Loyola Marymount University Global Policy Institute

Written by Kevin Errasquin, GPI Undergraduate Fellow 2022 is a year that sport fans from all around the world should be ready to enjoy. Both the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Winter Olympics in Beijing bring a sense of hope not only for the fans and athletes worldwide, but also for the hosting nations. This is a great economic opportunity that can recover resources that were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Politics and its Involvement in Sports Written by Kevin Errasquin, GPI Undergraduate Fellow 2022 is a year that sport fans from all around the world should be ready to enjoy. Both the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Winter Olym…

Written by Jose Miguel Lopez Arroyo, GPI Undergraduate Fellow Technological improvements in weaponry changes the way a state fights war. A classic example is how achieving nuclear capabilities has created a mentality of mutually assured destruction, which deters the escalations of conflict between the nuclear states. Another example is the invention of the Maxim gun that brought automatic fire into the battlefield, which changed the way infantry charges takes place....

Cyber Warfare Capabilities: An Analysis of Variables Driving States to Develop Cyber-Weapons and The Strategies that Emerge from Possessing Them Written by Jose Miguel Lopez Arroyo, GPI Undergraduate Fellow Technological improvements in weaponry changes the way a state fights war. A classic example is how achieving nuclear capabilities ha…

The Global Policy Institute proudly presents 'The 3-Minute Global Policy Competition'

An In-person event held on April 22, 2022, from 2:30 - 4 pm PDT
at The Living Room | Malone Student Center | Loyola Marymount University

Attendance is open to ALL

5 days left to apply! See our last post for more info and a great chance to win $500!

Here’s another poster with more information about the competition! Hope to see you all there!

Hey everyone! GPI is hosting a competition, where you can write about a global policy issue and win up to 500$! All you have to do is submit a one page description of your ideas by April 10 to [email protected]

Written by Annika Lai, GPI Undergraduate Fellow Recent affairs have not only exposed significant fragility in the strength of America’s most basic infrastructures, but have also unveiled the sheer destruction disinformation can wreck upon American national security. In this digital age, disinformation is exponentially growing beyond distorted truths circulating online and into a novel approach of weaponizing disinformation to intently disrupt American national security....

Disinformation: A New Threat Written by Annika Lai, GPI Undergraduate Fellow Recent affairs have not only exposed significant fragility in the strength of America’s most basic infrastructures, but have also unveiled the sheer …

Written by Kevin Errasquin, GPI Undergraduate Fellow On February 24, 2022, the Global Policy Institute hosted Dr. Adom Getachew, recipient of the 2021 Global Policy Institute Book Award, for her book Worldmaking after Empire. Dr. Getachew began her presentation by mentioning how her writing is a product of contemporary crisis in the international order. Dr. Getachew quoted: “What my book is trying to do, is to point out a different set of dilemmas about the international politics, that emerges when we consider empires and the struggles against in the 20th century”....

2021 Global Policy Institute Book Award, Honoring Adom Getachew Written by Kevin Errasquin, GPI Undergraduate Fellow On February 24, 2022, the Global Policy Institute hosted Dr. Adom Getachew, recipient of the 2021 Global Policy Institute Book Award, for her bo…

Written by Anushka Brito, GPI Undergraduate Fellow Non-governmental organizations, also known as NGOs, are autonomous organizations with varying levels of reliance on the state. They engage in both political advocacy and social service provision. They can apply to a wide range of social issues, but a major area of focus for many NGOs includes feminism across the globe. NGOs form the core of feminist civil society....

Feminism in the Global South: Why do Countries Continue to Invest? Written by Anushka Brito, GPI Undergraduate Fellow Non-governmental organizations, also known as NGOs, are autonomous organizations with varying levels of reliance on the state. They engage in both…

Written by Dhimaan Sarkaar, GPI Graduate Assistant Tax Collection in the Information Age: A Case for a Unified Tax Collection at Source System The United States Government loses trillions of dollars in revenue every year due to a failure in collecting commercial and income taxes. Some of the reasons for loss in tax revenue includes unjustified income tax avoidance & evasion, commercial tax evasion, money laundering and failure in reporting....

Tax Collection in the Information Age: A Case for a Unified Tax Collection at Source System Written by Dhimaan Sarkaar, GPI Graduate Assistant Tax Collection in the Information Age: A Case for a Unified Tax Collection at Source System The United States Government loses trillions of dollar…

On February 9, 2022, Peter Staley, an AIDS and gay rights activist, spoke at an event hosted by the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University. Staley has been an influential member of ACT UP New York, a group formed in 1987 to end the AIDS crisis. During his time at ACT UP, Staley performed various acts of civil disobedience to bring attention to the cause....

Peter Staley: ACT UP and a Life in Activism On February 9, 2022, Peter Staley, an AIDS and gay rights activist, spoke at an event hosted by the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University. Staley has been an influential member of …

The Global Policy Institute is excited to invite you to a conversation with long term AIDS and gay rights activist Peter Staley on his memoir “Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activisim”.

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