Roosevelt Network at LUC

29/04/2022

We're excited to announce that Annie Tran, our chapter's next President is looking for the next Roosevelt Network at LUC Board.✨🌱

Apply by May 15 as an Editor-in-Chief, Head of Research, Head of Communication, Head of External Affairs, or Head of Operations. 🌞No leadership experience required! ☀️

Feel free to contact Annie or anyone from the current Board ([email protected]) with any questions.

22/04/2022

The second volume of “The Roosevelt” is now live! Click the link in our bio to access it or access it at https://rooseveltnetwork-luc.com/magazine/climate-emergency/ 💙🗞

The is the most imminent crisis of our . This volume provides a holistic view of the this through our authors’ different backgrounds – from International Justice to Global Public Health majors, writing about topics ranging from climate colonialism to agricultural solutions to the issues. We hope you enjoy our joint efforts to present top notch student research on a critical theme we all need to pay attention to. 🌍

24/02/2022

❗️EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT ❗️
Roosevelt Network at LUC is proud to announce its partnership event with ELSA (European Law Students Association) this upcoming *Wednesday March 2nd at 6:30pm* in the auditorium.

The event is on a sign-up basis; here's the link to the form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmSbZ8eyejMY2nWRMQPR2bV5mBlgj_V1Z8dwKhLm-AD-ayyg/viewform?usp=sf_link

We hope to see you there!

08/12/2021

We are proud to publish our first web-post by the wonderful Lina Pitz and therefore kick-off this year's theme of Climate Emergency!

The climate crisis is not only one of nature, but one of society as well. Its effects are the most…

27/09/2021

We are proud to publish Anya Al-Salem's Capstone titled "Is Plastic Pollution a Distraction from Climate Change?"
Her fascinating thesis engages with the the discrepancy between concern for climate change and the practical support of climate policies, with a particular focus on plastic related pro-environmental behavior. Give this wonderful piece a read on our website!

In recent years, a debate has emerged around the potential of plastic pollution to direct attention away from other, arguably…

26/09/2021

❗️Deadline tonight❗️
For potential extensions, please contact the heads of the teams!

10/08/2021

"Today, the discussion on personal responsibility, duty and freedom is more relevant than ever given the state-sanctioned rules and measures in place to tackle the COVID-19 . Taking a look into the history of and health crises would reveal what we can learn about how both individuals and governments can tackle the current pandemic, and may also reveal what is waiting for the world on the other side of it."

A literature review written by Nur Ayça Demir, Lior Hamovitz and Remya Radhakrishnan on the Politics of Public Health

https://rooseveltnetwork-luc.com/publications/the-politics-of-public-health-a-literature-review-written-by-nur-ayca-demir-lior-hamovitz-and-remya-radhakrishnan/

20/06/2021

"The infamous and prolific murder of by policemen of the Minneapolis Police Department defined a watershed moment in the history of for the United States and triggered fundamental questions about the ‘peacekeepers’ of our society."

Check out Lucas van den Heuvel and Caoimhe Ní Shúilleabháin's article - Power, Structure and Responsibility: Police Reform in the United States of America - to learn more about 'broken window policing' as one of the most essential elements of police practice in the US both before and after Floyd’s death.

The infamous and prolific murder of George Floyd by policemen of the Minneapolis Police Department defined a watershed moment in…

08/06/2021

"Though multiple choices lie before us, there are few decisions we can make which will ensure the continuation of modern civilization for the decades to come. One central question before us concerns the communication of these meta-challenges in domestic and international . Should we adopt a
framework of wherein the conditions of modern civilization are presented as highest on every security agenda in the world? Or is this a slippery slope to alarmism and fearmongering? "

Check out Caoimhe Ni Shúilleabháin's article offering entry points to the conversation on civilizational collapse and the roads to !

2020 has challenged the paradigms of how society is able to function in the long run: a pandemic, furthering climate…

25/05/2021

"The consequences of these simultaneous pressures from the international and domestic levels on the decisions of politicians are reflected in the discontinuous foreign policy of the US in regard to the conflict in . Strategies of intervention and nation-building have been traded in for aggressive counter-insurgency operations and air-strike campaigns. This discontinuity has increasingly the conflict and pushed the Taliban to develop its capabilities and transform itself into a competent military force vis-à-vis the Afghan National Security Forces."

Check out Marnix Middelburg and Lea Hoopman's articles to understand the implications of US domestic politics on the war in Afghanistan!

This paper will argue that the different approaches of each US administration in trying to manage and resolve the crisis…

07/05/2021

"Despite President Bukele’s attention-grabbing stunts and claims of revolutionary change, his presidency illuminates trends in El Salvadoran leadership which have produced generations of human rights noncompliance and socioeconomic failings. The six presidents who have led El Salvador in the postwar period have each utilized the military against civilians and protected state agents of political violence from prosecution. I argue that while there has been measurable progress towards increased human rights compliance and poverty reduction, sweeping change will not happen in El Salvador unless new leadership has the willingness to confront decades of governmental corruption and military abuse."

Check out Sarah Guggemos' article!

https://rooseveltnetwork-luc.com/publications/the-road-to-a-democratic-future-for-el-salvador/

Thirty-eight-year-old populist President Nayib Bukele has drawn attention to the complicated sociopolitical problems facing the smallest country in Central America,…

01/05/2021

"On September 4th, 2020, the long-clashing Serbia and Kosovo signed a agreement at the Oval Office in Washington D.C., declaring a mutual desire for better diplomatic and economic relations. This agreement, championed by the Donald Trump administration, has been contradictorily referred to as a historical achievement one the one hand, and has been deemed to have little influence on the resolution of the between the two parties on the other. Unpacking its contents and context may therefore provide some more clarity on why such differing views arose. The seemingly intractable conflict between Serbia and Kosovo serves as one of the best examples for how, often, crises cannot be contained to a singular moment in time, and spill over onto decades of during strifes that need to be managed."

Check out Lior Hamovitz's article!

On September 4th, 2020, the long-clashing Serbia and Kosovo signed a normalization agreement at the Oval Office in Washington D.C.,…