imperiling their right to a planet that can sustain human life and kids need to force them to act. This is the forward-looking theory behind several, high-profile lawsuits both in the US and around the world: bring together dozens of young plaintiffs to sue their respective governments for permitting and even …

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The Deal of a Lifetime: How the Green New Deal Could Save Philadelphia from Climate Change

Bianca Evans ’22 The Green New Deal is a national initiative to develop environmental health and significantly decrease carbon emissions. Here is why such an initiative can save Philadelphia from future environmental and economic destruction. The Green New Deal is an extensive nationwide initiative designed to advance environmental health and significantly decrease carbon emissions through renewable energy investment while providing economic support for jobs and training. Democratic legislators like Representative Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Markey have backed the initiative as our …

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The Fall of Roe and the Progressive Cause

Arlo B. Blaisus, JD Anticipated May 2024, Law & Public Policy Scholar The fall of Roe v. Wade, a landmark achievement of equality, strikes a harsh chord for everyone who calls themselves a Progressive. What is the meaning of progress when a right Americans have depended upon for half a century is erased in a single day? To what end was the struggle of those who strived to provide that right for our nation? The answer is what it has …

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Chronicling Days One Hundred and Fourteen through One Hundred and Twenty-Three of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events and trends …

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Chronicling Days Ninety-Seven through One Hundred and Thirteen of the Information War

Alexander Rojavin ’20, Law and Public Policy Scholar Alexander Rojavin is a multilingual intelligence, media, and policy analyst specializing in information warfare. He is currently working on a book on modern Russian cinema as a key battlefield in the Kremlin’s information war. He is also co-chair of the Symposium on Disinformation Studies. In his spare time, he moonlights as a published literary translator (Routledge, Slavica Publishers, forthcoming Academic Studies Press). What follows is a chronicle of key events and trends …

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