Category Archives: International

Syrian conflict escalates as Hezbollah enters the fighting

June 6, 2013 no comments

With each passing day, the civil war gripping Syria grows more and more intense. The conflict has evolved from a political struggle for democracy into a highly sectarian conflict now threatening the ...

The process of peace: The government of Colombia and FARC have reache...

June 6, 2013 no comments

Since November, Colombian officials have been negotiating terms for peace with representatives from the country’s most violent and powerful rebel group, the FARC.  Officials from both parties have ad...

Newly forged Italian government faces a host of issues

June 6, 2013 no comments

Italy’s parliament has finally chosen a prime minister to govern a changing political landscape more than two months after inconclusive national elections left the country leaderless. General anger a...

Young Swedish immigrants revolt

June 6, 2013 no comments

A bad economy and the idea of prosperity are incompatible.  Many people over the recent history of mankind have traveled from various parts of the globe to the West expecting all of their dreams to c...

International students illustrate realities behind summer planning

April 17, 2013 no comments

With summer quickly approaching, international students on campus have a lot more to think about than the average student from the U.S. Apartment leases are close to ending and work visa laws are hol...

International education and cosmopolitan citizens

April 17, 2013 no comments

Josef A. Nothmann  Journal Contributor Faculty and administrators of the Sawyer Business School and the College of Arts and Sciences are currently debating a potential “common” undergraduate curricul...

Opinion: Kony 2012 in retrospect

April 17, 2013 no comments

Gareth Jones  Asst. Int’l Editor Kim Jong Un is missing. He has not made a public appearance in two weeks now, which doesn’t necessarily mean anything by itself. However, given the fact that he...

My Final Staff Editorial

April 17, 2013 no comments

I was angry. In fact, I was livid. I was stuck in the middle of the crowd on Boylston Street just a few blocks down from Forum, a bar where RadioBDC, the Globe’s radio station featuring former staff ...

SUIAA Takes New York

April 9, 2013 no comments

Dan Olson  Journal Staff The Suffolk University International Affairs Association(SUIAA) participated in a week-long conference in New York City.  This year, 22 student delegates represented Spain in...

International opinion: Future of Japanese military autonomy

April 9, 2013 no comments

Gareth Jones  Asst. Int’l Editor At the end of World War II, as historians began to sift through the chaos of information that awaiting them, Japan topped this list of wartime atrocities commit...

Boston professor visits Suffolk to speak on coffee culture in Japan

April 9, 2013 no comments

Tyler Burke  Journal Staff Dr. Merry White, professor of anthropology at Boston University, captivated an audience in the Poetry Center Friday morning describing her journey of a growing appreciation...

International student life at Suffolk

March 28, 2013 no comments

Lara Fernandez  Journal Contributor Boston has always attracted students from around the world. Suffolk University, located in the heart of the city, has become a major part of that attraction. This ...