Duncan Echtenkamp – Fieldston Political Journal

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Paradise Lost: The National Park Service Under Threat

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson founded the National Park Service as a small federal bureau in the Department of the Interior. Today, the NPS and...

Widespread Unrest in Kenya

From June to July of this year, protests across Kenya expressing disappointment with President William Ruto resulted in injuries, unrest, leaving 65 people dead. Though...

Rojava’s Revolution: A Female Hope in a War-Torn Region

“Jin, Jiyan, Azadi:” Woman, Life, Freedom. It’s given that one may associate this slogan with Western feminist movements – rather than an all-female Kurdish military...

From Flying Wings to Stealth Bombers: Inside Northrop’s Strategic Storytelling

I recently spoke with Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Adam Gross, a former Northrop Grumman executive who managed Strategic Communications and Creative Content. His job was crafting...

That Buzzing Sound…

In late July last year, the de facto Sudanese leader Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan surveyed freshly minted cadets to the tune of a martial drumbeat....

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a massive attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and its government. Jet fighters swarmed over Iran’s capital,…

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Allies to Enemies: How Israel and Iran’s Relationship Has Become What it is Today